Cheapest Paint Job?

[granville]

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?

[vic_086]

isn't maaco just in the states?

[AdamR]

Originally posted by granville
btw wheres maaco?

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/

[vic_086]

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

[granville]

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 ...

[davidhtam]

there's a macco in langley

[Orc]

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.

[granville]

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?

[Graeme S]

It's amazing how effective this tool can be.

[godwin]

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

[granville]

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

[Lomac]

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...

[maxxxboost]

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.

[freakshow]

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

[laurel4]

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.

[boibuddha]

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.

[SE3P-T]

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...

[//RacingSpirit>>]

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.

[shantz]

You get what you pay for.

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

[k2_alpha]

how much is a DECENT paint job?

[granville]

Originally posted by SE3P-T
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...

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.

[Lomac]

Originally posted by granville
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.

[jonny123]

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

[Manic!]

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.

[DeviantRebel442]

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