Alfie gets paint, we get screwed

vwluvrs · 2004-09-27T23:46:31+00:00

Sorry for the harshness of the subject line, but thats how we feel. As most of you know, we've had an on-going love-hate relationship with the entire process of getting our 1958 beetle painted. Going on nearly two years now, we were excited to hear Alfie was finally done!The painter called me Friday morning, to tell me the car would be ready around 3-4 and we could come by and get her. The painter called me again around 3:30, only to 'confess' that He hadn't painted Alfie himself after all, but had sent her to Maaco! Now, don't get me wrong, under the right circumstances, and with enough money in hand, Maaco can do a presentable job. When you look at our pictures, you can see the color is dead on, and some areas of the body area actually shiny, and smooth!So the painter lied to me. He lead me to believe in the morning that he had done the job, and wanted 'full' payment. When he called me back, he charged me only Maacos fees (substantially less)! He saw the job Maaco had done, and felt guilty for the 'quality' they presented him with. I had already set up the job with another Maaco shop, that would have given me a much better end product, and IF Alfie had gone there, I am sure the final finish would have been great.So, we will be having the painter return Alfie to the Maaco in question, and we will be getting the body BLOCK sanded before paint!see the pictures here...............

Sep 27, 2004 21 Replies

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dragenwagen 21 years ago

What is wrong with the roof? besides the orange peel.

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I see something that looks like fish eye, or pits in bondo. or is it something on the roof?

Some areas don't look too bad, other areas just look piss poor. Bad paint job IMHO.

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Kafertoys 21 years ago

Being a painter myself I understand how hard it is to get a great paint job. Its been said many times here that the prep is extremely important but so is the quality of the products used. Maaco buys what ever the cheapest paint coming out of India, its just meant to make the car one color.

Mario

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