MAACO and other cheap paint jobs

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 A little "human interest" here, about 6 years ago my Scirocco was stolen. 
While it was stolen Maaco painted it. I understand that the paint job was also 
stolen. The recipient left someone else's motorcycle as security he would 
return to pay for the paint job.

Anyway, here we are 6 years later. There is no doubt it was a cheap paint 
job. One fender is covered with small blisters which I am told resulted from 
moisture on the car when it was painted. The masking was awful with lots of 
overspray. No need to go on, but it is what it is.

On the other hand, I understand they have the very best equipment and many of 
the people are knowledgeable. So the answer is to do all of your own prep and 
remove rather than mask. It is not unheard of to slip an extra $50.00 to the 
guy who will actually squirt the car.

Tom Faust