i am thinking about painting my car, it is ivory pearl right now and i want to paint it the m3 imola red. i live in new jersey anyone have any ideas where i can get a reallly good paint job and approximately how much.. i can get a real good hook up at MAACO from my work but not sure if i should go that route.. please help .. thanks

 

hmm....not too sure but i doubt MAACO does that great of a job. i know our paint job sucks (as far as rock chips and stuff) but i doubt maaco will do a real good job. i say, if you're gonna do it...do it right.
also, i'd recommend someone good with photoshop to put that color on your car to make sure it looks good on the G. i've seen many colors that look great on some cars, but pretty ugly on others.

i'd guestimate your cost to be at least $3,000 for a decent paint job.
good luck

 

^^ I agree... MAACO no way

 

+1

Repainting the entire car to another color is a huge job, so the price should correspond accordingly. If you can't paint it yourself and you don't want to pony-up for a good paint job, that's probably a good indication that you should pass on this idea.

There have been great repaints around here, so I'm not discouraging the idea completely, I'm only discouraging the idea of cutting corners on such a significant thing.

 

i wonder how much g35nv(?) spent on his car...just repainting to daytona blue.
i was expecting more than 3000 for decent job.

 

MAACOs "base" paint jobs are inexpensive, and as stated, not the highest quality. I believe their base price does NOT include things like under hood, door jams, etc. Those are add-on costs, and they ain't cheap....

 

A good quality paint job and color change will run between 5,000 and 7,000 dollars if you don't get crazy with special paints. To do a color change right there needs to be a lot of disassembly done on the car. This is a big job.

 

You might want to ask Vinh with the yellow G35. a buddy and I did mine. It was 800.00 for the cost of paint. STAY AWAY from maco!

 

Call up Quality AUto Body In rahway NJ. .. They are linked with Ray Catena and do a Great Job.. ! Ask for Rob.. very nice guy..

Let me know if you want the phone number...

 

You mean MAACO's quality of paint is worse than Nissan? Even that is surprising.

 

here are some options on paint colors...

 

and more...

 

here's an idea of what I'll be doing...and what it looks like now...

 

Nice

 

^that red looks bad-*** randy.. looks clean with bat's overlay as well~