This will be the most crybaby video about the camaro. Sorry, but I had to tell the whole story of this car and this is the chapter where the hero gets kicked in the face
I don’t know what it’s like in America but in Australia a $2000 dollar paint job is what you would pay your unqualified mate to do it in his back shed a good paint job at a panel shop would be 6-10 grand
In Australia, more like $AU5,000 for a backyard job, $AU10,000 for a qualified backyard job, and $15,000 or more for a proper paint booth job. Min was done really well for what I wanted in a paint booth. looks amazing...
same here in US. if you pay for an economy pain job you will get economy paint job. no one in their right mind would take a car to maaco and expect anything better than a backyard paint job for what the charge. basically you get what you pay for.
Youre correct, i was quoted 2500 in just Materials to paint my 1931 model A. From a reputable shop.... he paid less then that, his paint gonna fly off from a pressure washing
You crazy af. All y’all. I can get candy whatever color for 3 grand from Cali candy. Who the fuck you paying 10 grand?? Y’all clearly are getting robbed.
@@thebakery3996 my car needs a paint job bad. Let me know the cheapest he would charge for my ride. A 1988 Chevy Camaro with Plasti dip coated all over it. It needs the Plasti dip removed and a good paint job of maybe like a metallic aqua blue, or jet black with two coats of clear...
Maaco quote 1600 for my 91 formula. Went to the best body shop in DC and quote was 8-10k and 3-4 months to complete. Maaco here i come. My first maaco paint job lasted 8 years. Not perfect but worth it
Nah, when they tell you they are going to do something they should do it, that's just good customer service plus you expect a "professional" paint shop to do the basics like a mask stuff off properly and not just shoot paint all over your engine, wiring and to not tear shit up to tape behind.....
I had Maaco spray my car back in 2017, and even though I’m really pleased with it, I still think they suck. They managed to screw stuff up even though I prepped the car and basically handed it to them on a silver platter. That location also went under not too long after. I’m planning on longterm update video soon.
I paint cars for a living, and to be honest I wouldn’t even sand down your car, if you only had a 2k$ budget. Be happy with what you got. Cause 2k labor and materials included for an entire car is an insult to anyone that does paint/body work... and you wanted them to cut and buff it for those same 2k. Bro be serious with yourself. You aren’t going to buy a Vincent van Gogh painting for the budget of a 5$ poster.
It looks good for 2k imo🤷. I mean have you seen what shops charge to, not only paint your car but change the color? I've literally seen 5k paint jobs look worse. What you have described all looks easily corrected. To be honest 7-10k is what it takes to do a paint job correctly imo. I think you got a decent deal. Just correct those minor issues and be happy you saved a bunch of money 💲
The paint job you want is $7-12k. Had you taped off some stuff yourself, and removed what you could, it would be much better. I think it looks great and most of your complaints are easily fixed.
yeah but even you did a 2k paint job your still not doing that shitty of a job. As a painter myself masking and tapping is literaly DAY ONE paint and body class stuff. I mean atleast run to wal-martand get a roll of cheap masking tape and spend 75 cents for a damn newspaper so you don't get overspray everywhere. I understand it's a "cheap paint job" but you still expect a certain level of professionalism even from Maaco and you certainly don't expect them to tear shit up.
Orange peel happens with the best shops. That's why you see them wet sand and polish (paint correction). As for the other issues, this is where the additional costs from other shops come into play. Maaco just doesn't offer these services. You get what you pay for.
I learned the hard way to Never use Maaco on a car you care about. I had them paint a Trans-Am and there was overspray everywhere. They even painted over the door handles and key holes and it started peeling within a month.
Thank you so very much for posting this video. For what it’s worth, I had an estimate from a local MAACO to paint my 89 Formula 350 (~$2300) and, based on your experience, I will be sure to go elsewhere. I’d also like to say thanks in general for posting some very helpful Third Gen content. Personally I’ve found it very encouraging and now tackle jobs I would have previously sent to a mechanic. Cheers!
I'd be super happy if I spent 2 grand and got these results. I can't imagine spending upwards of 7 thousand dollars at a quality body shop just to avoid overspray. I do appreciate the video. If i ever use them, I'll bring them my truck without trim, lights, and a different set of wheels.
You don’t have to. If you can live with overspray, don’t take any extra precautions. Keep in mind, most people that go to Maaco aren’t car enthusiasts. Most people could care less about small imperfections if it saves them 5 grand.
@@BearGrils55 Yes but they still expect SOME sort of competency for their money. This was also a 2k paint job not $399 special. a roll of masking tape is 59 cents at walmart and a newspaper is a less than a buck..... theres absolutely NO excuse for all that overspray much less breaking stuff, and that's not small imperfections, It's not saving 5k if you gotta take it somewhere else to have someone fix it because they didn't care enough to do a proper job to begin with.
Agree to disagree. At 2 grand, he got what he paid for. Labor, materials, rent, and utilities aren’t cheap. They pump these paint jobs as quick as possible. They cut corners to keep their cost down. I understand your argument, but 2 grand is very cheap for a color change. I’d be thrilled with these results.
@@BearGrils55 so he paid grand to have a paint shop tear up his window trim, not do a complete paint job and get overspray everywhere? I'll be sure to let your customers know.... even on a CHEAP job you still expect them to paint the entire car, not break shit and do a decent job at masking and taping and not paint bomb your entire engine bay.
Thanks for sharing your misfortune. You've saved a lot of people tons of the same heartache. Hope you get things back right soon and Maaco does the right thing too.
I've painting my Camaro on my own for a few weeks now. I'm nearly done. I'm going to a different shade of white. You've inspired me to get a 3rd gen and build it up. This set back won't stop you, next thing you know it you'll be the badest kick ass 3rd gen owner around
You can’t get a better product for however much money you spend at Maaco. It’s like spending $2000 at McDonalds expecting a sirloin steak and they still give you a hamburger.
That's more like still frozen patty.... Yes its a "cheap paint job" but you should still expect a certain level of compentence and proper mask and tape job and not get overspray everywhere, that's literally DAY ONE auto body class stuff.
I own a restoration/custom car shop in Denver. To give you a good idea, the cheapest I have ever painted a classic car, which had a great body and no rust was 9k. Most end up between 10k-14k with some of the nicest "show car" finishes ending up in the 30k range. Quality paint and materials alone cost me me over 2k. Unless you're really on a budget, avoid macco at all cost.
I have been painting cars since I was 15 years old. I am 50 now okay when you get the top-of-the-line paint job from Maaco they are using more expensive materials if I were to paint your car I would have 1500 to $2,000 in material Mako gets a huge volume discount but it's still a decent amount of money in materials if you would have taken the car to them with the pieces that they painted removed you would have decent paint job there is not enough labor dollars in their price for them to completely disassemble your car properly and paint it and that's where the problem lies the paint job looks pretty good it could use a wet sand and wheel and it'll look a lot better but I mean you get what you pay for........ sorry
i bein paintin almost as long and adgree why i dont paint completes much anymore everyone thinks 2k is outrages to paint a car n want to pay like 1 to 1.5k but like said u can have that n materials fast or at least half that even if unused cheap stuff and then theres time to do it right it can takes months so i m supposed to make ur car precfect spend months n only make 500 or less for all that work even if i get it done n a week rushing it as macco did thats 500 for a week of work when i could paint a bumper n a day or so n make the same plus you know a good shop from a bad cuz a good shop will not want u to prep the car at all n if u bring it n bondo n primed up prob goin cost more cuz they will have to redo ur work people just expect to much much buy a compressor paint gun da sander primer gun clear gun sandpaper primer maskin tape paint clear scuff pads paint booth n do it ya self then come back tell me u will paint a car for 1 or 2k lol
I grew up in a bodyshop since birth, and ol pop is old now, but his name alone is worth one 20-30k project per year...... ( minimum) however he's had 4 different kinds of cancer( still living) but I don't have any desire anymore
Macco isn't for a car you care about. That honestly is what you would expect for $2k. To paint the camaro correctly the bumper covers, fender liners, rear hatch, door handle, mirrors, sweeps, weather stripping needs to come off the car. The spoiler needs to come off. To paint the underside of the hood it needs to come off. As you said the window sweeps took you 5 hours. So that is $500 in labor. Etc. The over spray can be corrected. The real issue is without disassembling the car you have sharp paint edges that will eventually peal. To get a good $2-3k paint job anywhere you need to disassemble the car for them, that is do the other $6k in labor yourself. Also most people at Macco are use to newer snap together cars and don't know how to work on old cars. I had my 89 firebird painted by Macco in 1999-2000. I had to go through all the over spray correction and wet sand and buff but in the end I couldn't complain what I got for $700. It has held up decent but I'm getting chips around the paint edges, but then again it's a 20 year old paint job. They did over sell it though.
The cost of good paint is at least $2000. That's no labor. I charge $5200 for just a basic respray (same color) $6500 for a color change (car only add another $300 for a truck). Tri-coat paints (Pearl white, Candy apple red) you are looking at a $10,000 to start off with. A complete restore will start at $20,000 (stripped to bare metal, minor body work done). If you want a good job from MAACOs or Earl Scheib, remove everything first. Do your own bodywork, prime & block sand your body work, prep & sand everything, bring them the parts removed from the car. Don't install your good rims & tires and new exhaust before bringing it to them. Trailer the vehicle there if you can so you won't have to remove the head & tail lights and bumpers. Go with the realization that they will be half ass masking the vehicle and they might sand it if they are feeling good that day. Don't expect a color match to any known code for your color, they use cheap paint and they only get it "close enough" to your color code. Never get the cheap enamel paint, always go with the urethane. Expect to buff the entire car to get a good shine because it will have orange peel. I personally would flatten out the clear and then spray another 3 coats of clear on it, then polish it. You will get what you pay for.
$2000, for a full paint job, should have been the red flag you needed. As someone who paints cars for a living....I can tell you a full paint job STARTS around $5-$6000. Also... you can get the overspray off the headlights with a razor blade, easily and completely. As for the wheels take them off and use thinner on a rag. Lastly... for $2000 you got a steal lol. Tha paint (base and clear) ALONE would cost $500+ MINIMUM. Doesnt include all the tape, paper, sandpaper and hours of prep.... You got what you paid for completely and fairly.
I had a Maaco paint job done on my 3rd gen Camaro years ago (I was a broke college student). Watching this video brought back memories. I feel your pain. Only thing I did different was I took the spoiler off before I took it in. I had to do a lot of touch up painting on stuff they didn’t paint, and spent several hours polishing off the black overspray off of my stock white five star wheels. I don’t know how to paint cars, but I probably could have done a better job. Maybe. Lol.
You atleast couldn't have done worse..... I've been a body and paint guy for 30 years, my daughter screwed up and took a car to MAACO because she was in a hurry to get a paint job done and a month later he had paint flying off the car as she drove down the highway, they didn't even scuff it, they literally washed it force dried it with a leaf blower, half-ass taped it off and shot the paint. I ended up having to to sand it back down to bare manufatoring product (metal/plastic) because they put so much thinner in the paint to get it to stick that it ceeped into the original paint and started to lift it. That $1000 paint job she paid them for ended up costing them 10k because they decided to take it to court because they thought she was just some young girl not realizing her dad ran a custom paint shop and knew what they did.
Have taken a few cars to Maaco for full body paint. The best thing to do is bring them the car as stripped of trim as possible. That includes removing the tail lights and sticking them into the truck area once you arrive at the shop. It is also a good idea to mask as much as possible, that you do not want overspray paint on.
Paid 15k for my paint job on 3rd gen, came out perfect 👌. Just fix what u can and make due with what u got. I doubt they gonna redo it for u if that company already has a bad rep they don’t care if another one gets added to the list.
I love the way these guys think a 2000.00 paint job is going to be top of the line. As a retired body man and painter I can assure you it has been at least 20 years since you could get anything near a professional job for 2000.00. Sadly you get what you pay for. Never trust a classic car to be "RESTORED" by Maaco.
It’s not an overreaction at all. They promised you a service and underdelivered. The part when you lifted the spoiler just hurt 😔. They definitely need to make it right.
Honestly, I've wanted to get my car painted for a long time... everywhere I look wants more than $6k and usually closer to (or over) $10k. I know having your expectations be letdown sucks, but, after you have the surface correction done and fix the few things that got oversprayed on or painted, you should still be well under the minimum estimate that I have come across over the last few years of searching. I've always been worried about Macco, but this actually makes it seem like a decently economical idea....
I hate to admit this, but I painted for Maaco 15 years ago. The 17 yr old kids prepping and masking get 1 hour to do their job. Maacos goal is 8 cars a day. You get what you pay for. Materials alone would cost you over $1000 if you were to do this at home. Try taking it to a regular body shop, they probably wouldn't touch it for under $5k.
If I were going to bring a car to Maico, I would do the prep work myself and just have them spray it. When I was a young man, I went for a job interview at Maico. They required you to mask off a car in 30 minutes. I had done body work before and needed the money but I couldn't mask a car anywhere near that fast. That's what you're getting.
My two cents all cars come like that after they painted them. Usually they have a detailer clean the car before the customer picks the car. Just take it back to the detailer. Or do it your self.
For $2,000 this guy got a good job, you really think they have hours to remove lights, latches. Accessories and the wheel wells? Some people have no idea what paint and body work cost.
Take it from someone who’s worked in body shops since leaving school. That paint job is good for a $2000 full colour change respray. There’s alot that goes into painting a car it is very labour intensive and other body shops would have quoted you 3 times that amount. The trim on top of the door being broken should have been replaced by Maaco but other than that all other issues can be sorted out in an afternoon
alot of it will clean up with a rag, razor blade and some paint thinner, but that's not the point, he shouldn't HAVE to do it in the first place, they should have done a correct masking job in the first place. I understand "it's a cheap paint job" but come on man.... not taping all that up properly is just lazy and a shitty job.
In the 1950's my Dad had his car painted by a company called Earl Shives for $ 29.95 the motto " We will paint any car any color for $ 29.95 " I remember over spray on tires, glass, and other areas.Back then the average incom was about $ 100 a week.
brings back memories of old. Back in the 60's I recall going with a pal to get his car at an Earl Shribe's shop in Providence, R.I. We walked into a half open door into the 'spray' area where a guy with a bandana wrapped around his nose and mouth was finishing up a spray job. In the opposite corner of the room was a foot high pile of beer cans filling the corner by at least 6 x 6 feet! In those days you knew 'runs' were acceptable for the &29.95 paint job and so was all kinds of over spray. My brother's wife had her husband' MG painted as a birthday present and they even painted over the mud on the running boards and rocker panels for no extra charge either!
If they shot that much paint inside that radiator and AC condenser I would most definitely take them out and make sure that the louvers in the radiator are not plugged up stopping air flow going through the radiator overheat your engine
yeah i got my wifes hyundai repainted for around 2000, little better maybe than yours but not by much. i learned my lesson, been saving for a year now to have my IROC painted, its gonna run about 10,000-12,000.
I used to do restorations and the one thing I would always recommend to anyone who said they were sending a car to Maaco is if you don’t want paint on a part, don’t leave it on the car. Take the entire thing apart and trailer it there and back. They don’t pay enough labor time to their prep guys to take a car apart. They just give it a quick scuff with a da, maybe throw a little filler onto a couple dings, and throw some masking onto it as quick as possible. Your prep guy probably didn’t even make 100 bucks on your car.
I have an 84 z28 and was thinking of going this route. Glad you made a decision for me that I was going back and forth with. Also hate that this happened. Stay 3rd Gen bro💯
Man I feel bad that happened to you bro but I'm glad you made this video. I'm from the same city and I was going to take my 91 Chevrolet Camaro z28 there but I will not be going now. Hope you get your paint fixed.
I'd send it. this actually looks amazing for $2,000. I'd remove all the lights, trim, and plastics I don't want to be painted and replace them after painting. let it cure for a few weeks, spend a couple days wet sanding and polishing and it'll look like a great quality job. that, or spend $8,000-10,000 at a quality body shop.
Macco is where you take a car when you are gonna sell it and have them spray it for 300 bucks and sell it to a teen who doesn't know what they are looking at.
Bro your Camero looks great! Manage your expectations, you're not going to get a $10k showroom quality paintjob from maaco. You have a new coat of paint and clear that will protect your car for another 30 years
nah, he'll be lucky to 5 out of it, with that orange peel in the clear coat he's probally going to have to have it sanded back to the base and a complete 3 coat clear coat sprayed back on because I guarantee you it it was 1 MAYBE 2 coat clear coat. Just because it's a cheap paint job doesn't mean it should a shit paint job. learning how to mask and tape correctly is literally day 1 body and paint class stuff, when I took auto body class at the local Vo-tech in high school the first month of year 1 was learning how to mask and tape, there's literally no excuse for that, that's just laziness and not caring.
I know that I'm late to the party, but yeah you are over reacting. Not to put them down but Maaco is the Jiffy Lube of the paint industry. They want to get cars in and out as quickly as possible. And believe it or not $2k is not a lot for a paint job.....LOL. Honestly for the type of detail that you were looking for in a paint job would have ran you closer to $5k to $7k. I've been in the process of getting Spawn (86 Berlinetta) ready for paint and $2k is about what I've spent in materials alone 😔 Check out the Underground Paint Kings channel
Welcome to my world. It doesn't matter how much I paid, it would always look crappie. Even these guys that charge 8 to 10k for a paint job on a car worth 8500 then tell you that it just isn't worth painting. If you want it done right you will have to do it yourself. I'm in this boat too. I will have to get a building built then construct a booth inside to paint my car. When I am done I will have a new shop left over with all the money I will have spent for a paint job. But really, this has happened all my life. I'm 68 everyone is always trying to reach into my pocket and take whatever I have. And I don't have much. However I do end up with one thing and that is a lot of experience in a lot of different things. Be glad it was only 2k you lost. Now learn how to fix it and do it yourself.
I’m no body man . However I’ve painted several of them . One in particular was a 72 camaro that I only drag raced . I spent over $700 in materials back in 95 . I thought I did a really good job on it 1 tiny run under the key hole on the drivers door . First trip to the track a man backs into it 🤦🏻♂️ was glad that I didn’t drop the $4000 a body shop was asking . All I can say . With them doing a color change , door jambs and all ? You got a fair if not to better than fair deal . My advice to anyone cutting corners on a build is to do the body work yourself. Find an old refrigerator and paint that till you get the feel of what the gun actually does . You can mess up 4X and still save $$$ if you have to start all over . We live and learn bro . Better luck next time . And for the record . All Maccos are wham bam .
I feel like anyone supporting this, has no idea the amount of work (including body work) that goes into painting a car CORRECTLY. Most of the complaints mentioned here are about things that the customer could’ve prevented with their own prep work. Do you want to have to do the work yourself? No, but you also are having a car painted with materials for $2,000, not $5,000. The LEAST you can do when going to Maaco is remove or separate the parts (weatherstripping, plastic parts, windows, trim, etc.) you don’t want painted and put some stock wheels on. If I were using them, i’d do all the prep work prior, bring it completely gutted just to spray, and only let them do a basic work. For custom/restoration work, expect the prices to reflect.
Im Torn, MAACO clearly made mistakes here. ripping up the door sweep, the orange peel....that spoiler. On the flip side you paid 2k for a full color change my man. What sort of miracle were you expecting? A proper color change from a reputable shop way out in the woods where i live starts at 6k with absolutely no body repair included. For 2,000 she wasnt going to be ready for the Concours d'Elegance. Im super bummed for you because it looks like your going to spend way more getting everything fixed. Super enjoying the videos, keep up the great work.
Yea fully agree with you. This is just my first time getting a car painted, so had no idea where to set the bar of expectations. I just know what I was told they would do and they flat out lied. That's what I'm most upset about.
@@beardedreviews They did you a little dirty to be sure. At the end of the day at least its a lesson and some content. Really digging these third gen camaro vids. Lots of builds happening on youtube with lambos and ferraris and whatnot but not a ton of cool obtainable cars are being done and these third gens are a solid platform to take way beyond how GM delivered them. Looking forward to more.
very unfortunate :/, but do you know where i can buy the camaro grill that you have? i been looking all over the internet, and i can find them. once again i feel sorry
FTR, that's $2k paint all day anywhere you go. What you're describing you wanted/expected is a $5k-$7k paint job at a $2k price. I feel you're pain, I recently paid $4k to paint my Camaro and it turned out waaaaaay worse than yours. Which is what led me to recently start my own RU-vid channel (Project X) documenting the building my own paint booth set up at home to paint cars myself...A bit of advice on the oversprayed rims, always put a BS set of rims & tires on before the car goes to paint, that overspray is tough to avoid for any painter. A good shop would pull'em off and put the car on jack stands but hey that's Macco. Hope you get it sorted out, BTW beautiful car, she looks great on camera.
In my area 2k isn't getting you anything. I took my car around for estimates and every shop started at 10k. Mainly cause the paint had to be completely removed. I ended up doing it myself and no one knows nor believes me until I show pics. Cost me around 1500 in supplies on my 2004 mach 1. Just a gallon of paint for the color was $450.
Dude ..your electing too much the 2000.i think they did good... I am a shop owner. And if own 7 3rdgen camaros .. Decent I mean decent paint job varies from 3500 to 5500. Cheap cheap its 1800 to 2500 depending on how much work it needs
I took my 1971 Cadillac hardtop to MACCO. This was about 11 years ago. It was an Arizona car and very clean, just weathered cracked paint. I removed bumpers, weather stripping, all stainless trim, all glass except the windshield. The grille and all lights were also removed. I sanded the paint with an orbital sander, epoxy primed, 2K sand-able primer and urethane sealer. I had Macco use single stage urethane, metallic taupe. The metallic is tricky to spray without tiger stripes. The finish was great, very pleased. I could not paint the car because it was too large for my limited space. No specks, blems, drips or sags. $ 695.00 on special. It would have cost me almost that for PPG paint. Very good job .
I jad a maaco paintjob, but we masked and removed headlights tail lights, trim, etc, anything we didn't want painted pretty much, and did the prep work ourselves, turned out great except one flaw, which they fixed hassle free.
Hmm people complaining of a macco paint job lol. If you prep your own car and plan on a cut & buff and a quick detailing 2k is a ridiculously good price and can be close to show quality. The materials for a decent paint job depending on locations is going to cost more than 2k. I do a lot of custom paint job's and I'm not touching anyone's car for 2-3 months for less than 15k.
87 Camaro 2.8 Multi-port Fl third GEN and I’m putting a LS 5.3 vortex motor in it and I was wondering what type of transmission should I pay with a turbo 350 4l60 e 2wd to Drive long distance with
This why you do more prep before taking it in. Remove everything you can and do some masking yourself. For example, the mirrors, headlights. Taillights, reflectors, moldings, trims, spoilers or any body part that could be taken off etc should’ve all been removed before hand. You could even do some making before taking it in. It’s not that bad for what you paid.
2000 bucks is only about 15 hours labor... meh pretty darn good for that.. when I use them I mask the whole car myself, trailer the car there. so around who the best sprayer is at the site.. give them 500 cash on the side..
The masking and disassembly is where you save money. That and the lower quality materials. Take it apart beforehand and send it over on a flatbed. Seriously, glass, lights, trim, interior, the more you remove, the better the job. I was in body shop management for 10 years. You got what you paid for.
Why did you decide to go away from the stock paint? Are you going to eventually remove all the interior and engine compartment components and paint gray also?
Ive had 3 cars done there for 500 with less overspray and they actually shined for years and still did local car shows no.issues. for 2k it should should be sweet i hope they gave you atleast 1k back for that
I have been a painter for over thirty years.painting cars now is a losing proposition,materials alone in many cases cost more than the value of the car.Even the Buddy paint job is a thing of the past,I know this video is old,but be careful cutting and buffing,the paint looks kinda thin.We live and learn,but it’s still frustrating.
Maacco is horrible at painting! I had a similar situation a few years back where I wanted them to paint my whole vehicle. It was their best package at that time I paid over $5,000 for them to paint the whole vehicle. To make a long story short they did a horrible paint job. The paint on the vehicle was so rough that when you would touch the paint it felt like sand paper. Also, on all my doors they didn’t wait for the paint to cure and they closed shut all the doors soon after painting them and now the black weather stripping destroyed all of the paint around all of the doors because they didn’t wait for the paint to fully cure before closing all the doors so the weather stripping messed up the wet paint when they closed the doors shut. They probably had more cars to paint so they had to move mine out to make room as they don’t care. I even mentioned all of this to them and told them I was very upset with the quality of work and they basically told me to go kick rocks! They did absolutely nothing to help correct it!! Also there was overspray everywhere just like yours!
I know I’m a year late on this but, maaco doesn’t really mask and they just shoot. The best thing to do with a place like that is pull out all the interior, trim, lights, pull off anything you don’t want to get paint on. Lastly put shitty tires on it. With cheap places you’re always gonna have overspray where you don’t want and they won’t cut and buff after it’s done. Hope they did something for ya.
Just the paint and materials were almost 2000.00 needed to paint my car . If for the cheap price you paid and the car came back presentable. Just do the best you can correcting what you can . The best way to get better results also ,the car should have gone to the pretty much disassembled.
@@beardedreviews yes, but the equipment is the issue. Maybe find someone in your area that does it. They do lots of other things with dry ice blasting as well, just call and ask!
I worked at maaco in my 20’s and if I were working on your car it would look amazing. I just loved what I did. Can’t see the same for ppl that worked with me. The owner literally hired ppl right off the street to prep and tape and mask. And let me tell you these mutfkers did not give af!
I’m working on my third gen too- I have found a good guy to paint it, BUT I AM DOING ALL THE BODYWORK AND STRIPPING EVERYTHING OFF I DON’T WANT PAINTED. All he is going to have to do is scuff it, wipe it down, seal, spray and cut and polish. It is even going in on crap wheels and tires. A good MAACO can even do a good job if you give it to them ready to paint.
