Painting over dents, runs in the paint and overspray are trademarks of MAACO reputation.

If you paid for body work it's unacceptable. I used maaco and did the body work myself before I dropped it off. Very happy with their work

I’ve had about 5-6 cars painted at maaco over 10 years ago, I’ve learned the hard way, with Maaco, get it in writing and don’t pay until everything is done that you paid for

Man, take that back! They need to make good.

Maaco will always tell you it’s ready for pickup on a rainy day if they can. ALWAYS. 😂

Put a surfboard on the roof for all those waves

Dunno how they remain in business. The last paint job I saw from them was when a friend had their red Miata repainted. About a month later we were washing it and they just sprayed over the old paint on the car and the red was coming off on our wash mits.

I am so glad to see you finish this project and keep this channel going. Having restored more cars, trucks and vans then I can count I have never ever tackled a Range Rover. I did a Rover 350 once and that project almost killed me. The fact you finished that Range Rover is frankly pretty astonishing. You really need to congratulate yourself big time!!! So glad your channel is going to go on!!!!!!

I laughed😂 so hard when you leave and your girl toss them in between the deck opening😂😂

That sunroof leaks due to clogged drains. It has two in front and two in back.Use a rigid piece of wire and compressed air to clear them. That should stop most if not all leaks.

MAACO use to have a $99 paint job and a $400 premium paint job in the 90's

Your content actually inspired me to start doing actual bodywork to my projects. Still not the best (no garage, painting panels in a storage closet cause every time I try to paint it’s windy, etc). Always love to see your videos pop up. I’m hoping in the next few years to be able to find a space of my own to really take on larger projects than rusty quarter panels and dented fenders.

Maaco is great, if you do your own prep work. I have used them before, but I always do my own body work and make sure the panels are straight before having them paint it.

Whatever you do, Don't eat cereal while driving that Rover. (Dennis knows what I'm talking about)

Twenty years ago the shop I worked in wouldn’t have touched it for less than 10k. As far as Maaco goes, if you do all the work, the prep for painting it, to where they just have to squirt it, they can do great work.

"I think I paid for that" says a lot

Maaco is fine as long as you do the body work and prep yourself. Lessons for anyone that goes to maaco or any autobody shop. Don't accept your vehicle if its freshly washed. Its amazing how much water on a car can hide. And before you get the job done take pictures of all the dents and areas you'd like repaired. And have everything written down. Not just with Maaco but any shop.

Id take it back the dents and waves in that thing are terrible. But it does look decent with the trim back on.

A friend of mine suffers from C.P.I.S.; he has a 1972 Mercedes Unimog he's been restoring for 5 years & counting. That Range Rover looks great, you should be very proud! I've can't seem to find your merch page; I've got a BUILT 'jet-tag' hanging from my rear-view mirror that's been there for a few years & it's faded from the sunlight, so I need a new one!

I don’t know how much a typical paint job with body work costs, so I don’t know whether body work was included in the $2,900. But I do love that cool deep green.

Those guys don't get enough body work experience. The two other flippers I know who will actually gamble on maaco *_always_* do their own body work. Then gamble on them to spray it. Some locations are better with the resprays than others. So always check location specific customer reviews. Showing how bad their body work sucks doesn't shock any car person over the age of 25.

That location is particularly bad, me and Eric worked next door for awhile until we moved to our new shop. If you paid for body work, the obvious stuff should have been fixed 100% Not so much the wavy stuff though. Shouldn’t have runs in the paint either. I feel like they could have put in not much more effort and you would have been pretty happy at that price point. Having said all that if they don’t take care of you, hit up Eric and we’ll cut and buff the runs out and fix that one really obvious dent on the quarter. If you want to try to PDR it first Bill Gewalt is the MAN, and local, usually will come to you. I can definitely relate to the “wasnt fun but I’m proud of it” statement lol. But for sure should be proud of it!

to anyone who cares to understand the opperation at maaco, the one painter on each site is very limited on the paint supplyed for each job, they want a average of 10/12 cars per 8hr shift, the body guys(atleast 5 per site) cant keep up with the demand in the front office. the painter usually knows and has plenty of experiance but when shoved shit in your face day after day, its just another color. before i started painting i payed maaco to do three cars of mine. i knew the shop and had zero issues with anything. i did my own body work after figuring out there rush system. to pay that price they shoulda sent in a guy over the weekend to dial it in. not all maacos are equivelant

In Australia, you could do this project for around $2400. You can buy these for $600 each, take all the good parts, build a half-decent one, and then a nice man in a very old, very dented, very dirty tilt tray will drag the husks away when you're done with them.

Could have been worse you could have taken the home of "I will paint any car any color fot $99.99!" Actually it started at 29.99 here's tge original sales pitch "I'm Earl Scheib, and I'll paint any car, any color for $29.95. No ups, no extras" is a phrase that became nationally recognized in the late 1960s. Earl Scheib was a celebrity who appeared on late-night television programs and was known for his low-priced paint jobs."

also, hate to break it to you. depends on if that's a corporate maaco or a franchise maaco, they are going to fight you tooth and nail for that money if you ask for a refund or to fix the terrible work they've done. I would start the sentence with "So i showcased the car on my youtube channel with 315,000 subscribers"....

Hey man, Great video! I hope this one takes off! If I was you I would contact Maaco, I think they did so so with laying down the paint besides the runs, but you did pay for body work, it doesn't look like they did much or any at all. They better give you some sort of refund or or make it right for you for the hassle & stress. I hope the best! Keep up the hard work.

I remember taking my first car to Earl Schieb for one of those affordable paint jobs. What they did was spend time with me circling all of the imperfections on the car prior to body work. The body work came out great but their prep work sucked and the paint started to flake on my bumper. They didn't primer the bumper.

I and friends of mine have recently been getting quotes for body work and full repaint on project vehicles. Depending on how nice you want your rig to look the quotes have been $8,000.00 to $15,000.00. $3,000.00 and 5yr warranty is not a bad deal. Your Land Rover looks good to me.

I’ve had Maaco do a few full paint jobs. Based on the price $2900 you’ve said that does not include body work in my experience. Best way to get your moneys worth from maaco is to get the body straight and smooth and then drop it off 😂

If you paid for bodywork, it's not acceptable. I learned my lesson with MAACO: when they do the estimate, make sure you point out EVERY SINGLE DING AND DENT that you want repaired, and make sure they circle each one on the vehicle itself with their yellow marking crayon AND have written it down on the estimate - "dimple in left rear quarter panel," "dent in right front door," etc etc.

I’m a long time subscriber. Ever since I paid for premium, about 2 years ago. You tube stopped sending me your videos. This is the first video I watched in a long time. Kinda forgot about you. Hopefully they keep sending me your videos. Was always a fan. Keep up the good work.

I think you got what you paid for, Marco is what I call a scratch and shoot paint shop and I'm impressed that they took the trim off instead of painting over it. FWIW, I paid $1700.00 to have a fender and hood repaired and painted on a small Honda accord from a small fender bender ctrash.

Take in to consideration that even a cheap paint and all supplies will cost up to and over $1000. 2900 is cheap and you get what you pay for.

Damn I got my entire scion xb painted for 6 hundred bucks at Maaco 3 years ago. It's still shiny. No orange peel. No issues

For 3k I would not expect the glass removed for painting, but I would expect the dents to be fixed. Runs should have been wet sanded and polished at minimum. I bet less than 5 hours prep was done.

Do people understand how much money it costs to do a real paint job? A good one is three times that price he paid. He got exactly what he paid for.

You saved a RR from the dead. It looks more than fine to me. Good job.

I remember about 30 years ago I had a middle school teacher who went to a maaco and taught us all a valuable lesson way back when. ❤

Ive had a bunch of paint jobs done by them back in 80s,always satisfied,but you have to make clear what you expect before work is done.then eyeball before paying.most expensive cost for whole car was 400.00 lol long time ago!

Sad to say I worked for maco here in Phoenix Arizona for about 4 hours and walked because they wanted me to use a red scotch pad to prep a vehicle for paint after I used a DA sander on 50%of the vehicle

Amazon sells a self adhesive 11mm chrome strip kit for about $15. That is the correct size to put back on the side strips. Also, you can use polishing compound to take off the oxidized layer of rubber and put a couple heavy coats of any type of dino oil then let the strips sit over night. Wipe off the excess residue and they will look like new. Thats how I restored the ones on my RRC. Now they look like I just took them out of a wrapper. Oh...the headlights are standard 7" Jeep headlights....LED units are dirt cheap and will throw a bunch of light compared the the originals. Make sure you get the H4-H13 adapters with them and it will be plug and play.

I truly dig your videos. I leaned a lot looking for someone to paint my project. I couldn’t afford the prices they wanted so I did it myself. Probably not a good as your maacoo paint job but total cost me almost as much once I bought the sprayer and everything I needed. So I think your price wasn’t horrible but do think they could have done a better job.

I would DEFINITELY take it back

Take it back! But that is the reputation of Maaco. They are known for shotty jobs. Point out the drips too. That's caused by painters not letting the paint rest between coats. That is a painters mistake ( I wouldn't be surprised if they are rushed). For what you paid for I would at least be ok with the waves in the paint but not the dents.

Mako has always done a decent job as long as you find the ones that do a good job they're usually independently owned franchise style and I always find who is going to do the bodywork on my car usually it's a grunt I always talk to him and flipping at least a 20 or a 50 extra in cash to do a little better job than he normally would and I can get a $600 job look like a $1,500 one pay the lowest guy on the totem pole because he's the one that does most the prep work and the lowest amount of money it does the biggest amount of improvement because he is the least paid

I used to do body work/paint for many years. Maaco is known for quick paint jobs. they are not restoration experts. In todays world it would cost you at least 1000.00 for the paint product alone. You can't expect everything to be done (total bodywork and paint) for such a low price. Another tip do not pick up your finished vehicle when it's raining. It is hard to examine. It looks like a decent job for a good price.

FYI most sunroofs have 2 drains front, and 2 drains rear...they will clog up with leaves, dust, etc. check those if you can't find a direct leak.

For that price i got my car looking brand new, get it back dude, you got robbed at this point

That is Maaco 100%. I never even thought about having them do body work, but any paint job from a shop for that cheap is gonna be questionable.

With 3000 dollars/euros paint job in my country you get top top notch quality xD (Portugal)

Keep up the good work, Kaleb! We'll watch anything you do!

This thing turned out so good man...love the british racing green! Beautiful house too.

Dude body work cost extra, you are being honest. If you had paid extra for body work there would be no dents! Just stop!

Bro you should have asked the especific body repair you wanted, went with a paper with the problematic spots to be repaired.

If I was buying a used car with some body damage, I would never take it to MAACO, _for that._ I'd take it to a body shop. Then, I'd take it to MAACO just for paint.

Nope. You paid for it, it should have been done. Take it back, see what they offer, if they don't want to fix it, get your money back. Then, fix it yourself or have someone else fix it. I like the everyday content as much as I do the creative stuff. Keep it up!

Just laughing watching your daughter throw those trim pics under your trailer!!🤣🤣🤣

The first response is right. I would take it back to macco and dispute the finish. The paint and the body repair is good but could've been better for: $3000.00, their is always a few collision places that could do outstanding work for the same price as macco. It's just a matter of finding those gems that believe in their work. These are the same places that break down on paper whatever they'll charge you for. I'm thankful for your video (thumbs down only because macco use to be better) the way they painted your vehicle it may encourage rust sooner than before your paint job. Hopefully they did the prep work properly before the paint job. Hope for the best for you and Land Rover.

This used to be the $150 special in the early 90s

I'm thinking that you got a prep and paint,If they did all the body work on all those dents it probably would've been double........As far as sunroof leaking on a Rover,mine had broken and clogged drain tubes for the sunroof.

Bro... if you spent 1500 on bodywork, ABSOLUTELY take it back or get a refund. Thats enough for materials for you to do the bodywork yourself and have money left over

Leave the windows down and they'll paint the interior at no extra charge. Leave your girlfriend in the car and they'll paint her for free. You should have painted it yourself with Rust-Oleum turbo rattle cans. 😊

A cheap paint shop doesn’t usually give quality work unless the tech has actual experience. Usually the pepper becomes the painter once he is there for a few weeks. It’s just the simple facts in life

Isn't that body aluminum? Whole different animal for some body guys. I've use Maaco 5 times, the one time I wasn't happy 100% was when I didn't do my own prep.

Caleb, you had me laughing so hard in this episode with the oscillating tool sound and I too am struggling with C.P.I.S.! Keep going man! Love your follow through on this one! I’m looking forward to more wide MGB GT content. 😉

I found the transcript of the conversation that happened behind the scenes: Boss: "Is that one ready?" Bodywork guy: "Yep!" Boss: "Are you sure?" Bodywork guy: "Yup!" Boss: "Did you check it for dents and dings?" Bodywork guy: "Uh, yea sure," Boss: "Send it to paint!"

That paint is on par with the dad jokes I inundate you with at GRIP.

i live in switzerland and i paid 2300 chf (2611 dollars) for repairing and painting both sides(the corner from the rear fender and sideskirt) and the front fender. its done very nice. the apprentice did the bodywork so i saved a bit there, but it turned out perfect. if you paid for bodywork and it was included in the price its bad in terms of the dents... but the wavey things are ok for that price in my opinion. its a lot of work and for 3000 i would not even start to sand anything at all for someone else....

It was better when it was "1 day auto" before Maaco bought them. I had Maaco do one of my cars , i got the same as you with the top paint job and good UV protection andddd the UV protection is just not good. Dont care if its in your garage but it tore through it. I wet sanded the car myself ( i used to own detail shop yearssss ago) since they half a$$ it leaving anywhere from a 1/2 to 1 inch around all body lines and edges. The same location when it was 1 day paint and auto actually did a better job, i asked for extra coats of paint and to this day, the UV coat is still solid. I wet sanded that car and it was like glass. Everyone thought it was a $5k paint job or more. $2900 dollars and they didn't do body work , take it back. Also, the paint always looks thin. It doesn't look thick.. I would take it back. If you paid for the dents and bodywork and they didn't do it and its on your order / receipt, take it back.

3k is a very cheap overall. The material cost alone at a “real” body shop would be a significant part of that alone, even at cost. Im fairly certain Maacao is a mask and spray place, the “body work” you paid for is probably mostly for the labor time for the “r&i’s” of all the parts taken off, not necessarily to swipe and block every panel on the vehicle. I work at a dealership body shop, unless your doing it yourself your paying 2-3 times that but it would look good.

form videos i've seen there is huge differences in quality between different maaco shops, and that has to come down to employee expertise.

You got what you pay for. It took $12,000 to professionally disassemble, spray, reassemble an older jaguar that was 30 years ago. Get what you pay for. You got took. Life lesson. Go hard or go home.

U picked it after they drive it through the woods and hit every tree lol

Sir, Maaco repaired everything that you chose. You picked the dents out that you wanted repaired. We walked around the vehicle and you marked the repairs, which were placed on the work order. No body shop does 1400 for general body work. The dents that you picked were repaired. Out of the so called 1400 worth of body work. That included sanding and priming. It was unfair of you to claim Maaco didn’t fixed every dent. As you claimed, the paint work look good, when it shines more dents are noticed. Besides going over board and giving you free paint to correct repairs that you didn’t see or request on the repair order. This was an older vehicle and we do not perform restoration work. So, for what you paid, the repair, and the customer service that you received was more than a value.

Anytime you have paint and or bodywork done, never accept it on anything but a sunny day. If that’s not possible request an inspection indoors and that the vehicle is dry. Look from multiple angles and distances. Use reflections to check for straightness. And always take your time.

Holy crap. You can see the runs in the paint in a separation of metallics. I would take it back and have them respray it let them know you're a KZfaqr and that you will post another video of how they treated you

Like a boat owner, my 2 happiest days were when I first bought my Land Rover, then when I found someone even crazier than me to buy it. 😂😂😂

Maaco was on that show Undercover Boss and the body guy told the truth and explained the companies thought process. He got fired at the end by the CEO who knew nothing about paint and body work. Most locations are all about quantity and even on the show they filled door panel dents with bondo and just sprayed over it. It's crazy.

Maaco is economical, it's why you went there.. Same as me...... I think it looks very nice for 2900. I do agree that those dings could have been filled in 5 mins for min effort.

For a paint shop even though it’s Macco that looks terrible bossy not even done clear coat drips that’s bs that could easily taken down with a razor blade and buffed out idk how thick the clear coat is but it could easily be wet sanded as well and cut buffed and polished with swirl remover.

I am not a body guy. I have done body and paint on 3 cars in the last 40 years, all 3 in a driveway. That is an abomination compared to my first attempt. body dents, paint ripples, runs and uneven clear are unacceptable from any supposed professional shop at any price.

You paid the bare minimum, you got the bare minimum. Which seems about fair. In my shop, I'm so busy with insurance work, I don't have time to deal with your little land rover. I can't augment the procedure, to fit your budget. But you take it to maaco, and they can. And you can't tell me, that you made the conscientious decision, to walk into a family dollar, thinking you were going to get the same treatment at Walmart or, costco. You knew what you were getting, when you walked in the door. If you didn't. That's your fault. Not ours.

I know this is 4 months old but let me tell you the secret: Every Maaco has a different painter and bodyman. MAACO CHANGED THE WARRANTY AND IT'S CHEEKS NOW. YOU GET 5 DAYS AND THEN YOU'RE TOAST. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

You can't expect a range rover of that age to look perfect and it just looks like a love tap on the side of the car so I wouldn't worry about it.

I use Maaco about 10 years ago in Pensacola Florida and they did a Excellent job in my ford truck

I could have done spa bad ass paint job for five hundred you got took my man

I once took my old truck to Macco, they said it would be 1000 bucks or something to strip the paint, prep and repaint everything. So i did all the prep work myself and they proceeded to charge me 1300 with runs included.

There’s even paint runs, definitely need to go back and fix it

Na for 3k for that paint job I would be mad, the car is really easy to paint because it's all flat. Those runs and imperfections are definitely not acceptable for that much, I've seen better maaco paint jobs for 1k

Damn i had a car painted by maaco back in 2012. I paid $2k for their top of the line paint with some body work. It turned out great except i opted to paint the door jams. They didn't mask off the door jam stickers very well so theres a ton of overspray on them. Oh well. Now in 2024 the car looks 80% as good as it did when it was first painted. But its been garaged for most of that time.

I hate to tell you this but you should have got the paint stuff sorted out before reassembling the vehicle if you are considering having them rework it. Looks like you got the short end of the stick when it comes to bodywork and the paint work is just okay.

Yes take it back it is bad dude

If this was an $800 paint job (which they do with no body work) then it’s great. But you paid $3k. $3k!! Completely unacceptable.

an excellent finisher car for a golden god

Earl shiez(shieb) will paint any car for 99.95. Lol

So.... I had my 64 dart done. Paid $3,300 with tax. My job was basically the same as yours. I just needed the super- freakishly ugly spots and rusty roof sealed up and they did accomplish that. They did better on mine on the bad places. I did have a lot of hail damage that I knew was out of scope for the money I was willing to pay. People don't notice my hail damage, unless I point it out... but, overall... I guess I am happy with my paint job, cause I didn't have to inhale fumes, or bondo dust.

Paint looks pretty great but I would call them and speak to the manager. It doesn’t look like they did any bodywork. Personally I would want to bring it back and have them do what you paid for rather than getting a refund. A good PDR tech can take care of a lot of that stuff but that one sharp ding on the left quarter panel might be tricky.

Id be pissed if i I payed that much for that paint job. Thats exactly why ive been collecting all the stuff to do my own body work and paint. I custom painted a motorcycle for my first paint job and it cost me around 700$ for the paint and supply's (most of which was the custom metallic paint at 90$ a pint). When i do my car it'll most likely be the same if not a little cheaper because im just doing a basic black and 2k clear. I just dont understand why these body shops are charging these outrageous prices. The only thing i can think is that these places have turned into 99% insurance work, meaning they can charge these crazy prices and get away with it. The adverage person which is the majority just cant afoard a 5k+ paint job. The body work is the hardest part and i get it should cost some money but 1000$+ an hour is just insane..The actual guy doing it isnt making 10% of that an hour🤷‍♂️.. My dad recently went to a shop to get a quote on this little (4×5) dent on a rear truck door, and they quoted him 3800$🤔..its even got easy access from the inside (back side of dent). It just doesnt add up to me.. Maybe half a days labor at almost 4 grand! Shoot id work on a car a month for that price and be very happy with that😂

Meh, the fact that you picked it up and drove off without looking it over.... that's on you. To pick up a painted car after a rain without an inspection... you get what you get. For 3k that's a pretty ok job. Call a few independent shops and see if you could duplicate it. I'd say probs not for less than 6k.