Re: estimate on repainting...

[James Flowerdew <endovu@nlis.net>]

I had a Maaco paint job on my '88 Jetta GLI and it was a major mistake.
Granted I did not want to spend much on a 9 year old car, but their work
made things worse.  I have also had work done by a true perfectionist, what
a difference.  It will cost you, but this is one of those areas where you
get what you pay for.  I would be cautious about dealers, my local VW
dealer is a nightmare.  I found a good body shop by word of mouth.  If you
want a high quality job you will need to have all the parts you want
painted removed from the car and then painted.  Removing panels can be time
consuming and this is why high quality body work can get expensive.  If you
feel comfortable working on your car (and can do without it for some time)
you can remove the parts yourself.  The actual painting and finishing is
not normally too expensive.  Good luck.

James
'94 Jetta GLX
'88 Jetta GLI 


At 11:52 PM 5/30/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I need to have my hood, driver front corner panel and door repainted...and
>possibly the grill and bumper too...anyone have an estimate on the damages
>for this work?  I'm not interested in a Macco job or any of those $299 does
>all paint jobs...My car is only a year old and I'm very picky about it...I'd
>feel most comfortable going to the shop at a VW dealer if I get a
>recommendation for a good one in my area-even though it'll probably cost
>more...anyway, each panel has a few big chips (1/16"-1/8") and a bunch of
>tiny nicks that probably wouldn't be a big deal except that they appear as
>white specks on my dark car (Windsor Blue).  Right now I'm planning on
>having the panels completely sanded down and brought back up, not just a
>respray.  Any ideas?
>--
>Joel Bell
>jbell@ptd.net
>1997 VW Jetta GLX-VR6-Neuspeed-Autotech
>Kenwood/MB Quart/Orion/PPI/Stinger/Phoenix Gold
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