Maaco to paint new hood?
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I have a great local body shop repair guy. Local small business guy, been doing it for awhile. He does awesome work and is pretty reasonably priced. I was just there a couple weeks ago getting some work done for my son's car which needed a rear quarter panel to be repaired and repainted. It turned out awesome, where everything blends and it basically looks like new. Going to follow that up having him repair some bumps and bruises on my JKU.
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I was just considering doing my fender flares at Maaco since it's typically cheaper where the fender flares are something that are easy to get scratched and banged up again and it's not like I have to worry about rust. So it may not make sense to pay my guy what he's worth, if I turn around scratch them again afterwards.
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I was just considering doing my fender flares at Maaco since it's typically cheaper where the fender flares are something that are easy to get scratched and banged up again and it's not like I have to worry about rust. So it may not make sense to pay my guy what he's worth, if I turn around scratch them again afterwards.
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I've used Maaco before for a work truck. They did a great job. They explained to me that they do cheap paint jobs, but they also do good paint jobs. You get what you pay for. The one I used had three different levels of work. The cheapest was prep and one coat of color. The highest something like prep, primer, two coats color, and clear.
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I've used Maaco before for a work truck. They did a great job. They explained to me that they do cheap paint jobs, but they also do good paint jobs. You get what you pay for. The one I used had three different levels of work. The cheapest was prep and one coat of color. The highest something like prep, primer, two coats color, and clear.
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Well I ended up getting the stingray hood from smittybilt. (Looks just like the 10th anniversary hood) for $495 plus $20 shipping and dropped it off at maaco today who charged me $280 to paint it that includes under the hood. They said it should be done tomorrow so I'll let you guys know how it turns out!
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Curious to hear how good of a job they do. I'd love a vented hood for both looks and function, but when it comes down to cost it always looks like I'll be doing the PSC cheese grater instead.
Comment above about the different levels of paint jobs they offer was interesting as I had no idea Maaco offered levels. When you dropped it off did they discuss various options with you? If so, was $280 for a higher quality job?
Comment above about the different levels of paint jobs they offer was interesting as I had no idea Maaco offered levels. When you dropped it off did they discuss various options with you? If so, was $280 for a higher quality job?
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They never discussed different paint job levels with me. I'm assuming they just knew I'd want the higher level job because of how I was telling them I want it to look/match the rest of the jeep paint. They did however have a chart in there where it had like different types of paint jobs and the cost of each one going from low to high.
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They never discussed different paint job levels with me. I'm assuming they just knew I'd want the higher level job because of how I was telling them I want it to look/match the rest of the jeep paint. They did however have a chart in there where it had like different types of paint jobs and the cost of each one going from low to high.
The sand and polish will help with any orange peel, so would recommend you ask for an additional clear coat layer.
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I got my hood back paint looks great and matched great. And hood looks awesome, I'm in the middle of cutting up the hood louvers to make them actually able to vent the hot air out then I'll install and post a picture