Car painted?

[jerrymrc]

And for the record, Maaco sucks. They are absolutely hands down the worst place you could take your car to to get painted. If you have a complete POS or a tractor that you want painted then there $300 paint job is for you, but if you even care a little bit about your vehicle and what it looks like avoid Maaco at all costs

I paid $300 just for the last gallon of clear I bought.

My thoughts on car painting. If you do ALL of the prep work yourself and just want to sell the car in a couple of years then a Maaco $300 job may work out in the original color.

If you are wanting to keep the car and change color there are some brands of paint that are lesser lines and can help keep the cost down. Color change mandates new weatherstripping and rubber pieces along with a bunch of labor to do it right.

If it is a newer car or some of the older ones where the engine compartment is body color then more $$$.

So many variables. Years ago people would see one of my cars and would ask if I would paint theirs. My normal reply was "I start at $5,000 and go up". Mtn.man does paint ask him.

The actual painting is 10% of the work. It is all about the canvas ya put it on and the work to get there.