NY/NJ Painting Camry???

[Eniffey]

I wanted to repaint my gen 3 camry to like spectra blue/ superman blue. I got a quote for $1500 including priming, paint inside door and all the dings and so forth. Does anyone else know a cheaper place in our area. No Maaco stuff. PPG PAINT! I'm located in Brooklyn, NY!

[Bigshoguns]

i need to get a new paint job on my gen 4. Maaco i hear is pretty good. but more suggestions are welcome

[spellspoil]

yeah im looking for a place ot paint mine too.. gonna get a nice clean coat of white pearl on my 91 camry..

[Zeek321]

i heard only bad news from macco, but i think thats their 200.00 paint job, i guess you pay for what u get...

[Bigshoguns]

Yep the $200 is for if ur selling ur car and u dont want to put too much money into it. but if u go for the 400 or 600 dollar ones that they are actually good and they paint and Clear coat it 3 or 4 times. so im just wondering if i should go with macoo($600) or get it done by a shop for more money.

[Eniffey]

Like you said... if you're going to sell your car within a year or two then just go to Maaco for $300 job. But if you want the real deal which I'm going for, using PPG Paint I believe which is the best or top 3. It will probably cost a 1300 <~~~~ really cheap to $2000. I got a guy who's doing it for $1500. I'm gonna change the color so he's going to get the dings out....prime.. shave emblems... paint inside part of doors and trunk included.. calipers... and the new ventshades that I will have to buy. Unless someone knows a body shop in the NY/NJ area where it will be cheaper. Thanks for the comments and replies!

[i3urtonair]

As far as macco is concerened... It is different for each one. I went all around my area asking people and finally landed at a Technicall College where I talked to the teacher who teaches autobody.

Basically, macco is a franchise, thus going to 1 macco is different from another much like going from 1 BurgerKing to another (bare with me). All BKs should make your food the exact same way, and should use the exact same ingrediantes... but SOME owners want to cheat you out of your money, and will use not-so-good ingrediants and you never know who is cooking your burger. Same with macco, IF the painter knows what he is doing, chances are the job will be just as good as a different place. If the owner of the macco shop you are going to go to is a fair guy, he doesnt tell his employees to skimp on materials (such as quality of primers etc).

I myself got a quote from macco to get a REALLY nice paint job and it was about 1400 after body work (I need to get a fender replaced, and a fair amount of dings and scratches out). I think thats with a 800 dollar paintjob, in which case I can drop down to the 600 but I'm not sure. I know I told them to double the clear coat and that added another 150-200 to the price quote as well.

Your best bet is to SHOP AROUND all you can. Now that it is winter time, you have much more time to shop around. I dont know about you but for some reason getting a new paint job in the winter just sounds wrong to me.

My 2cents.

[Bigshoguns]

couldn't have said it better