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- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!geac!billb
- From: billb@geac.com (Bill Bain)
- Subject: Re: experiences with Maaco
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.162910.22025@geac.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:29:10 GMT
- Distribution: dc
- References: <24768@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Organization: Geac Computer Corporation
- Lines: 43
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- In article <24768@oasys.dt.navy.mil> jeanthea@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Jeantheau) writes:
- >Anybody have any experiences, good or bad, with Maaco Autobody? I'm
- >considering having my peeling '84 Mustang painted; they quoted me
- >$900. That's about what I want to spend, and they give a two-year
- >written warranty. I know you don't get a great paint job for $900, but
- >it doesn't really have to be great -- I only need it to last a few years
- >(car has 132K miles on it). And I don't want to spend more than $1000.
- >
- >Any comments?
- >
-
- I recently had my car painted by Maaco. I got a basic external paintjob
- plus a touch of body work. I decided to strip the car as much as possible
- myself, and proceeded to remove trim, bumpers, grills, lights, etc.
-
- results:
-
- They did most of the specified bodywork, but missed some. They filled in
- several holes with putty, which was a problem, since these holes were
- supposed to be there for the trim. They painted the door handles and the
- door locks. These were not supposed to get painted (some of which were
- either chrome, plastic, or a different color). The masking job left a few
- spots of the original paint showing through (which they later painted over
- by hand with yet another color).
-
- In the end, I had to take the car in about 6 times to get it cleaned up.
-
- There is still some primer overspray inside the doors, and they are not
- able or willing to clean it up.
-
- Conclusion:
-
- I'm reasonably happy with the final results now, but was frustrated at
- their incompetence at the time. I imagine that if the guy who does the
- masking had forgoten to mask off the glass on my car, the idiot who sprayed
- it would have painted the windows.
-
- If you end up going there, take in a copy of this, and get the owner to
- sign a document stating that if you have any of the problems listed here,
- you'll get the entire job for half price. Let us know his reaction.
-
- Bill Bain
-
-