Maaco Paint

I have a 1998 white Chevrolet S-10, and recently took my car to Maaco
to get bodywork done. A few spots have to be repainted. Maaco told
me that it would be cheaper for them to repaint my whole car then to
just paint the bodywork.
They said it would cost them more time and money to match up the paint
on the damaged areas with my factory paint. Maaco said that it would
be cheaper by $350 to just have Maaco repaint my whole truck.
Should I save $300 and just have Maaco paint my whole truck? Would I
get an inferior paint job compared to the 6 year old factory paint
already on the truck?

Roughly 1/16/04 13:57, William Rose's monkeys randomly typed:

> I have a 1998 white Chevrolet S-10, and recently took my car to Maaco
> to get bodywork done. A few spots have to be repainted. Maaco told
> me that it would be cheaper for them to repaint my whole car then to
> just paint the bodywork.
> They said it would cost them more time and money to match up the paint
> on the damaged areas with my factory paint. Maaco said that it would
> be cheaper by $350 to just have Maaco repaint my whole truck.

Very likely true. Your paint has faded for 5-6 years so a repaint
with the original paint code may not match that well. Plus there is
labor involved in feathering the edges of the new into the old.

> Should I save $300 and just have Maaco paint my whole truck? Would I
> get an inferior paint job compared to the 6 year old factory paint
> already on the truck?

Have seen very good MAACO paint jobs on a friend's car. Your
local shop may or may not be this good. And they have several
paint job grades available. Some will even work with you and
let you save bucks by doing prep work yourself.

Before you decide, take the truck to a traditional body shop
and get non-insurance estimates. May also be worth while
dropping by your dealer and ask them which body shops they
would recommend, positive and negative.