RE: Maaco, Reliable??

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

80% (or more) of the quality of a paint job is in preparation. Maaco
does _excellent_ painting, but they don't understand prep or masking. A
friend had her car painted at a Maaco, the most beautiful paint job I
have seen for under $1000, including on the windshield trim (not sure
how they got it to stick), the horsefly on the roof didn't have a single
run on him, and they even transformed rust into bumpy blue body! Where
the body was in good shape , the paint was beautiful, no runs, no
eggshell, no orangepeel, opaque, very well applied.

If you're willing to prep and mask it yourself, they can be quite a good
solution.

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA, USA
1990 Coupe Quattro 20v

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>From: 	Albert Ng[SMTP:ang@copper.ucs.indiana.edu]
>Sent: 	Friday, June 21, 1996 2:10 AM
>To: 	Quattro List
>Subject: 	Maaco, Reliable??
>
>HI Audi fans,
>
>
>I am planning to take my Audi to repaint, but don't know which paint
>shop 
>in my local area is reliable. A friend of mine recommanded Maaco to me;
>he 
>said it's a pretty decent paint shop, and it's nation wide. I went
>check out 
>the shop this afteroon, and seemed like everything were neat and clean.
>BTW,
>their price seemed pretty reasonable, too, when I saw the price list on
>the 
>wall. 
>
>Have anyone tired Macco for repaint before? How's their quality? Should
>
>I let them to do the repaint job for my Audi?
>
>
>TIA
>
>Albert      
>'87 5kcst
>