if i were to drop off my car at a good paint shop how long before i could get it back, assuming they paint everything except maybe the engine bay?

thanks

 

I have been quoted 3-4 weeks by every shop I went to.

I have been quoted 5-7 K to keep the same color, 6-10K to change the color.

What color you getting? Did you get any quotes?

 

haven't gone to any place to get quote yet. any color besides montego blue. i like the blue, but the green in the sun is nasty. ideally maybe that spirit r grey or some type of laguna seca blue. but this just depends on how long the engine keeps going....

 

btw, which shops did you go to?

 

I went to M2.. www.m2automotive.com. They quoted around 7,500K for a full paint job change of color and about 6K for same color. You get a lifetime warranty with it too. They painted my miata before and I can tell you they do a great job. But that was a little pricy for me.

So then I went to the shop next to Ricks Rotary Performance and they quoted me 5,000 (I think its diablo auto or something like that). They do a great job from what I hear. Then I went to a place in castro valley I think its called Dans Autobody, the quoted 5K too. All the 5K quotes were to keep the same color. All of them told me that you add about 1500 more for a full paint job. (not including the engine bay). I was told that the only time it is acceptable to change the color on your car and leave the engine bay the original color is when the car was black to begin with. They say any other color than black and it looks strange.

I wanted yellow for a long time, and now I realize I dont, lol. I'm either gonna do innocent blue mica or keep it black. I REALLY like black, so I will probably leave it the same color.

what ever you do, don't take it to those "Maaco" or other similar places. They will get your car in and out in a few days and it will LOOK like it.

 

RE: Maaco.

I disagree. They had my car for a week, and when it came back it was an utterly fantastic paint job. That being said, I've heard horror stories about some Maacos, so go by and get a quote, then ask to see some finished cars awaiting pickup. Ask them what they did to each, and draw your own conclusion.

 

sorry , you get what you pay for. Maaco tapes the glass and headlights, tail lights, bumper, etc.

the custom shops remove everything.

 

It is a general rule that the body shop will always take longer than they say. Whether they have to order some part and it takes forever or it just sits there collecting dust..

It took a little over a month from when I dropped my car off to when I got it back

 

That's not true for all Maaco shops. One Maaco shop here gave me a quote and said they wouldn't even do the job unless I allowed them to remove those parts.

It's just like Mazda dealerships, not all of them are the same. They all have different employees/managers, it's only the name of the franchise that links them together.

 

Damn, I'm in big trouble with you today, huh?

Ok, I'll have to give u that, even though I have never heard that, thats been your experience, cool.

TTB, take your car to Maaco, you CANT go wrong!

Later.

 

Very true, not every place is the same, you just have to look at how they work before you commit.