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?

[njccmd2002]

if you dont want orange peel, fork at leasr 3000 dollars.

what do you expect for less than 500 bucks.

[presure2]

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.
You can't expect show quality paint for a few hundred bucks.
No paint job is gonna be 100% smooth, they will all have some degree of Orange peel, even factory paint does.
If you want show quality, your looking between 3-5k.

if you dont want orange peel, fork at leasr 3000 dollars.

what do you expect for less than 500 bucks.