brand new paint job, FINISHED PICS PG3!! Options

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

my cars going for new paint next week at macco, same color. best paint package. no more primer 4 me

[playr158]

make sure you do A LOT of prep work before you take it there...remove your headlights, bumper markers, tails ect.. cause they won't do it.
If you know how to sand prep your car I'd suggest that as well.

This post has been edited by playr158: Jan 30, 2008 - 2:05 PM

[rayneezy23]

how much are you paying??

[bccentaur3]

X2 I'd like tpo know the price you're paying. Not trying to thread jack or anything but I sanded my entire car by hand, is that okay for prep?

[Celicav]

Is Manny doing it? If so, you should be in good hands.

[presure2]

my cars going for new paint next week at macco, same color. best paint package. no more primer 4 me

cool
so your getting the basecoat clearcoat 1300$ paintjob?
for the silver, that would definetly be your best bet.
if not, your wasting money on anything but the cheapest paint job they sell. all the other single stage paint jobs are the same, just a matter of adding clear to it.
like dan said, remove your tails when you get to the shop, pull off the mudgaruds, ect.
if you dont know how to sand a car properly, your prolly better off leaving it, to be honest.
INSIST your car is painted "bumper off"
its the only way to do it, and get proper coverage.
good luck.

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

yea im goin to the new bedford macco in ma most of my car is sanded there goin to finish the rest for 1400 i cant complain cuz ijust picked up a bike were alot of my money went

[yaj19]

wait, so at macco, we have to take off our own bumpers and such?

[Zelstin]

wait, so at macco, we have to take off our own bumpers and such?

You don't have to but maaco saves time and money by masking everything that's not supposed to be painted (sidemarkers, trim, ect..) instead of removing it. The main reason that they get a bad rep is a lack of prep work so the more you do yourself the better off you'll be.

[presure2]

yea im goin to the new bedford macco in ma most of my car is sanded there goin to finish the rest for 1400 i cant complain cuz ijust picked up a bike were alot of my money went

NOOOOOO
dont go to new bedford.
they are THE WORSE maaco in the NE area. (trust me, we have been re-painting all the NB cabs that the NB store originally did.
drive the extra 15 min to fall river, and i will take care of your car.

better yet, call maaco in fall river, and speak with tim (the owner) or butch (shop manager) tell them manny sent you, and i personally will paint your car.
check out dustins (batman722)car for my work

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

thanks ill give them a call manny

[OOBE]

Look at that. You just saved youself money, pain and tears. Isn't Manny a bad-ass?

This post has been edited by OOBE: Feb 16, 2008 - 2:03 AM

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

yea i dropped her off yesturday, and they said ill have it back this friday so i got quick turn around time and a master painter doing the job, thanks manny ill have to try and post some pics

[95st-celica]

x2 on some good quality pics

[presure2]

yea i dropped her off yesturday, and they said ill have it back this friday so i got quick turn around time and a master painter doing the job, thanks manny ill have to try and post some pics

hey no problem man.
if i have time to take some, ill post some in progress pics for ya.
did you do that bodywork behind the passanger rear door?

[playr158]

^^lol

Manny.....repainting 6gc 1 car at a time

[presure2]

we took apart your car today at the end of the day.
what did you do with the rear bolt holes for the spoiler?!
lol
pics tommorow.

[_mikeE]

Aww, I plan to repaint my car in may or june. too bad i don't have Manny near to do it for me lol.

[presure2]

ok so we have a few progress pics.

once we took the paint off this area, (i dont know if kevin did this bodywork or not, but it wasnt the greatest)we found some "bondo" style brand bondo, over an inproperly preped surface, so our shop manager butch worked his magic on this and a few other areas that needed a bit of work. (we have been down a bodyman due to the flu the past couple days..lol luckily our shop manager has 25+ yrs bodywork experience. )


old filler stripped of, and preped.


after a coat of filler, a bit of shaping and a coat of evercoat (finishing putty) its ready to be blocked and primed.

bumper off is the only way to paint the 6gc. this is a spot where you can normally save a little bit of money by removing and reinstalling this kind of stuff, doorhandles, lights ect yourself, keith decided to let us do it.




welded center post wing hole



filled, ready to block and prime



tails out and wing holes:



overall, other than the passanger side damage, and small dent up on the passanger fender, the car is in pretty clean shape, a few small door dings on the passanger side, i could only find one on the drivers side.



we finished sanding the car in the afternoon (pics of that tommorow)
tommorow, it will be finish preped, masked, and painted.
more pics to come!

[Celicav]

Can't wait! Always nice to see a freshly repainted Celi!

[celicaST]

manny, ever think about moving to colorado?

[bccentaur3]

SHoot ever think of moving to Minnesota. I wished my prep worked looked as good as that. But since Manny gave me some advice on what to use, I think I'll be in good shape.

[Fate]

i have a feeling where i might drive my car to be painted, haha.

[presure2]

the car has been painted!
I taped the car up first thing this AM, and we had our resident pro, billy-bob (AKA ernie) shoot the paint. he's been painting FOREVER, and can lay it down smooth and shiney.


first a couple pics of it masked:





then, once its in the booth, and given a final blow down, prep wash, and tacking, a nice even coat of sealer:





then a few coats of some sherman williams "ultra 7000" toyota paint code 199 alpine silver metallic basecoat:













then, once that setup up a bit, the clear:





this is a close up of the hood. if you look close, you can see the reflection of ernies guns in the rack, kinda gives you an idea of how flat it is.




a few others:







we'll let it sit over the weekend and finish curing, and monday we'll reassemble it.

[Batman722]

damn that looks like it was layed pretty flat.

maaco in Fall River is dabomb.com

[Defgeph]

Nice job dude. This makes me want a paint job.

[lagos]

Damn that looks good. I like that color too.

[manphibian]

Great job

[cjh4l22]

holy crap!! that is one unbelievable paint job!! the clear coat looks absolutely amazing...

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

i really wish i had more access to a computer to keep up with the posts here, but wow! thats all i can say and i havent even seen her in person yet. looks great manny. u guys there at maaco really went the extra mile to make the car look good, ill have to give those wheels a good cleaning and peel off those stickers so shes looking real clean. ill be down tuesday afternoon to pick the car up, thanks manny ill see ya then, and wow! looks great.

This post has been edited by slvr_celica_GT_816: Feb 22, 2008 - 7:56 PM

[GriffGirl]

I'm so jealous... it looks great! To know, my car could look like that too... it gives me hopes, dreams, aspirations...

which paint job is that? I know there are a few different levels... and why do you remove the door handles? Mine are silver, do you paint them separately or just skip them altogether? And for that matter, how do you remove them? My driver's one is kinda loose and I'd love to tighten it.

[ra65_22re]

why do you remove the door handles? Mine are silver, do you paint them separately or just skip them altogether? And for that matter, how do you remove them? My driver's one is kinda loose and I'd love to tighten it.

you have to take the door panel off and there should be one or two bolts that hold it on

[Fate]

props go to manny and ernie.

[presure2]

I'm so jealous... it looks great! To know, my car could look like that too... it gives me hopes, dreams, aspirations...

which paint job is that? I know there are a few different levels... and why do you remove the door handles? Mine are silver, do you paint them separately or just skip them altogether? And for that matter, how do you remove them? My driver's one is kinda loose and I'd love to tighten it.

this is maacos best paint job they sell.
the doorhandles were taken out because if you look at them on your car, you'll notice they have a little black plastic trim around it, we dont want to paint that.
99% of maaco customers dont want to pay for all the extra work to have a car done like this.

thanks guys!

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

yea sorry about that dent on the pass side quarter manny, my buddie tried to fix that for me, i didnt know too much body work at the time, but yea i appericate you filling the extra lil door dings and stuff its gunna look great now i just got to save up for the c/f hood, lowering springs and header/cat.

[joehernandez]

how much did you paid?

[speedfeen]

you have to take the door panel off and there should be one or two bolts that hold it on

Not to be a b*tch but its called a door trim, not a panel (panel is on the outside of the car), I know i get technical but its just one of those things , same thing when ppl call it BONDO even if thats not the brand they use. Its Fill ppl lol, not bondo.






/rant



Other than that, thats the first paint job i've ever seen from Macco that looked that good. Congratz on the new clothes for the gal and i like the color!

This post has been edited by speedfeen: Feb 25, 2008 - 9:36 AM

[x_itchy_b_x]

Looks great! so thats what a quality macco paint job looks like! nice Manny.
Im looking to get a fresh coat soon

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

i paid a lil over 1800, for it manny and tlm at maaco really squared me away ill be picking her up tomorrow

[presure2]

i paid a lil over 1800, for it manny and tlm at maaco really squared me away ill be picking her up tomorrow

how much of that was for R&I (removal and installation) costs?
theyre base clear job is normally 1299, IIRC thats what dustin paid for his car.

[supershannon77]

It looks awesome...reminds me of we you were sending me the pics of my car after you painted her....Manny u r truly amazing!

This post has been edited by supershannon77: Feb 25, 2008 - 6:59 PM

[speedfeen]

whos manny?

[supershannon77]

oo sorry presure2...I used his first name...he really a great person..not just on this site either when it comes to everything and anything...Enjoy your paint job... Tomorrow ur gonna be so excited!!!

[presure2]

a couple finished pics.
he picked up the car yesterday, ill let him post when he has a chance (he was telling me he has very limited internet access at the moment..lol) about how he liked it, both he and his girl seemed happy..
the car didnt have a drivers side marker light in when he brought it in, so thats why its not in the pics.







see you at the meets this year man!

[celicamike]

What spoiler is that? looks good.

[presure2]

What spoiler is that? looks good.

thats a "supra style" wing.
i actually have one sitting in the garage if your interested...

[_mikeE]

I read a member talkin about using a "armour coat" or something like that this way the paint wno't chip when you're going higher speeds for example doing 70 on the freeway. Did you guys do anything like that to?

[presure2]

I read a member talkin about using a "armour coat" or something like that this way the paint wno't chip when you're going higher speeds for example doing 70 on the freeway. Did you guys do anything like that to?

i havent heard of what your talking about.
if your talking about "chipgaurd" along the bottoms of the car, then no, there was none, other than the factory undercoating, and he did not request us to chipgaurd the bottoms of the rockers, like you see on a lot of stock cars, so we didnt do it.
for those wondering what "chipgaurd" is, you can find more info on it here:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...read&st=100

and yes, it does work. very well actually. i still have no chips in my wheelwells, or on the lower section of the skirts and extensions.

[celicamike]

thats a "supra style" wing.

Thanks Manny, thats what I thought, I couldn't tell for sure because of the angle. I have actually always liked the look of the supra wing, and if you check out my profile, you'll see that I plan on getting one someday.

i actually have one sitting in the garage if your interested...

I'm tempted to take you up on your offer, but I'm just not in a position financially to buy anything right now (unless you're willing to give me one heck of a deal ).

This post has been edited by celicamike: Feb 27, 2008 - 11:55 PM

[Batman722]

damn that looks like a new car !!!

[tim86]

looks awesome... how much were we talking for all of this? I need new paint soon

[6strngs]

what is the proper way for removing small dings like door dings?

[Razgriz]

oh man thats beautiful!!!
my car needs some paint and probably could use a reduction in dent count haha.
i'd take mine to maaco but knowing manny isn't working in phoenix i doubt i will.
now i just have to go through the task of weeding through shady shops for quality craftsmen and find one that has good business morales. (not some kid named Morales)

great work Manny!!