Yeah I know....cheap paint jobs right? But I was wondering if anyone has had a quality job done by them, I am thinking about useing thier deluxe package and doing all the prep work myself and removing all my trim myself. Any experiences you want to share? My 69 Chevelle has the $199 Maaco paint job on it right now from the previous owner...it looks good from 50 feet or going by at 50mph!

No personal experience, but from what I hear, Macco does a better job http://www.chevelles.com/forum/wink.gif

Apply for a job as a painter and see how it works before talking to a salesmen.

Good luck http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif

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High octane gasoline
A clean windshield
And a shoe shine"

The biggest problem with the budget paint jobs that I've seen is peeling. They will repaint your car over and over and all for the low price of $199.

I don't know the Levels of paint jobs. but this was at Mayco.
A fellow cam to the shop and wanted a BB-CC pait job on his 86 SS MC. the $$ scared him off. so he did what you are thinking of. He preped the car him self. feathered out all the chips. . he used ratel can primer laquer.
Sanded the whole car . They shot the BBCC BLACK. and he color sanded and buffed it out.
Think it was around the $500 price and it's been three years and driven every day and last seen , Looks Good. Not a SHOW car but a dam nice ride.

I actually got a decent finish with their
"best paint job" (acyrlic urethane) on my daily car (Daihatsu so it didn't really matter) http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif however dont expect them to do any real sanding at all. The Maaco shop here
does pretty good work but is considerably higher here. Maybe you'll get lucky...

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Importtech

hehehe, I had an earl sheib paint job done about 15 years ago for $49.99, they painted everything, trim, emblems, and whatever else they didn't mask off. This was in Chicago and the paint held up pretty good with the salted roads in the winter.. . i would think the technology might be a bit more advanced now.

You will get a better job for the money at Maaco.

Shannon

You get what you pay for, but I think One Day sometimes does a 1/2 decent job. Check out my elco on my webpage, yes, this was a One Day paint job(done by previous owner). There is orange peel and some bubbles, but they even did stripes!!! http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif

Mike

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The materials Shieb uses aren't the greatest. We couldn't buy a gallon of paint and reducer for what they charge to paint a car.
Years ago however, my dad took a car he was getting ready for sale to Earl. My dad pulled all the trim and masked it himself.
When he got to Earl's place, he asked to talk to the painter. This was arranged. Dad asked the painter what brand of beer he drank. For $29.95 and the price of a case of beer, the car looked excellent when he got it back. Who knows how long it lasted though, he sold it rather quickly.

I had my El Camino painted at Miracle (similar to Earl Sheib and Maaco).

I did all the prep, removed all the trim, they just had to mask the windows, engine and interior... About $350 to paint the entire car (bed, door jambs, hood jambs, 5 wheels)...

A few runs, but they fixed them... Only complaint was they used a sealer over the whole car, EXCEPT the bed... so you could see where I had spot primed areas of the bed...

I drove it home, put everything back together, and won 2nd place in my class (in a 900+ car car show (probably 10-12 cars in my class)). The body was really straight already, just some chips and scratches and one big gouge in the paint.

I sold the car about 2 years later and about another 3 years goes by and the owner at that time tracked me down and wanted to know who did the paint, because it still looked really good!!! Sure, I wouldn't use them for a show car, but a nice driver... you bet... But do the prep yourself...

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My 70 was painted at earl shieb, had no choice cause i didnt have money and my dad helped out so i took it. i got there top of the line job on sale, and so far not bad. Its been 2 years. Do as much of the prep work yourself, and take of as much of the trim off yourself. other than a couple small chips from rocks along the bottom, i havent had a problem. You can tell its not the greatest paint job, but for being my first car, im happy with it. I talked to the manager a couple times the week before i took it in and told him how i felt about it, so try that and they might take a bit more care of it. hope this helps,

Ernest