ok, I searched and searched here, other boards, web but I can't decide which is the lesser of the 2 evils:
Earl Scheib or Maaco?
I have the not so great peeling clear coat on my Blue 91 Sport roof, hood and slightly next to those areas. Just last week went to a shop local to me and got a quote for just under 2 grand to get it redone. Just a tad bit too much considering I would see how great those parts were I would be mad I did not get the whole truck done. So I asked about how much to do the whole truck he told me around 5500! Now this place seemed real good, 31 bays, BMWs and crap like that in there, real clean. but for 5500 I could find a newer X with liveable paint on it. He went on to say if I did the whole truck I would then just find other stuff I would be unhappy with like wanting all new trim and seals so everything looked new and it would not be worth it unless I was going to keep it 5 or more years.
So I come to the conclusion that I am not going to attempt this myself. mostly because I could not take the waiting game of prepping and crap myself. I would start prepping then take more short cuts than the worst shop and just spray the damn thing with super-bargain equiptment and paint with no experience I think I would be setting myself up for a huge letdown. Not to mention not really any great place to paint it with out making a booth in my garage. So now on to cheap alternatives where I can just give some dude with many cars painted worth of experience some money and get the thing to at least be a uniform color with out peeling clear coat for a couple years.
Earl Scheib or Maaco. Now going into this I know its not the best, well its a crap shoot because who knows you could get someone one that cares about the shop and does decent work with the low to mid quality stuff they provide or you can get some person that has painted tons of cars but he is in a contest with the others in the shop trying to see who can paint the most cars in a week
I know its not going to be show quality, not even close, but its a cheap 91 truck that is subject to sudden idiot abuse, like parking lot dings, wild shopping carts, etc. ya know the type just a normal truck wanting a bit of new paint.
so what do you think? sorry this was long winded but I could not stop going on and on once I started
Earl Scheib or Maaco?
I have the not so great peeling clear coat on my Blue 91 Sport roof, hood and slightly next to those areas. Just last week went to a shop local to me and got a quote for just under 2 grand to get it redone. Just a tad bit too much considering I would see how great those parts were I would be mad I did not get the whole truck done. So I asked about how much to do the whole truck he told me around 5500! Now this place seemed real good, 31 bays, BMWs and crap like that in there, real clean. but for 5500 I could find a newer X with liveable paint on it. He went on to say if I did the whole truck I would then just find other stuff I would be unhappy with like wanting all new trim and seals so everything looked new and it would not be worth it unless I was going to keep it 5 or more years.
So I come to the conclusion that I am not going to attempt this myself. mostly because I could not take the waiting game of prepping and crap myself. I would start prepping then take more short cuts than the worst shop and just spray the damn thing with super-bargain equiptment and paint with no experience I think I would be setting myself up for a huge letdown. Not to mention not really any great place to paint it with out making a booth in my garage. So now on to cheap alternatives where I can just give some dude with many cars painted worth of experience some money and get the thing to at least be a uniform color with out peeling clear coat for a couple years.
Earl Scheib or Maaco. Now going into this I know its not the best, well its a crap shoot because who knows you could get someone one that cares about the shop and does decent work with the low to mid quality stuff they provide or you can get some person that has painted tons of cars but he is in a contest with the others in the shop trying to see who can paint the most cars in a week
I know its not going to be show quality, not even close, but its a cheap 91 truck that is subject to sudden idiot abuse, like parking lot dings, wild shopping carts, etc. ya know the type just a normal truck wanting a bit of new paint.
so what do you think? sorry this was long winded but I could not stop going on and on once I started