Somebody hit my Lambo

[spadepro22]

Somebody hit my Lambo while she was parked and I'm pissed. Went to Macco and they told me 821.00 to fix and paint the whole car, but that only includes a clear mixed in the last coat or something the guy was trying to explain to me. The base and clear is goin to be like 1300+. Anyone ever let Macco paint there car with the paint job I tried to explain? The car does'nt seem as fast with this big ass dent in it so I need it fixed asap

 

[gtrej01]

That dont look like someone hit your car...

My 1gb had the same issue. See pic below.

After some major body work I just repainted my car with the help of my little bro last week.

This seem s to be a notorious issues with 1g's.

 

[Bud92gsx]

Looks like a door or fender allignment issue to me.

 

[gtrej01]

Looks like a door or fender allignment issue to me.

what Bud said! ^^

 

[spadepro22]

Do you have any idea how it got there? It was perfect, and the door wasn't hitting anything.

And the door has no dents whats so ever now. It opens and closes and is on track.

 

[Aphix]

Classic door/fender issue. The fender got too close to the door from a front end collision and when it was opened it got bent. Happens all the time at insurance salvage auctions. Thats why there's paint chipping on the door and fender. I'd check your bumper.

 

[Bud92gsx]

Well the door and fender have to be farther apart then the non talon cars..The fender side skirt peice goes up to the middle of the fender.Making it a smaller gap in the middle of the door where it pivots.So any small miss alignment will eventually do this kind of damage.

The eclipses have a tiny triangle peice on the fender there.And the talons have that whole peice.I Have one of those talon peices, and when mounting it, it bothered me.So I went back to the eclipse triangle peice.

My guess would be you have hit one too many things with the front of the car.Slightly pushing the fender back, and this happens.

 

[spadepro22]

True, I do the see the paint chipping but the one on the fender is higher than the one on the door. I still think the car was hit(not necessarily hard) unless this 1g fender problem just happens overnight. What about the Macco paint job?

Well the door and fender have to be farther apart then the non talon cars..The fender side skirt peice goes up to the middle of the fender.Making it a smaller gap in the middle of the door where it pivots.So any small miss alignment will eventually do this kind of damage.

The eclipses have a tiny triangle peice on the fender there.And the talons have that whole peice.I Have one of those talon peices, and when mounting it, it bothered me.So I went back to the eclipse triangle peice.

My guess would be you have hit one too many things with the front of the car.Slightly pushing the fender back, and this happens.

Not arguing with you, but I never have hit anything.

 

[tmota503]

Yup same happenin with my 1gb.

 

[DSM_love_GST]

it looks like someone jerked the door open super hard

 

[Bud92gsx]

I've hit plenty of stuff. You could, well not you need a new fender.But when you put the new one on, pull it forward as far as you can.

 

[spadepro22]

Anyone have any idea about the Macco paint job I was talking about?

 

[Sebba]

Anyone have any idea about the Macco paint job I was talking about?

They suck, they do shit quality work, they always have.

 

[92AWDHX40]

Been there with my old fwd.

 

[spadepro22]

They suck, they do shit quality work, they always have.

Dont say that, thats not what I wanna hear The other place is talking 16-2200.

 

[99ECLIPSEGSXDSM]

Do not use macco! I worked for them awhile back. They don't take the time and attiontion to detail like I like to have on my car and the paint chips away fast. It's not worth the money. You could do a better job if you never painted anything in your life before.

 

[Sebba]

Dont say that, thats not what I wanna hear The other place is talking 16-2200.

Why do you think that might be?

 

[spadepro22]

Do not use macco! I worked for them awhile back. They don't take the time and attiontion to detail like I like to have on my car and the paint chips away fast. It's not worth the money. You could do a better job if you never painted anything in your life before.

I have, but I dont have the time, place, or other means of other transportation.

 

[AwD4g63TsI]

The guy was explaining single stage and two stage paint. A single stage has the color and clear mixed together and sprayed together. Two stage is base color sprayed and a clear coat sprayed over the top. You'll pay more for base/clear because it costs a little more and takes more time to spray(more passes with the gun).

If I were you I would stay away from maaco. I've never heard used them but have heard tons of horror stories. There are just too many ways to screw up paint-even if it looks great right away it will degrade quickly if prepped/mixed/shot poorly.

Unless you know someone who is REALLY good and is cutting you a deal, a quality paint job is never cheap.

 

[Lil' Shaun]

Mine did that after a cart bumped it in a parking lot. There not that bad to fix.

 

[Sebba]

You can see paint chipping off the edge of the door, which would indicate contact with the fender.

Unless you have door opening gremlins, something smells poopy.

 

[spadepro22]

Why do you think that might be?

You get what you pay for sometimes. But maybe they have changed its 2012, and I doubt they have ever painted a Lambo before so they will do a jam up job for me to promote there services. Im tryin to laugh to keep from crying.

 

[RoasT BeeF]

Dont say that, thats not what I wanna hear The other place is talking 16-2200.

Ha. The last time I went in for a paint estimate at a 'real' body shop I was quoted 7k for my 1g. Just put a new fender on and call it a day. Why paint the entire car??

 

[spadepro22]

Ha. The last time I went in for a paint estimate at a 'real' body shop I was quoted 7k for my 1g. Just put a new fender on and call it a day. Why paint the entire car??

It's just the way I am with this car. My pinkish bov kills me every time I pop the hood just to give a example. That freaking red battery too.

 

[cl1ckclack]

Has anyone mentioned just buying a new front quarter panel and painting it???