Is MAACO any good for car ding repairs?
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Rep Power: 0 Is MAACO any good for car ding repairs?
I have a few dings from people opening their door without looking...
Thinking of going to MAACO to get it repaired, are they any good? Any pointers would help. Thanks!
Thinking of going to MAACO to get it repaired, are they any good? Any pointers would help. Thanks!
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Rep Power: 310 your paying for name. They're popular and 'professional', but they're also overly busy and charge way too much (just because of the sheer amount of car owners who don't know jack about cars that go to them)
Last summer, I went to them looking to get my grill's lip painted. They wanted $100 for it, plus it would take 3 weeks. But thats for painting
I'm going to look around for a smaller shop that specializes in car repair or just dings, that way i can be one-on-one with them, so to say. It's not like a door dent will re-dent itself because of a bad repair job I would do it myself if I had the tools. Some of my dings I think have to get filled and and painted over
Last summer, I went to them looking to get my grill's lip painted. They wanted $100 for it, plus it would take 3 weeks. But thats for painting
I'm going to look around for a smaller shop that specializes in car repair or just dings, that way i can be one-on-one with them, so to say. It's not like a door dent will re-dent itself because of a bad repair job I would do it myself if I had the tools. Some of my dings I think have to get filled and and painted over
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Rep Power: 285 Thats weird xxsovereign cuz I also went to maaco to get my grill painted cuz the body shop that did my kit wanted 120 bucks to paint a piece of plastic? Maaco did it for 40 bucks and I picked it up the next day. The paint matched perfectly.......
Maybe its a good Maaco? That just shows it all depedns where you go, all Maacos are diff.
Maybe its a good Maaco? That just shows it all depedns where you go, all Maacos are diff.
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Rep Power: 287 The Maacos in my area are KNOWN for being the WORST place to take your car for paint/body work. I guess it just depends on where ya live and who you know that has gone there.
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I've just heard they are really inexpensive and the paint will last about 2 years. It depends on the pigments in the colors you use. I've heard simpler colors last longer.
You get what you pay for.
You get what you pay for.
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Rep Power: 400 Maaco seems to be known for not doing all the prep work right... thats why they don't charge so much and you get what you're paying for.
Personally, I like the local place who actually has to work to get business. Might pay a little more, but usually they stand behind what they do, so they do it right.
Personally, I like the local place who actually has to work to get business. Might pay a little more, but usually they stand behind what they do, so they do it right.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by Civicious
How so?
How so?
I'll never go to maaco
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Rep Power: 350 MACCO IS WORST FOR PAINTING THE WHOLE CAR
macco is ok for lip kits...but i wouldn't suggest full body kits
now for dings...i mean comon its just a small *** spot
they will pay extra detail cause its a smalll *** spot and they wont rush through it like they might with the WHOLE car
so i think its perfectly fine to go to macco for minor things
macco is ok for lip kits...but i wouldn't suggest full body kits
now for dings...i mean comon its just a small *** spot
they will pay extra detail cause its a smalll *** spot and they wont rush through it like they might with the WHOLE car
so i think its perfectly fine to go to macco for minor things
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Earl Scheib (sp)? is another terrible place to go. They did my friends car and his paint looked better primed than it did painted. Pretty sad.
I wonder what a decent paint job would cost at a regular shop? I need to get my ride painted soon.
I wonder what a decent paint job would cost at a regular shop? I need to get my ride painted soon.
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