Here's How My Maaco Paint Job Looks After Two Years
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Glad you posted this, we've been considering Maaco on our 2007 9-3, and want something comparable longevity wise for the price. We have massive clear coat failure on the hood, roof, and deck lid due to Texas weather, so it's looking pretty rough a the moment.
I have a grey 2011 Saab 9-5. I live in AZ too and the sun just faded the pain on the hood, roof and trunk. Bought some base coat pain and clear, sanded it and painted it myself. Because the sun takes a beating to the paint, there is a color difference from the original but at least the clear is no longer peeling
you can make any paint job look good its all about the prep ! .
Still looking great after 2 years Jacob.......I really wish we had a "maco" type company over here in the UK. Cheapest repaint over here will cost minimum $1400....
Phew, those west coast prices are nuts. Maaco has worked well for me, I'm not paying 3-5 grand elsewhere.
4,500 for my 2005 Tacoma in California
Get it prepped/polished and spray some ceramic coating on it. Adam's sells one for about $54 that lasts about a year. Easy to apply and looks great while protecting the paint job.
Clean & mean!! Awesome car man, it looks great. I was looking for this information because I want to get my work truck painted soon. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
Glad I could help! Thank you
In Sweden we have Tershine to protect 💪
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thanks for the prep tip. i am bringing my 2009 scion tc 5.0 TRD in to have body work and mid package paint job with environment protection, full car. fingers crossed good experience so far. they beat multiple quotes by above 50%!
Good luck!
Looks good
Glad to see this video now I’m more confident to take my 05 Toyota Corolla to be repainted from maaco
Great video, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Your very lucky. We have had 4 cars painted by Macco over the years and every one faded in about 2 years or 3 and they were washed and waxed regularly. My friends lincoln faded in only 1 year. My dad had his prize el camino repainted after the first Macco job faded. 2 weeks later he got it back, he was furious because those idiots matched the faded color. Have you ever seen a new paint job thats faded looking. Neither have I until then. I bought a 2000 Corvette a couple months ago painted Magnetic red (the darker red) and I just found out they just had it painted at Macco. I wanted to cry. I saved for 10 years to buy it. I guess I have 2 years to save for a repaint. By the way the long time manager in C C Tex. once told me they had only painted 2 cars with the urethane paint and after that they just used cheap synthetic enamel on everything because no one can tell the difference when its new. And they don't use clear coat. It was the early 2000's at $30 a gallon. And they paint a couple of cars with that because they put it on thin. I can see through it on the passenger side of the car. There were a number of runs on the back that they wiped off but never went back and painted. I had several friends who had paint pealing off because they didn't sand places. Their price is expensive, their just cheaper than real paint shops. Normally you use them when your selling an ugly car.
The manager of that particular shop seems like a scumbag. The one I work at we understand that these paint jobs are cheap, but we still take care to make sure we don't have to re-do it anytime soon.
Looks good. Need to restore those headlights and it would look brand new.
just did that recently!
Taking my Saab 95 wagon to be painted soon and then sadly I think I have to let it go
I have a 2004 Toyota Tacoma that I had Maaco paint 5.5 years ago. About 2 years ago it started showing rough areas on top of the canopy, cab and hood. Over time these rough areas have collected much dirt and pollen, and when I tried to scrub them off they stay. I was told by a detailing shop that it was not fixable by them, that it was the clear coat disintegrating. Well that sucks. Before my truck was repainted it looked fine, no clear coat coming off, and right after and for several years it looked amazing. But now, it's not good and I'm quite annoyed. They shop said I'd need to repaint the top!
does the car get parked outside? what "level" of paint did you get from Maaco?
@@AutoAutopsy Yes it's parked in a shady area, and there's a large cherry in the park next to it. It's in Seattle so it's pretty soggy. The guy who told me it wasn't fixable without repainting thought that maybe the cherry seeds left on the car did the damage, but I parked in that same spot for 5 years before the new paint job without any damage. I paid 1099 for the base price 5.5 years ago, and that gave a 5 year warranty. They added extra for the canopy and since it was a truck. I paid 2200 total for paint and emblems and pin striping.
Longevity is a big question with their paint jobs. From what I have read and heard the paint and additives are doled out and mixed by a computer based on the vehicle size, so the painter is given bare minimum amount of paint, which means it's one thin coat and done. Fortunately the Urethane and I/C option has a hardener added so it's Maaco's way of offsetting the thin coat of paint and still lasting through the warranty.
definitely. I always keep this garaged to avoid the AZ sun from eating it. It's now about 3.5 years and still looks good
@@AutoAutopsy You are fortunate that you can park it in a garage, out of the sun and elements. Unfortunately some of us park our vehicles outside, so they are attacked by the suns's UV rays, the acid rain, pollen, bird droppings, etc. That's the car I want to see after a few years.
That is false. There is an adequate quantity of paint applied. Also, all of their paints have hardeners or they would not be able to paint so many cars each day. The problem with production paint shops is they have to move the vehicles very quickly since the prices are really low. It would be unreasonable to expect them to charge these prices and yet spend hours in preparation, parts removal and re-installation and intensively detailed masking with the costs of labor and materials.
@@mwest78734An "adequate" quantity would mean just enough paint to cover the vehicle. Your word, not mine. I never said I expected these paint shops to spend hours prepping the vehicles. I simply stated that you can get better results if you remove as many parts as possible so there is less to mask off.
@@mwest78734
Perfectly stated!
Maaco, the Walmart of auto body shops! 🤣🤣🤣
I hate to say it, I dunno if you already know or not. There slight dent on your fender. 2:40
In San Diego, considering Sheib auto body and paint, or Maaco - for my 99 Mustang six. I was thinking on your lower spoiler, couldn't you paint it a bit yourself, and apply perhaps a colored "tape" - or clear - to protect that and make it look good for cheap?
hello, a question where I can find the painting of the car in the video. What is the name of the color exactly?
It looks very good and I'm glad for you but u have it parked in a garage big asset to retain the very nice finish.
Pretty dang glossy for a single stage
Right? Not too shabby!
Do you know which company Brand was the supply oem in sweeden 2003 - 2011.. (BASF, Dupont, sherwin Williams, azko novel)
I wanted to get the 600$ job done I seen prices even at 400$ but when I called the maacos in Albuquerque they acted like assholes on the phone and said theirs no such thing even though I said maacos website says different and told me I wouldn’t get a damn thing done unless I paid at least 1000$ and said that’s their cheapest job and where implying they where gonna not care and do a bad job if I didn’t spend more. I’m frustrated cause I was counting on this paint job to fix up a second car I bought. Can anyone help me please and explain more how prices work with these guys ?
Go to a different maco. Take that extra trip to get what you want.
Every single Maaco is owned and operated by different people and they generally set their own prices. I went to 3 different Maacos all my estimates were different. And some wildly different for the same paint tiers. You must look at reviews and shop around.
Also in Albuquerque. 3k for the mid grade paint/clear mixed and 5700 for the premium. this includes taking the entire car down to metal (terrible primer causing paint to chip and flake off entire car.)
What number this colour?
Holy orange peel Batman!
Not at all a bad paint job for $1,200. If you want off the showroom floor quality, you will pay significantly more.
If you think that's quite a bit of orange peel you should have seen mine after getting it back. His looks like a car sitting in the concourse lawn vs mine. I had terrible orange-peel and specks all over every single panel on my car. I wasn't happy, I spent more than he did on the base/clear and got worse results. It's a crap shoot what you are going to end up with.
My low mileage 2008 Nocturne Blue 9-3 is starting to fade on the hood and roof. It gets waxed all the time. No garage in suburb of NY. Trying not to get it painted yet. If anyone has a good fade resolution, please post. Thanks.
So you have to sand down the car yourself?
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When you said, make sure you do all the prep work before you take it. You absolutely lost me.
It’s not for everyone. If you want a half decent result, that’s what I’d personally do. You can always pay more for another shop to do it!
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nice review. i noticed that they have 3 levels of paint. did you have the least expensive level?
I had same question
Looks like urethane
Based on what he said on the video, he had the middle level. I just did the same and it turned out pretty good. I am wondering, though, if the car can be washed at all in an automated car wash... Or will it damage the paint?
@@flavellinator I run a auto detailing co and yes you can run it through an automatic car wash but of course the abrasive pounding from the scrubbers will wear out the paint more and more over time, the machine scrubbers micro scratch the paint and add those nasty swirl marks and I always recommend that my customers hand wash their vehicles and gently dry. I thought that Maaco's single stage paint jobs only included base coat and not clear coat as well. Maybe the young man in the video did get a different mid level paint job and just said the wrong "name of paint job" because single stage paint jobs are traditionally known to only include that one single stage of base coat, clear would not be mixed together in the paint hopper with base it would be a completely separate step ( aka 2 stage paint job).
What's that color called
So wait they did single stage or did they do paint then clear?
only single stage. everything mixed together. the paint looks like mixed with clear coat
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They charging me 1400 for the single stage here in nj.
which location?
"The car sits outside.........⏲.......very rarely" huh, what? 😂
Hello, a question where I can find the painting of the car in the video. What is the name of the color exactly ?