I have MAD spay paint skills Yo!

Reply #15 – August 04, 2010, 07:49:31 AM

I'm by no means defending everything they do, but you can get a great paint job from Maaco if you either prep the car yourself or pay them to do the work right. Walking in and expecting miracles from a quickie scuff and spray for $500 is crazy.

My gray bird was a Maaco job (way back in 03) and with the exception of where the rot popped through it still looks decent. Hell if I'd taken care of the paint it would look even better! I also dropped $2k on the work since it was before I knew anything about bodywork and it needed a LOT! My new bird had a scuff and spray done at some econo paint place in FL for $500 and all it takes is a look at the bumpers and panel edges to tell (and it's like a 2 yr old job).

That fender looks decent for a spraypaint job but like someone said, it's longevity that's the biggest problem with spraypaint. The sun takes a hell of a toll on it. The best luck I've had with spraypaint is on some wheels but that was using legit single stage dupont put in to spraypaint cans at about $20/can. For the price though, you can't beat it

And good for you doing something nice, not enough people have the mentality for that anymore...