I'm looking to get the talon painted soon but I'm only painting it to sell it. So needless to say i dont need a mint paint job but i dont want crap either. Does anyone know of someone that can take care of some rust spots here and there and paint the whole car for fairly cheap. i dont really know how much paint jobs cost because i have never had a car painted before so i need some examples to determine what cheap is...
I could do the body work myself because i have done that before but i would rather someone just do it all for me.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ryan

What colour is the car? because if it is black, a cheaper paintjob will show up all the badthings...
If white you can probably get away with a macco paint job....
(i plan to go macco with my car over the spring... ill let you know hwo it turns out if you havnt done it by then)

the car is dark green with the original black roof. i want to keep the car the same colour rather then changing colours. i kinda like the green. thats cool if you could keep me posted on how your car turns out. im thinking i might get my prelude painted at Maaco soon and if that turns out ok i will take the talon in.

thanks man,

ryan

Maaco offers a basic paint job for $350, but it goes up from there as they pull dents and remove rust.

yup, Maaco is super cheap compare to the other, and I think it's your good choice in your situation. Maaco has a few known complain (but for that price, people show not even complain)

1. unmatch color (but u are painting your whole car, not a problem here)
2. overspray, but you can cover up lot of area yourself, plus you are selling your car.

From my experience with maaco, remove as much as you possibly can. Tail pipe got painted and they got paint of the bottom of my headlights. They cut many corners and you really get what you paid for and that usually not that much.These were only some of the things i found. No wonder they don't want you to wash your car for a week and no wax for a month.

well theres seems to be many mixed emotions about Maaco. I might go down and pay them a visit and see what i think. There's one here in Hamilton i think. Thanks for the input guys I really appreciate it. I will post some pics of the good or bad job they do when its done.

peace

ryan

could you not get them to call you after they prep and before they apint and just check every thing before they start?

i would totally do that. i'm a little anal when it comes to my car and if they f it up i would lose it. i will keep you guys posted.

LMK how it works out I wannaa get my car painted gunmetal from white... It's got a little bit of rust not to bad, but I don't wanna pay through my arse for a paintjob either... So let us know.

Keep us updated, I've got a few giant rust spots I'd like fixed (but not for 2000 as quoted by a local shop)

has anyone gone to maaco yet? how much did it cost and how was the outcome?

I have never once heard of , or seen a Maaco paint job where the results were good, and the owner was happy.

These are the guys that are famous for having paint strip off in the carwash due to non-existant prep and primer work.

They are usually reserved for people trying to dump a car and getting the quickest cheapest piant job to sell off on some sucker.

^^What he said. Jaremy pretty much summed it up. I've even known a few guys that paid extra for Maaco's "premium" service and got similar results. It's really very simple math. If a good body shop charges $1000-$1500 for a basic, nothing fancy, no colour change, no body work, no fancy paint job and Maaco quotes one third that price for the same job, how is this possible? It's all about time and materials. They spend less time and less on materials. They simply CANNOT make money taking all kinds of time prepping the car. Does this mean that Maaco has no function in the world? Of course not. In fact, it's probably perfect for what you're looking for. You say you're painting the car to sell, correct? That's probably 80% of Maaco's business. The paint job will look perfectly fine for a number of months--long after it's been sold. I say, go to Maaco.

no im not selling the car.
I just finished putting a body kit on it and molded the side skirts and rather then driving a crayon box around and having limited money for a paint job, Id like to find somewhere that can do it for around $1000, I would just like a basic gloss black, nothing fancy, and I know there is alot of work to painting a car, so i might just have to wait and save up the extra $1000 and get it done right I guess.

Good call.

Actually, I was referring to the original poster. In any case, my advice still stands. That is, if you plan on keeping the car for more than a few months, you'll almost certainly be disappointed with Maaco.

The reason they dont want you to wash or wax your car for a week is because the paint actually takes about 15 days to fully cure. Most shops tell you to wait for 30 days. Although the paint may be dry to the touch and everything, it isnt fully hard for almost a month. Washing and waxing WILL DEFINATELY put scratches in the paint, and they dont want you coming back and saying it is thier fault!

I was told to wait a few days before putting my bumper on after I got it painted.. for the same reason stated above. I didnt listen and now I have spider cracks where it flexed .