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Would you trust Maaco tho? I have heard some horror stories with them, like overspray, paint chipping, bad prep, etc.
Maaco = FAIL.
DIY, its not that hard. Even if you spray the car outside with winds gusting to 100+mph and a plaque of locusts dies and falls into your paint, it will still look better than Maaco.
Time = Money. If you can afford to pay someone to do it, you can more than likely do it yourself for cheaper. Look at how well Matt's paint job turned out. You could have a paint job that looked 1/5 as good as his and still have a better paint job than Maaco.
Hit up the local dealerships bodyshops... or ask the service folk who does their touch up paint and they will have a friend that can do it if they cant them self.
Here's my advice:Yea the guy thats helping me do my swap says he might be able to hook it up, we'll see.
Here's my advice:
Do the prep work yourself.
Strip the car down, sand it, get it ready. You don't need a garage to do that. Just don't get it down to bare metal.
Get it flat. Buy your supplies, take it to someone, have em spray it.
Tell them to lay 3 coats or so of clear on it so you can cut/buff it.
Cut and buff it in the driveway/street and enjoy.
Hit up the local dealerships bodyshops... or ask the service folk who does their touch up paint and they will have a friend that can do it if they cant them self.
good call bro.... hitting up car dealership bodyshops, particularly if you can just go talk to the painter directly is a good idea. these guys generally do good work, and in my experience many painters do side work. i worked at car dealerships for years and there were some awesome painters there. i had them do some work on my own cars and it came out flawless for real cheap.
yea but that still kinda leaves alittle bit for him to do some work my need wet-sanding and if he hasnt buffed before its not the best idea to do on new paint especially if its going to be a dark color, swirl marks and burnt edges arnt pretty