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I just wanted to comment about Maaco. These a franchise operations. In other words they are independent businesses that use the name "Maaco". There are good Maacos and bad ones. One advantage with the franchises is they can get a better price for their materials that can be passed on to the customer. One bad is the reputation passes on to a good shop and it's your gamble. The best thing to do is ask around localy. If you get a good report from one Maaco, go to that Maaco not to the one closest to you. Bob Thanks to all of you for the good advice on getting my T-3 Fastback painted. I will follow all your advice. Only thing now is how to ge the right paint. Ralph, 1970 Fastback, Auto, AC and in NJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >I took mine to Maaco years ago in a hasty paint job prior to moving >to Seattle. I did all the prep work, removing trim, masking etc. >They still managed to screw it up. Painted with the hood open, >left the license plate bracket in the rear hatch (all they had to >do was open the hatch and it would have fallen out). When they >took off the masking, they tore some of it. Not as smooth of a >job as I would have liked, used their closest match color. Decent >but it was supposed to be temporary. That was 23 years ago. > >If you go this route, do yourself a favor and do the following; >space the end of window trim out from the body with a cord to allow >the paint to go under the trim, mask the rubber. Specify that >they are not to remove any masking. Leave it exactly the way >you want it to be painted, assume they know nothing. Specify >the wheel paint color or not to be painted. If you can, talk to >the actual person shooting the paint, and slip them some extra >cash to do a better job, ie take more time. Mask it exactly >the way you want it to be done. Remove everything that can be >removed. > >Jeff '67 Sqbk with 23 year old Maaco paint > > ><< Should I just take it to Maco? >> >----------- > > A fellow club member took his Fasty to Maaco. He did all the prep work >himself which made ALL the difference in the price & results. Moral of the >story...do the prep work yourself if you want a good results. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com