brand new paint job, FINISHED PICS PG3!! Options

[celicaST]

manny, ever think about moving to colorado?

[bccentaur3]

SHoot ever think of moving to Minnesota. I wished my prep worked looked as good as that. But since Manny gave me some advice on what to use, I think I'll be in good shape.

[Fate]

i have a feeling where i might drive my car to be painted, haha.

[presure2]

the car has been painted!
I taped the car up first thing this AM, and we had our resident pro, billy-bob (AKA ernie) shoot the paint. he's been painting FOREVER, and can lay it down smooth and shiney.


first a couple pics of it masked:





then, once its in the booth, and given a final blow down, prep wash, and tacking, a nice even coat of sealer:





then a few coats of some sherman williams "ultra 7000" toyota paint code 199 alpine silver metallic basecoat:













then, once that setup up a bit, the clear:





this is a close up of the hood. if you look close, you can see the reflection of ernies guns in the rack, kinda gives you an idea of how flat it is.




a few others:







we'll let it sit over the weekend and finish curing, and monday we'll reassemble it.

[Batman722]

damn that looks like it was layed pretty flat.

maaco in Fall River is dabomb.com

[Defgeph]

Nice job dude. This makes me want a paint job.

[lagos]

Damn that looks good. I like that color too.

[manphibian]

Great job

[cjh4l22]

holy crap!! that is one unbelievable paint job!! the clear coat looks absolutely amazing...

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

i really wish i had more access to a computer to keep up with the posts here, but wow! thats all i can say and i havent even seen her in person yet. looks great manny. u guys there at maaco really went the extra mile to make the car look good, ill have to give those wheels a good cleaning and peel off those stickers so shes looking real clean. ill be down tuesday afternoon to pick the car up, thanks manny ill see ya then, and wow! looks great.

This post has been edited by slvr_celica_GT_816: Feb 22, 2008 - 7:56 PM

[GriffGirl]

I'm so jealous... it looks great! To know, my car could look like that too... it gives me hopes, dreams, aspirations...

which paint job is that? I know there are a few different levels... and why do you remove the door handles? Mine are silver, do you paint them separately or just skip them altogether? And for that matter, how do you remove them? My driver's one is kinda loose and I'd love to tighten it.

[ra65_22re]

why do you remove the door handles? Mine are silver, do you paint them separately or just skip them altogether? And for that matter, how do you remove them? My driver's one is kinda loose and I'd love to tighten it.

you have to take the door panel off and there should be one or two bolts that hold it on

[Fate]

props go to manny and ernie.

[presure2]

I'm so jealous... it looks great! To know, my car could look like that too... it gives me hopes, dreams, aspirations...

which paint job is that? I know there are a few different levels... and why do you remove the door handles? Mine are silver, do you paint them separately or just skip them altogether? And for that matter, how do you remove them? My driver's one is kinda loose and I'd love to tighten it.

this is maacos best paint job they sell.
the doorhandles were taken out because if you look at them on your car, you'll notice they have a little black plastic trim around it, we dont want to paint that.
99% of maaco customers dont want to pay for all the extra work to have a car done like this.

thanks guys!

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

yea sorry about that dent on the pass side quarter manny, my buddie tried to fix that for me, i didnt know too much body work at the time, but yea i appericate you filling the extra lil door dings and stuff its gunna look great now i just got to save up for the c/f hood, lowering springs and header/cat.

[joehernandez]

how much did you paid?

[speedfeen]

you have to take the door panel off and there should be one or two bolts that hold it on

Not to be a b*tch but its called a door trim, not a panel (panel is on the outside of the car), I know i get technical but its just one of those things , same thing when ppl call it BONDO even if thats not the brand they use. Its Fill ppl lol, not bondo.






/rant



Other than that, thats the first paint job i've ever seen from Macco that looked that good. Congratz on the new clothes for the gal and i like the color!

This post has been edited by speedfeen: Feb 25, 2008 - 9:36 AM

[x_itchy_b_x]

Looks great! so thats what a quality macco paint job looks like! nice Manny.
Im looking to get a fresh coat soon

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

i paid a lil over 1800, for it manny and tlm at maaco really squared me away ill be picking her up tomorrow

[presure2]

i paid a lil over 1800, for it manny and tlm at maaco really squared me away ill be picking her up tomorrow

how much of that was for R&I (removal and installation) costs?
theyre base clear job is normally 1299, IIRC thats what dustin paid for his car.