It's awesome they let you film and showed you how to do some of the work

Gotta say, it's been great seeing all your progress over the years. Always been a fan of detailing so I'm very happy to see this episode

Honestly, I think it turned out really well. Maaco is fine as long as you do one thing: moderate your expectations. You're not getting a $20k paint job for $2k. You're getting a $2k paint job for $2k. I had my 93 Firebird Formula painted by Maaco last summer and people wouldn't know it was a Maaco job because I took the extra time to remove stuff when I dropped it off. I pulled up and started stripping the car. I pulled all of the exterior lights (tail lights, side marker lights, everything), pulled the exterior weatherstripping and metal tracks that the weatherstripping fits into (so no hard line at the edge), removed the door handles and fixed up some coat hangers so they could pull them and open the doors, pulled off the plastic cowl and wiper arms, pulled the windshield surround molding (the windshield had a crack anyways and was replaced after the paint job), put on some junk wheels and tires, pulled the inner plastic fender wells, removed the antenna base and back masked the hole, removed the side mirrors (and pulled the glass from the housing), removed the trim that the side mirrors bolted on to. Tons of small stuff like that. Took the trim home with me, scuffed it all up and painted them either gloss or satin black and when the car came back from paint I wetsanded it and put all the new trim back on. Looks like a much higher quality paint job, but I did more of the work myself and took it upon myself to fix the deficiencies that Maaco is known for (orange peel, hard paint lines, etc). If you moderate your expectations on what Maaco will do for cheap and put forward the extra effort, you can wind up with a good driver quality paint job.

Yeah that was extremely satisfying. You’re an absolute gangster Gingium.

Nice work! Glad to see you were down to dabble in some detail work. Really think detailers are under appreciated. Been doing the work for 15 years myself and can say that a detail can totally transform a car. Props.

The survivor look is always a good look in my book. I would hate to have something perfect for fear of messing it up.

Wow so shiny! It really is satisfying to see it all come together. One of these days I need to learn how to do body work and detailing and fix up my F150. It probably has just about as much rust than your Previa had lol.

Oh I am absolutely stoked to see how this turns out! I love getting to your videos early

Omg dude. This car is looking epic. You've gotten this car looking amazing. Thank you for bringing this old DSM back to looking better than new. :)

Watching a professional detailer work is always really cool. Great video

This is just what all good paint shops would do for a car. Maaco is like spirit airlines in that you get flown somewhere, but every additional service or amenity will cost you extra. Looks pretty dang good now!

Car looks fantastic!! Such a transformation already! Great work gingium

Another banger brother. I absolutely love the difference. I think the thing lost in these videos is the amount of time and effort that goes into just this job. It is insane the amount of work. But man cant beat it once it is done. LOVE IT BROTHER. Great content again.

Watching this made me happy since I do my paint correction at home with non-ideal tools, and I have got the basic idea of how it works, apparently.

Damn that made such a big difference. Absolutely loved the process 🔥💯

I had to do the exact same job on my car in 2012. Took me 3 days but the car was perfect. You guys did an amazing job and for the price you can't beat it. Beautiful job 👌👍👏👏👏🔥

Thanks bro I needed this. I painted my car a month ago and it's time for me to wet sand and buff it.

So glad I found this channel. Great content! That eclipse is sick too

With an extra couple grand in detailing, you turned your $1600 paint job into an OEM job. Well done guys.

Absolutely loving this series, Caleb!

It's looking so good now, can't wait to see what wheels you put on it

Its really interesting to see this. I had my Renault Clio mk1 painted in that same red and it cost me 600€ in a garage that I usually go to. The paint has a better look before it got detailed. I'm waiting for the paint to cure 100% to do so. Great results!!! Gotta love red cars (and I used to hate red cars except for Ferrari 😅)

What a terrific change you made to that dull paint job. I am impressed how far wet sanding and buffing can take you. Good job!

You're right, this IS extremely satisfying. Nice video!

I wasn't so into this build at the beginning, but now I need to see all this process, I need to see the wheels

Great video. Excellent outcome. Skilled craftsmen. 👍

Hey bruh long time chilling with you keep up the work man I know you work so hard on cranking out vids so I appreciate you homie

2 helpful hints.they make a thin flexible rubber block that works great on curved surfaces.also if you use a little dish soap with your water,the sandpaper slides easier.still,you are doing a good job.

Looks great. All tho usually when the buff and polish after wet sanding. Usually it's a 2step process. 1st buff with wool pad then use a 2nd polishing compound. But it looks like every one does it different. It turned out good.

My back hurts just watching this vid. Detailers product is the real hero here! Keep up the great work.

Found your site. Really dug the video. Super satisfying.

Looks amazing 👍🏻

Impressive that you can get it looking this good. Lucky there was enough clear coat to be able to sand it back like this. Looking nice!

Absolutely stunning bud!

Yo i was literally just looking into wet sanding and buffing my car and what goes into and BAM!! Gingium uploads what i wanna see

Awesome video!

Man that car and especially the dash is giving me flashbacks LOL I'm 40 when I was 20 I had a 94 Plymouth Laser.. the laser eagle talon and eclipse we're all pretty much the same car

Caleb. You might be taking longer to put out content but man is quality leaps and bounds better than its ever been. Loving every video so far. Keep at it my man and it will pay off.

I work as a detailer at a collision shop in New England, and I have to say, you did an amazing job for just starting out with buffing. I highly recommend you get yourself a 6 inch buffer so you can keep learning how to shine up your cars. Possible a Rupees or Milwaukee buffer. Loved the video as always! Keep up the good work!

This makes me want to get a cheap maaco paint and then detail my NB myself too. Super cool!

As a professional painter and DSM owner, that paint job hurts my soul.

A great detailer can save your a$$ all day long. Those guys don’t get enough love. I have much respect. A detailer made my 2016 Tundra look like a new truck. All for under $300. Heck of a deal!

The final product is impressive ! Love it

My 84 mustang gt got a $500 maaco paint job back in 01 (previous owner). There was orange peel but not to your extent. With a 2 hour wash, buff, and wax, it came out as good as that.

The results you got make me want to get my Bugeye professionally detailed.

awesome transformation man!! but the thing that i loved the most is the music.. just perfect! Have your like sir! and cheers from Argentina!

Looks amazing man. At the start it didn't look right with the red and black but all red looks so great. I would definitely want to pull the front bar and paint the core support black again

loving this project!

Massive improvement Caleb, it's good to see what would have been described as a beater slowly morph into something desirable 👍

That car looks brand new, you guys did an amazing job fixing the paint 👌

Glad that shop is in my area, I will have to check them out

I can't wait to see it in person! My homie did an awesome job❤

Gotta say, extra high quality filming in this one Gingium

Great, calming video, also the results look great. Question is: Would you rather invest the time again in the after-treatment or in the pre-treatment and hope, Maaco does a better job if you do the cleaning etc?

Done right! Looks amazing now.

Very cool car, and the red stands out, best color on that generation Eclipse. I have seen GSXs run sub 11s without a tremendous amount of work, way back in 2003ish in Bithlo FL.

Looks awesome!

5:56 looks like my Miata hood, it's inspiring to see such great results from paint correction

wow what an improvement. That all looks like a crazy amount of labor

Man this paint job is fire!

Gingium has to be my favorite car channel. dude is so entertaining

Pretty nice transformation 👌

Can't complain looks pretty good man!

Wow that guy did an amazing job, killin it

I knew a good full detail would help but damn I didn't think its be that much better. So much better

loved the music in this video, it fit's my mood perfectly

Looking good!

Nothing more satisfying than wet sanding gawd-awful orangepeel and feeling it smooth out right under your fingers! ❤

You are definitely my favorite car youtuber. May not be a millionaire with 25 built cars and a shop with 17 lifts, but you are incredibly smart and talented! Awesome video

I spent several years of my youth doing this. I do not miss it! Looks good though.

I know the channel isn't super over the top with crazy high horsepower cars, but there's something about the vibe here that puts this channel undoubtedly at the top of my watch list for cars right next to Donut.

I thought this was an AMMO video at first lmao, good shit man!

Looking much better!

Really smart way to do a video, especially in your current situation

oooo i like that sanding block with the clamps on the ends.

1500 used to be a lot of money for a paint job. used to work at Maaco, edmonton, had my prelude painted there as well. they are good bang for buck. some shops do custom work. COOL!

Swell job👍🏻

I hope he get with the new transmision a short shifter right away, that can be sick!!! Keep it up my dude!!, greetings from Venezuela

Keep up the good work dude ✊🏽 fuck the haters, you’ve been one of my favorite you tubers for 5 years now

Just watched your video nicely done. I have a 1995 eclipse gsx that needs paint and after seeing your video I think I will do what you did. My question is how long do you have to wait after paint before you can start the wet sanding correction?

Man that looks so much better looks like macco had the oven too high looking at how it was when they lacquered it, good job though such an improvement 👍👍👍

As a maaco employee, I have to give you props. We've really butchered some cars in that shop lol. Patience goes a long way with wet sanding and polishing.

*it depends on the person doing it. I painted mine and there was a 10% or so defect. My cousin painted his 1 month later at another Maaco across town, his came out cleaner with probably a 1% defect. He shared with me his painter was a car enthusiasts so it was probably why he resonated with painting the car better*

More video i love it bro good job

Oooo I hate wet sanding. Great work!

I work for shine supply! Love to the products at work!

Awesome video, just out of curiosity to see which is more of a bargain, how much did you pay to get it detailed? Did I miss the total? I'm in a similar situation with one of my cars and I have a great detailer but no good shops to repaint the car. I was debating doing this exact same route, however my detailer charges about $1500-2000.

That turned out awesome! Throw an outdoor rated cover on it and protect it. It is worth the effort now!

I'm currently in the process of doing this to my '03 Pathfinder. It was bought new from my father and is mint (aside from the horrible orange peal). It is black and has 94k on it. The interior is mint (the carpet has zero wear...it looks brand new).

That thing looks better than new!

I got my maaco paint jobs for under $400 and had very few imperfections. Fish eye here or there but the one here sprays pretty well if you actually let them know your somewhat particular. I did all my own prep and they just had to mask off windows and spray.

I can’t wait to see what kind of wheels you get for it

That period correct music to the year of the car is a vibe

Welcome to the detail side, Gingium

Looks awesome

Damn that looks nice! Now it is time to paint everything behind the front bumper black en put some mesh in the bumper. Then some cool wheels

Nice work! Gonne have to flat black rattle can behind the bumper to hide the overspray, and make it look even more complete

I do love me some detailing vids...looks good.

Damn that looks so good. I imagine better than the original paint job.

I had this car in high school. I loved it