1990CaddyBrougham said:
Ahhh macco
I work in a body shop. I have seen some nice things from macco, but also saw some iffy ones.
I dont think they do the greatest body work, but paint can be nice.
Ever think about a local Vocational Tech High schhool? I got to one and work in a body shop part time. My teacher hates them, my boss loves them. so....
eh.... if you care about how the car looks... don't go tot he vo-tec... cheap, yes... good quality... no...
I brought my '89 Olds to the vo-tec, they replaced a door and fender (door dosn't seal all the way now and fender is hardly held on... I kinda fixed it) and they (shop teacher) pulled out and fixed a big dent in the quarter panel (actually came out good)
the car, like all others, had rust/rot behind the rear wheels.... well, their rust repair and prep work sucked, because that rust is back. Of yeah, now I have rust bubbles under the paint right behind the windsheild on the roof (these were NOT there before)
the paint and clear itself is PPG Omni, so it is pretty decent stuff, but when they put it on, the car has alot of zebra stripes, you can see each of the sweeps.
Don't get me wrong, for $500 total (I supplied the door/fender) it made me very happy, and look far, far better then it did before.... so in my case, the vo-tec was a good choice.... for a nice clean, fancy Caddy though, it may not be.....
I agree that BC/CC is much more easy to look better then old Laquer... when I had the door repainted on my '79 (surface rust from peeling paint) the guy used BC/CC the paint color match was perfect, and he tried the best he could to match it, but the door is still slightly more shiney... fine with me.... but it makes me think just how nice that car... in the Laramie Beige would look with nice BC/CC and if he tried to make it shiney.... probably alot better (shiney) then now.
The thing... everytime someone says BC/CC last far longer then Laquer... I have to disagree... maybe I got a couple bad picks, but in my experience, the Laquer is lasting far longer then BC/CC. My '89 Olds, the paint on the hood, roof and trunk was completly trashed when I got it in Dec. '03, the clear coat was simply gone, but the sides were still nice. Now my '93 Coupe.. my baby... has cancer clear coat, every day the car gets worse, and it is in many, many spots, dosn't make me happy at all....
then there is my 27 year old car with laquer... sure it may not be as shiney.... but there is not a single paint problem! I mean gosh.... the paint on that car is there, I wax it... well when I was around it every 1-2months... when I bought it, the paint was badly fadded and stuff, but since I have been taking care of it, it is smooth and shiney, I gotta say for Laquer paint, I am very happy with it.