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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. >