Maaco Paint Job, what should I ask for? Options

[wuhukf]

I know about some Maaco's not having a good reputation and having shotty work, but in all seriousness, i'm not about to spend more money on a paint job than the car itself is worth. I've decided to paint the car Gunmetal Pearl and I already got gunmetal rims too so i'm pretty anxious to see the finished product. The guy at Maaco suggested I go with the "supreme" paint job which is the mid-level paint job from them. It's a one stage polyeurethane paint job with integrated clear coat. He said their procedure is as follows:

1. Fix my dents and dings and rust and sand the car
2. Bolt on my side skirts and front lip
3. Tape off parts of the car
4. Paint it with the one stage paint
5. Bake it

The quote he gave me was about $1530 for everything and I'm pretty happy about that, but I know thats really cheap. This paint job comes with a 4 year warranty too, but i'm concerned that the paint will just get messed up by chipping off or something. Is there anything I can add or have Maaco do to make the paint job better? Maybe a couple layers of paint, clear coat, base coat, etc.? I really don't know much about paint jobs so I really need the help. Thanks a lot and please respond soon, they have my car right now but haven't started yet, so I want to call them to make changes ASAP.

[Hanyo]

does anyone know how much it would cost to paint a fender that is taken off the car?

[celicagurl152003]

does anyone know how much it would cost to paint a fender that is taken off the car?
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a fender you'd only be looking at close to 150.00 (rough estimate) because the price of paint. But like the others were saying maaco is a joke i would never recomend them to anyone. Your best bet for a paint job, if you want a decient one is to primer, base, and clear. It will all together look better if you do this. A normal job to get this done would cost you about $1325.00 that would be with primer, one color base coat, a metalic or pearl over it, and clear. You can find so much better then maaco if you look around more...but if your gonna pay $$ to paint your car i'd make sure it's worth it. Depending on when you want your car painted sense your in MD I'm in the process of working on Mark_426's car and gonna paint it. If you want to get your car painted the price i gave you above it what i charge for my shop. If your interested once Mark's cars done you can see the work i do, or you can look at my car as an example. All depends on what you want.

But truthfully with all seriousness maaco paint jobs suck....
-just my opinion

~Christina~