Cheapest Paint Job?
 

im about to paint a car , i remember there was a shop on kingsway.. some asian shop i believe .. 300 bux paint job.
iunno if they still do those biz.. anyone know where i can get
the cheapest paint job? btw wheres maaco?

isn't maaco just in the states?

a quick search turned up these locations
31120 Peardsdonville Rd. British Columbia Abbotsford V2T 6K7 (604) 855-1870
2168 Springer Ave, #1&2 British Columbia Burnaby V5B 3M7 (604) 291-2992
3281 Sexsmith Road British Columbia Kelowna V1V 1L5 (250) 765-0120
20109 Logan Avenue British Columbia Langley V3A 4L5 (604) 514-9860


edit. Maacos website is http://www.maaco.ca/

^ guess not
http://www.maaco.ca/centers.htm

thanks for the info dude, but yeh man is the maaco only way? im preety sure theres some chinese/viet hookups in kingsway or richmond where they hook us up for 3-4 bills ...

there's a macco in langley

For 3 bills for a whole car, they'll get 4 guys with some rattlecans... That's not gonna be a great job.

:(

Body work = Get what you pay for.
I paid 2+ bills for minor cosmetic work, but you'd never be able to tell what was touched up.

like some revscener said.. im willing to prep some sandings if necessary.. i know that i pay what i get but im onna budget and i don want my car fugly green haha. so does anyone have got it done from macco here?

http://www.altigen.com/images/large_IP-705.jpg

It's amazing how effective this tool can be.

Paint work is 90% prep work and 10% the actual paint job.

QUOTE]Originally posted by godwin
Paint work is 90% prep work and 10% the actual paint job. [/QUOTE]


should i go buy those wet sanding machine and sand it down by myself and take em there? i mean.. i don want it turn fuglier than before at least right ? haha

Cheapest paint job? Good god. For $300, they'll be painting over the dirt left on the car, overspraying onto parts that's not meant to be painted, spray runs and lots of orange peel...

once you paint that car with cheap paint and prep, consider the car ruined, it will look ok for a month or so, but that will be it.

It will be really hard to take the $300 finish off if you plan to repaint it.

A can of car paint weather it be acrylic or base coat clear coat alone will run you more than $300 So don't expect much for that price.

If i was in financial situation, i'd prep the car myself and send it off to Macco.

It would be better not to paint your car, than to paint your car with $300.

You can get a decent paint job from Maaco if you do the prep yourself and then take it for them to spray . Not going to be a show car, but will look decent.

I saw one of those shops on kingsway, it was 599 but they use enamel paint. No thanks, enamel paint should be kept to paint ceramics, not cars.

park ur car @ metrotown... act cocky. and stare @ the gangsta... and someone will come up to ur car and key it.. then u pay 300$ deduct..how's that? cheapest?

and there is NO CHEAPEST PAINT JOB.
how much u pay.. how much u get
u can get ur car painted @ $2500-3000 ... that will look when its new...
u pay 599$... u will get ur car painted even worst then it is...

hate to tell yo this, but just material alone cost more than $300 per car. you need the paint mixed, clear coat, paint degreaser, masking paper, masking tape, primer, sanding paper, and misc. small things. you'd be better off paying $150 for a cut polish/wax detail and then touching up the chips/flaws. even then, it would probably cost you more than $300 depending on how bad the paint is.

You get what you pay for.

Good paint isn't cheap; and cheap paint isn't good

how much is a DECENT paint job?

wouldnt insurance company doubt my nammer ass when i bought the vehicle lesser than a week for my younger brother. ( techinically tis under my dads name.. ) btw would they paint in blk though ? its gay ass green color.

Buy $300 worth of black automotive spray paint and do it yourself. Good luck trying to scam ICBC. They wouldn't repaint it a different colour unless you paid the difference.

no, they wouldn't change the colour of your car... and theyd most probably just paint that one panel

i recommend against committing insurance fraud. you'll get f*cked if they catch u.

as everyone says earlier... it depends on how you want your car to look. for $300, its pretty much a guarantee its going to look worse than it does now - if not right away after the paint job, it will after a month.

if you really want to save $, prep it yourself and take it to maaco. and maaco is borderline shit too.

or you can do this... this was really surprising! it turned out really well

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...0&fpart=1&vc=1

To change the color of your car they have to take off the doors and lots of other parts unless you still want your door jams to be a ugly green. Color change will cost you closer to $5000, a good paint job same color will cost you around $3000.

Maaco's high end paint job is actually really good, but for custom paint jobs like iridescent, and candy paints I have no idea. In fact if anyone knows a good paint place for specialty paints lemme know cause i was a candy blue paint job done on my 240