[lwhitetrash88l]

What is a good sand paper grit to go ahead and rough up the paint on the car and as a last sanding to use before I bring it in for paint?

[shadow5403]

is the car already primered?

[lwhitetrash88l]

well underneath the paint yeah im sure,im just taking it to maaco to get painted. im going with a 500 dollar job there and just trying to make it look good to sell ya know.

[lwhitetrash88l]

but being im taking it to maaco im trying to get all the prep work in myself ya know.

[itschristorres8]

so in a year the person you sell it to is gonna be screwed?

gee arent you just so nice
hope same thing happens to you
what comes around goes around

[GreenFaleen]

man its a waste of 500 bucks that paint isnt going to last through washing the car

[lwhitetrash88l]

It comes with 2 color coats and 3 clear coats. As long as its taken care of properly it should last for 3-4 years

[GreenFaleen]

Originally Posted by lwhitetrash88l It comes with 2 color coats and 3 clear coats. As long as its taken care of properly it should last for 3-4 years

no no it wont, I promise you not going to see the 500 bucks back from the sale, had a friends mom get an ambassador paint job from macco for 450 bucks 2 color 3 clear came off the next month in the car wash

[itschristorres8]

[Juggalo_X]

i might trust macco for my escort lol

[shadow5403]

^ hahahahah......whatever....do what you want, but yur prepping the body yur gonna want to start at something really gritty...prolly around 500....then work up into the thousands wet sanding.

[itschristorres8]

i hope your not sanding it by hand the entire car
that'll take a good long time
take longer to finish it
then the paint will last
=)

[Juggalo_X]

Sanding by hand will yield the best results. however the macco paint job wont give the car any justice

[itschristorres8]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/314VHHB87SL.jpg

macco's paint source

[Juggalo_X]

washable

[RavensChild]

[itschristorres8]

in all seriousness please dont take it to maaco

[stephen]

I'm certainly no expert on body work, but have had one quality paint job done with me doing the body work. I had the whole car taken to bare metal by shot blasting and then did the bondo work and sanding. What they shop did was to shoot several coats of high build primer, let that set up for several weeks, then hand sanded it and shot the color coat.

The paint is typically about $1K so I don't see how anyone can do a good job for less than that.

I have had Maaco paint a few cars and it worked out OK, but not a high quality paint job.

[supermachone]

places like that paint stuff quick, in and out pretty much, so you arent gonna get a quality paint job, if you want a good paint job, take it to a body shop as is and expect to pay around 4 grand, depending on the body shop and how good of job they think they do

oh and if ur just sanding the paint off your car for them to use the original primer, thats a very dumb idea, the paint wouldnt stick for shit

[ESG-642T]

And now I'll sum up what everybody has said.

Do Not Take Your Car To Maaco.