[TR] Paint job!!!!!!

[David Porter]

Has anyone tried the wrap or even cheaper spray on "wrap"?

DaveP



On 8/3/2016 2:21 PM, Chad wrote:
> We had my son's car painted at Maaco last year....did all the body 
> work ourselves.  They put their premium base clear on it for under 
> $1000.  It buffed out well and looks fantastic.
>
> Chad in Tulsa
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
> *To:* 'John Summers' <rivers2hills at yahoo.com>; triumphs at autox.team.net
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 3, 2016 9:38 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [TR] Paint job!!!!!!
>
>
> > O. M. God., $6,000,,,,,,,the sport of kings or Silicon Valley CEO's!!!
>
> Do they have MAACO in your part of the country?  If no body work is
> required, they will do a decent job painting for a lot less than $6000.
> ISTR the paint job was under $1000, including sanding off the old paint &
> primer (which probably had lead in it), painting the stripe, door 
> jambs and
> so on.  I removed all the chrome beforehand (so they would paint under 
> it),
> but they would have masked it for the same price.
>
> Of course, it's not concours quality, but it's just fine for a 
> "driver".  I
> get lots of comments on the car, and not one person has ever commented on
> the paint job being cheap.
>
> The body work I'm less happy with, I won't have them do that again (but
> hopefully I won't need to).  But the paint was worth the price, and 
> although
> I had to take it back once for some touch-ups, they cheerfully took 
> care of
> the problems.
>
> It has accumulated a few road chips already; I'll probably get it 
> repainted
> in a few more years.  Or maybe by then, I'll try doing it myself.
>
> -- Randall
>
>
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