Just got a 30% off email for Mem day. Closest Maaco is 2.5 hours from me. Are their paint jobs total crap ? Haven’t gotten a quote yet - but just asking the consensus. My truck is a beater hunting machine but the paint is really bad.
Are Maaco paint jobs, total crap?
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Totally fine for a beater IMO. My dad just got his beater done by them a month ago. Looks pretty dang good for 1,800. We’ll see how long it lasts.
tmxmotorsports
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Do you have a show car? Do they do body work do you need body work ? I've never used maco have heard ok things years ago.
COS80
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I've always heard that they can spray paint well, but that's it... you have to do all the prep and taping and sanding for them.
tmxmotorsports
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That looks 1000 times better just from those 2 pictures
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Yeah for that price it’s great
tmxmotorsports
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This is pretty much what I heard
I cannot recommend a Maaco paintjob enough. I think it is all about what Maaco shop you pick. I went to three different Maacos in the Colorado Springs/Denver area until I found a Maaco that was recommended in the FJ60 group. They totally understood what I was looking for and did a great job. It transformed my truck. Just take as many things off the truck as you can so they can focus on the paint and not the prep.
When I dropped it off:
How she came back:
When I dropped it off:
How she came back:
tmxmotorsports
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Sold!
COS80
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I think it helps to think of it as a glossy rust preventative for the vehicle that you're going to bash into trees and rocks... not a "paint job", and certainly not a "restoration".
totally depends on the location. As he mentioned shop around
One other thing I would recommend. I got their cheapest paint option and I wish I splurged on that. After I got the paint job I moved up to Aspen and it began its life living outside. I noticed dirt really liked to stick to it and it was a pain in the ass to clean. So I did take it in to get ceramic coated, and it made a world of difference. I got it cermaic coated 3 years after the paint job, and it still sharpens up pretty darn nicely.
Was it dropped off complete or did you prep it any by pulling out lights or things?
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That’s not happening with me 2.5 hours away- they have 3 paint levels. So will see what they say but me doing prep is not happening with the distance issue. These look good though for what I need.
tmxmotorsports
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Live a little
COS80
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Rent a U-Haul trailer.