RE: Maaco paint ?'s

[Scott Morrow <smorrow@gbutler.com>]

At 07:49 AM 7/22/98 -0700, you wrote:

>Others:  Well, after all the body work done to my baby and living with a
>Battleship Grey car for so long I decided to get her painted.  I established
>my
>goals:  A "candy coating" to protect the body from water; looks decent from
>20'
>or further; a color that works with the car, and; nothing expensive since
>the
>paint job is temporary.  Maaco.  They were having a 1/2-off sale and I got
>their
>$500 job for $250.  I removed my ragtop, windshield wipers (painted orange
>separately) and lighting.  This made prep for them easier and allowed the
>paint
>to overspray into the holes and pockets for a "wrap-around" paint job.  All
>they
>had to do was light sanding, mask off the glass and hole in the roof, and
>squirt
>away!
>
>For $250 it turned out okay.  You get what you pay for so I wasn't expecting
>much but she does look much better, as long as you are standing 10' or
>further
>away :)  I stayed with the stock Bright Orange since my interior is already
>that
>color -- they matched the color using the paint on the top, inside of my
>door. 
>If you remove your lights remember to tape the metal connectors so paint
>won't
>get on them, label them so you know where to reconnect them and tuck them
>out of
>the way or wrapped in a sandwich baggie to keep paint from covering your
>labels.
>
>Anything extra you do to help the prep work will help them.  I was without
>my
>car for three days.  Though they pop it in an oven to help cure the paint I
>recommend you still be VERY careful around the paint for at least a week so
>it
>will fully harden.
>
>   Toby Erkson

You said that you removed some small parts and they did the rest.  In your
opinion,
if you had spent alittle more time on the body (say fix some dings, etc.)
would you have
been happier, or was it just a crappy paint job?
thanks
Scott Morrow				 
Kansas City, MO 
smorrow@gbutler.com