stripping the wagon for new paint

i got off work to late to pic her up today so hopefully i can get off work early tomorrow to pic it up if not it will be monday they are closed sat and sunday. Dont fire me yet i promise ill post a walk around video when i pick it up oh and im more exited to see my wagon than anyone

i almost went insane today i saw 6 impalla ss bout 10 caprice's and 1 white rmw ahhhhhhhhh i want me car

roadmastercouple wrote:

i pick it up oh and im more exited to see my wagon than anyone

no i don't think so,. if my car was ready from the paint shop, i,d have called in sick and gone got it,.

Nick

savin those sick days for wf ny lol

roadmastercouple wrote:

savin those sick days for wf ny lol

dude get sick 2hrs from quitting time,. then its not a sick day,.

Nick

^ Okay. That one's justified.


Any other circumstance, and I'm with Nick. Classes? What classes? There's a paint shop to get to!


Hell, if I didn't have to meet someone on Sunday, I'd be extending my break by a day or so next week too. :p

Stingroo wrote:

Hell, if I didn't have to meet someone on Sunday, I'd be extending my break by a day or so next week too. :p

speaking of which you need to call me to coordinate bish

did somebody say pictures... oh ..... nevermind...

WARNING explicit language



ok so robyn took a cab to pick up the wagon today while i was at work. just got a call on my way home 1300 and some one "FORGOT" to write on the work order that the doorjams get painted. ARE U FN KIDDING ME???????
but they wanted the money. so she flipped out on them. they said we have two options
1-Leave the car and the $500 and pick up the car tuesday.
2-take car home and bring back monday morning but it will be $1000 instead of $500
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So we go car less over the weekend or ive got to pay for there fuckup????????
i told robyn to let me talk to the man on the phone and i lost it flat out went insane over the phone.
so now shes on her way home with it and take it back monday. still 500 bucks. I told them they should be free since its there **** up but they wont do that. Will post picks when she pulls in.
Also sorry for the language i am very very mad at this point

Thats stupid! You shouldnt have to pay anything extra! They should be giving YOU a discount because the messed up your car and its going to take longer!

thats what i told the man

They would have had to call the cops on me. Just saying. Thats a poor way to run a business. I'd have paid them the 1300 less the 500 they charged you for the door jambs and drove off the lot.

so i got screwed is any one on here that knows somebody that can fix my car on here? oh and they ruined my chrome around the windows ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

maybe a good lawyer?

Did you sign a work contract when you brought the car in? If so, that can help a lot. If not, you're basically screwed.

*that is my non-professional opinion*

You need to press this issue. Take pictures and get it in writing. I would definitely pursue this.

4 year warrenty and the paints already peeling wtf. im uploading pics now nothing sighned yet. so i realize i might be screwed but they messed up the chrome with the sander. i could have done a better job and im an interior house painter

If the paint is peeling, the chrome is damaged, they messed up the order, and want to charge you MORE, then I say screw them. See what you can do about getting your money back (talk to a lawyer) and then take your business elsewhere. It won't be worth it to go back to them if this is how it's going to be. Good luck.

so i called they are closed now closed sat sun going to try some lawyers but probly not going tio get ahould of them til mon its going to be a long weekend

by the way this was not the maaco in eire pa. this is was macco in montgomery alabama

this holes got me very confused dont remember it

just junky and not professional looking at all

really

just a few will post more in morning with better light it was getting late and robyn needed to go to the grocery store.
im going to wal mart for a better camera

yup they got me just going to get my 500 back and save up for a few more months

Awww that sucks. Sorry to hear about all this crap.

Holy ****, I would have someone's head on a stake if I were you.

roadmastercouple wrote:

Imperfections are one thing. The mirror was NOT painted fully. You need to have another body shop write up the issues and take them to court.

^ What he said.

If you paid by credit card, you have leverage! Call the number on the back of the card and tell them the story (be civil and friendly). They will tell you what you have to do to show a "good faith" effort, and if you follow through, you will get your money refunded.

paid cash wouldnt let my wife see the car till it was paid wish i was there they threatend to call the cops on her when she got pissed off

in process of uploading walk around and pics

That's beyond criminal. I'd have called the police as soon as they threatened me with that BS. You don't get paid until I'm satisfied, not the other way around.

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Sure is a beautiful blue color you guys chose.Know its hard right now but wait until monday and
give Maaco a chance to make it right.Dont start reattaching anything until they see the mistakes
otherwise you can get blamed for the damage.1300 bucks is a ton of money but these are huge
cars.I have a close friend who owns a bodyshop and he quoted me 2500 for a repaint in the original color on my OCC.Enjoy your weekend and enjoy your beautiful wagon.

The trick to using maaco, is to do as much prep,. trim removal, and taping as you can,.

For the price the car will look pretty decent when you have it back together,.
overspray on the tires is a simple rub down with thinners,.
I,d ask maaco for some touch up paint, and buy yourself a very small touch up gun, and fix the little parts yourself,.

NO maaco paint job is going to stand up to scrutiny, they are what they are, they provide an affordable alternative to driving around with a rough looking vehicle,.

My black wagon is a as straight as a die (the parts that aren't bent from the tire pile incident,.)
It,s gonna cost me $3500 to get it repainted black , but it,'ll look good when its done,.

Nice color on your car, it'll look great with the trim back on,
are you going to polish the trim?

nick

yea we took most of the trim off they said that they tape everything but they didnt we paid them to do the door jams and to remove the rust they didnt do any door jams and the driver back the paint is peeling aready all my door handles ane all the chrome around every window is very badly scratched up we are taking it back monday to see what they will do

yea all the trim will be polished before we put it back on any pointers on how to fix the trim they scratched up

roadmastercouple wrote:

yea all the trim will be polished before we put it back on any pointers on how to fix the trim they scratched up

to fix scratched stainless is a bear,. it needs to be sanded and then polished,.
chrome pieces need to be re-chromed,.
an alternative is to use heavy primer, really fine prep then paint with a chrome paint,
it'll stand up to 10ft inspections,.
Most folks see your car driving along the road,. and if it looks good at 30mph on a wet day,. it,s all good!
I had a 68 coougar XR7 with a 390 gt motor in it,. it was priginally a dark green with a black roof, typical ford it was getting lighter by the minute as i drove over bumps,.so i plugged it with 3-4 cans of short hair glass, and bondo, gave it a bright yellow bumble bee type paint job with black stripes, and had a guy chase me down to buy it, he was so suprised when i showed him inside the trunk, all the tin, fibreglass and bondo,.he had seen the car around and thought it was awesome, He did buy it, but a couple of years later it had dissolved to the point it was almost unrepairable,butnif you pulled up next to it at a light it looked great! for a ford.

Nick

Once you get the trim back on it'll look tons better. If it was me I'd look around for some wood decal/wrap and re-wood it. It's be a knockout re-wooded and re-trimmed with that dark blue paint.

I've had a couple of cars done at Maaco, and I agree, it's all in the pret work and how much you take off before dropping it with them.

I will say it looks TONS better than your before pics!

-Mike

i cant really afford the wood grain unless maaco gives me some of the money back i had a couple ideas of different vynle decals.
1-blue urban digital camo where the grain was and rename her URBAN WARFARE
2-get white airbrushed lihtning where the grain was rename her THUNDERSTRUCK
3-save up get custom made vinyl of a paint rip with wood grain showing through havnt figured out a name for it though

Are you tinting the windows? If so you can get the 3M black trim tape the Impala SS guys use..cover all the window trim. I think it would look nice with the tint.

Strip the paint off your lower air dam/deflectors. They need to be black not blue.

brokecello wrote:

Are you tinting the windows? If so you can get the 3M black trim tape the Impala SS guys use..cover all the window trim. I think it would look nice with the tint.

But her favorite color is chrome!

yes planning on tinting the windows its so hot in this car wow but im not sure what black tape you're mentioning any one have a picture of this?

It's just black tape that goes over the chrome window trim to "black it out."

ok thanks guys

Heck...you can prob use that new plastidip stuff instead of trim tape...Sting?? Will that hide scratches? Im likely using it to freshen up all my sun dried vista trim and belt trim...

Yes sir. I'm plasti-dipping over my chrome trim because I hate chrome.

Talk the wife into blacking out the trim like "Brokecello"suggested.Dont think I would do anything
until you settle with Macco,They will blame you for all undocumented damage.You are not their
first dissatisfied customer and their lawyers have tons of expierience with dissatisfied clients.
Wagon looks great in your pics by the way so stay positive.Stop looking for whats wrong and look for whats appealing for now.Admire your dedication to your wagon and getting so much done in such a short period of time.Now PAT each other on the back OR front and see what happens!