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?

[block]

at least 3000 will get you a pretty darn good paint job. i took mines into an auto collision and they wanted $3000, stripped down; doors taken apart, trunk out, takin' weatherstrips out, door handles apart, hood out, bumpers out, sunroof out, side mouldings out, front and rear windshield out, etc etc etc. it's a lot of work and well worth it because they'll take their time to make it right, not like maaco. i've had many friends who have gone to maaco and weren't too happy. overspray, parts of the car werent painted, blah blah. if you had a beater, 299 would be awesome for a paint job good luck man!