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Walt2028

Walt2028

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I have a 1970 Roadrunner that needs a pain job. I am looking for a good shop in the Seattle area. My goal is to location a shop that I can work with in order to reduce cost. I am not looking for a trailer queen or garage queen quality paint job, just a step above factory. In addition, the shop must be knowledgeable of Mopars, because any shop can paint a GM or Ford.

I look to hear your recommendations.

Walt,
 
Good luck with that......First what's your budget?.....When you say reduce cost, are you referring to you doing a portion of the work at your home?......Or are you planning on renting space at someones shop?
 
Check out Maaco shops. If there is little or no body work involved and you can pull all of the trim off, some franchises are willing to paint it.

My local Maaco gave an estimate of 3200 with the above stipulations.
 
isnt Graveyard cars out that way?

by the way.. I would rather find some sleezy paint shop for 299.99 than use maaco for anything.
 
I talked to Maaco once in the late 90's and at that time it was $179, no up, no extras. They would scuff it to ensure it would hold paint for at least one year. I could bring it in primer ready to paint.
Shieb has quit the method: Now Maaco is $299. They used to have specials like: fix any door ding, $20. Not so bad, then a few bucks to feather a chip, then something else and before you know it, they are getting the same money as everybody else. But if you do your own bodywork, they were fine with that.
Here's an article on painting: what you want, how much you want to pay, and what you get.

https://www.angieslist.com/articles/how-much-does-it-cost-paint-car.htm
 
Thanks for all the responses; however, I wanted a recommended shop that someone had personal experience with; meaning had your car painted there. When I said, “reduce the cost” i.e. removing the bumpers, trim, etc. I’m a hands-on guy, so when I take the car to an outing I want to say I did this; I did that. By the way, I’m aware of the expenses, when restoring a car, trust me, it’s not my first rodeo. Check out my avatar, I did all of the blueprinting. It’s a 512, as of now I have $8,000 and counting, that’s not including the Dana 60 I rebuilt with Eaton TrueTrac, as well as, 18 spline Hemi 4-speed. What am I saying? I don’t want some shop that’s going to take 6 months to complete a paint job or allow my car to get stolen or worst go out of business.

Let’s talk more next time…
 
Yes Graveyard cars is, however, they are not local, they are in Oregon I’m in Seattle. Plus, my 1970 Roadrunner is not a numbers matching car, and I’m not going to spend $100,000 to have it restored.

Let’s talk more next time…
 
They were on the way to work, so I watched that Maaco and drove through their lot once in a while as I was doing the prep work on my car. They had one day service on a lot of cars that went through. You would see them in the parking lot one day and all shiny the next. They had an oven for baking the paint.
In the end, I said what the hell and painted it myself. Been painting my own cars ever since.
 
Local mopar club?...check with them. Actually any classic car club will have pretty good info on local resources.
 
slimt said:
I would rather find some sleezy paint shop for 299.99 than use maaco for anything.
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There's a Maaco where I live and the guy does quality work. He specializes in classic cars and has done alot of local cars. He also puts on a yearly car show at his facility with 200 to 300 entries. They're franchised so it all depends on who is running the shop.
 
khryslerkid said:
There's a Maaco where I live and the guy does quality work. He specializes in classic cars and has done alot of local cars. He also puts on a yearly car show at his facility with 200 to 300 entries. They're franchised so it all depends on who is running the shop.
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They must have better standards where your at. Around Maaco is owned by Carstar and the quality is bad.
 
Walt2028 said:
Yes Graveyard cars is, however, they are not local, they are in Oregon I’m in Seattle. Plus, my 1970 Roadrunner is not a numbers matching car, and I’m not going to spend $100,000 to have it restored.

Let’s talk more next time…
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Understood. Hope you find a good shop.
 
Sure! I know there are some great Macao’s. My son had an 89 Mustang convertible he entered in car shows, painted by a Macao’s guy, in this area. However, the guy that painted his car relocated to another state to start his paint shop. Listen, I’m confident I’ll find a good paint shop in this area.


WE’LL TALK MORE NEXT TIME…
 
Listen, if I had access to a paint booth, I would paint my car. I learned earlier, in dealing with cars, if you are afraid to screw up, it might be best that you go sell life insurance or become a banker. When you screw up, that’s valuable experience. Experience is invaluable; it’s what we pass on to the next generation.

Jeff Bezos, “Said we, as a company, if we are not losing billions in R & D we will cease to be a future company”.

LET’S TALK MORE NEXT TIME…
 
Great suggestion, however, my HOA president stays accoss the street from my house. I would be fined and reported to the city. Thanks
 
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