any experience with maaco?, not sure if its off topic? Options

[Malhar95]

i decided to get the celi painted soon, i just wanted to see if anybody has any experience with the painting company, "maaco"
i heres some really nice reviews about them and then some really bad ones....

both on the extremes. just need some more comments and experience with them,

i called them up to see how they paint, they say they suggest to get the old color repainted, and by the sounds of it, it seemed asif all they do it sand ur car and apply new paint without any real prepping

i know i get what i pay for and with 500 dollar paint job i know the paints gonna start fading soon and chip eventually but then again, it has 1 year warranty and i can always get it repainted after a year or two?

[opie_7afe]

a single stage paint job wont fade after a few years unless you neglect the paint. plenty of ways to make a single stage faded paint shine like glass....but all in all with maaco its all on who is actualy painting the car....and from what i have seen, they fail at prep work so i would prep it yourself then trailer it over to maaco and just tell them give it a wipe down with some grease/wax/tar remover and spray...the paint ive seen done at maaco looks like the skin of an orange,and usualy they dont sand the color coat to prep for clear, this leads to clear coat bubbling up/peeling off..i would ask around and find a good body shop that is not franchised, usualy they run about same price as maaco and can end up comming out way better. but as ive said its all down to who paints/preps the car...and there is nothing wrong with single stage but single stage will fade faster,scratches easier,(white single stage is the hardest single stage paint due to the titanium dioxide pigments), i would go with basecoat clearcoat paint job...but id just try to save up some more money and talk to the body shop and tell them what you want done as in the quality of work you want...good luck!