Maaco Collision Repair & Auto Painting

I took my OLD 1995 Toyota Camry to get painted last week.
I had the pleasure of dealing with Ryan. I got my car back a day early was SHOCKED in how GREAT the job was for how little I spent!
Over the next couple of days, I tried to find faults in their work and found none…
My hats off to Ryan and his team. They surpassed my expectations and I am just in awe of how they transformed a old car into something that looks new again!!!
THANK YOU RYAN !!!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

I dropped my car off to Ryan and agreed to a price for a basic car painting for my 98 Expedition. I wanted to change the color and also breath some life into my good working 17 year old car. .I dropped my SUV off on Monday and just picked it up on Wednesday, one day ahead of the promise date.
I was worried about many of the negative Unilocal reviews and he assured me I would be happy. He was right and for the money, this was a great paint job and I am happy. I got a 3 year warranty, so hopefully the paint does not wash off anytime soon. Take a look at the picture of the black expedition.

Dropped off my civic to get painted with Ryan Capdevielle on a Wednesday, went over what options I had as far as paint, prep, warranty, etc. Chose my level of paint and amount of bodywork and got an estimate of how much that would cost and decided it was the best option for me.
Fast forward — Ryan kept me updated through the entire time my car was there via email and answered any questions I had. In the end it took a little while longer than I had initially thought it would but only because the standard this shop is held to is very high and one of the panels was redone to meet their level of quality. I really appreciated that as a paint job is a big investment, and seeing that they care as much about the quality of work as I do (having to drive the car every day and all) really made me feel confident in the decision to have them paint my car.
When I went to pick it up it was getting cleaned up for me. 10 minutes later I was able to pay and my car was waiting for me outside.
Thank you Ryan and the whole team at this location, I will definitely refer business to you in the future and I really appreciate the attention to detail that my car was given!

After recommendation from my friend to try Maaco, I’ve tried.
My pick-​up truck had rust on roof causing leak inside the car, dented hood and few other spots.
Price estimate was same as other local place I didn’t choose because they wanted to replace whole hood instead of just fixing it!
Story starts here. When I did estimate here car had camper shell on and I’ve been charged $ 100 extra for over sized (?) vehicle and told camper shell needs to be painted too even thou it didn’t need it. I decided to take camper shell down so they can paint properly behind the cab (and be it easier for them as well) and been told by lady who does estimates that I’d get that $ 100 off. You’d think so, but when I dropped off the car she said she never told me!
There were few more times I’ve not been told truth. Car was suppose to be done in 4 – 5 days took them 9 working days instead! My complain is because it was way past due from estimated time, and if I wouldn’t have to rent a car I’d not care as much.
One time I went to check on progress and my car was waiting to be done next day. I was able to take quick picture where there’s shown some rust on the roof. And that was suppose to be ready for painting? I guess I’ll see in few years if rust starts to come on surface. I’ll know why.
So finally I went to pick up my car, paid for it and I was able to get $ 50 discount from manager when I complained about longer time it took and $ 100 extra charge. What was funny here lady told me that manager wasn’t there and she couldn’t give me discount and manager was suppose to be away driving home far away. In 5 minutes he walks by on the outside!!! What the lies from lady again! Not surprised any more.
Went to get my car. And here again! Disaster, when I opened door! They had to take windshield down (which of course broke and had pay $ 200 for new one) in order to remove rust and all. But they didn’t cover anything inside the car while sanding and all. The dust was EVERYWHERE!!! One time I turned heater on, that was a mistake! There was dust coming out of the dashboard!!! I dared to turn it back on again (gotta have to do it one day thou).
I was so tired with this company and service I just left.
Paint job is great (that’s why 2 stars instead of 1 star), but rest of the job:
1) car wasn’t done within estimated time causing me to pay lot for rented car
2) LOT and LOT of dust and overs pray inside my car, and outside overs pray on tires, paint on tires and everywhere…
3) bunch of lies

It’s Maaco. You know. You can’t expect too much. They worked with my 1984 bimmer for 10 days to change color. My budget was limited and I know that. It was nice when I pick it up, but you can’t check it exactly. They forgot to do some works they promised to me, and it took some time for them to fix that, and of course, they won’t do anything they promised but not on the contract, so remember to write everything down when you go there. It’s Maaco, and I know I can’t expect too much.

This is the 3^rd time I’ve been there with the same car… THEY kept messing it up. I took my car in originally to fix and bondo cracks in the hood of my car and get it painted a new color. I chose a color I wanted and wrote it down on the order form. In a week I got the car back and the hood was fixed, but it was the WRONG color. I sent it in again for them to fix the mistake. The guy called me up right before painting it to ensure they had the right color and it was not. I went down there to show them the color I wanted. They saw the color and since it was bright and my car was a dark color, they refused to paint it the color I wanted. I chose out a new, dark color and got it back in a week with a few mistakes, but it overall looked good. The cracks in the hood came back right away and I took it in again last Monday for them to bondo the cracks and fix them correctly. This morning when I went to pick up the car some of the cracks were still there AND the rear, passernger-​side window was shattered. The owner refused to take the blame for the window, but after mentioning court to him he agreed to fix the window and the cracks. DO NOT GO TO THIS PAINT SHOP. THEY ARE RUDE AND DO NOT DO GOOD WORK!!!

Ron has been amazing! My husband and I highly recommend this shop.
This shop used to be a 1-​Day Paint and Body and my husband had is beloved Jaguar painted by them. They did a shoddy job and Ron was able to honor the warranty we had on it and redo the areas that were an issue.
As another reviewer mentioned, give them time to do the job right, and Ron will take care of the rest!

Ron, the shop manager did a great job on my 1974 Porsche 911 and 1971 dodge charger. He gave me the personal attention I needed and was honest body issues and slight imperfections. This is a production shop, with the personal attention. Overall, I am happy with the money spent on the paint job and Ron was a straight shooter. Additionally, Hector did an amazing sanding and buffing job on my car. He had a great attitude about his job and needed quality time to finish the body work.
DON’T RUSH MAACO AND THIS PARTICULAR SHOPT WILL DO A GREAT JOB FOR WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
Christian Yates
Newport Beach CA

Paint came out better than I thought. The cheapest paint package available and turned out nicely with a metallic paint.

I baby my Nighthawk black 2003 Honda Accord Coupe EX. I keep it well maintained, drive it only around 10k miles a year, and with only a few exceptions, carefully wash it myself by hand. So you can imagine my disappointment in Honda when after just a few years, the original paint job consistently deteriorated substantially; to the point where in some spots it wore down past the primer. How did this happen? I still have no idea, but I have noticed the flaw on many others of the same make/​model/​year on the road, and I feel their pain.
In comes Maaco (formerly 1-​Day Paint) Costa Mesa. I was given the choice between 4 different levels of paint quality/​warranty, and Juan gave me a detailed estimate based on my decision. I went with the «Plus 3» option. There was understandably some extra charges to repair the areas most heavily damaged, and a flat fee to cover the coats of paint and gloss.
After sleeping on it and inevitably agreeing to the job, I handed over the keys for about 3 days. All said and done, my car looked brand new for well south of $ 1,000. The new paint matched the original, even down to the little shiny blue speck accents in the black.
From my understanding, their process is different than the ones that cost several thousand because they just mask off and spray, rather than take your car panels off and paint the pieces. I’m fine with that! The results are great, and I definitely feel that I got my money’s worth!

I am so happy! Maaco did an great job on painting my 2000 Excursion! It was a completely fair price, they did a wonderful job getting rid of the dings and the paint job is great for what it costs (reasonable prices). I want to commend their manager Ron. He was super helpful and courteous. They are lucky to have such a nice and knowledgable employee.

I asked to have the jams to be included in the paint job. They didn’t do it and told me I’d have to pay another $ 175 which wasn’t disclosed in my quote. They painted over anything chrome. The branch manager Juan said there was nothing he could do and would not give me his bosses name. I called corp and was told his boss was Bob DeWoodward. Bob told me I don’t understand and that the paperwork I signed said that the jams wouldn’t be included. I started to ask him a what if question and he asked me if someone stole my car and brought it there. I was so enraged I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I looked closely at the paperwork and there was nothing indicating that they were not going to include the jams. Bob’s assistant told me that it sounded like they screwed up. Will never use 1 Day again.

These guys are good, at least in my experience. Twice they had painted an MGB for me, and both times the terrific paint job helped greatly when I sold the roadsters. The latest job — on my 1989 Dakota convertible truck — was fantastic. Since I only wanted them to prep and spray from mid-​side up, I purchased pin-​striping for the line where the old and new paint would meet. But when I picked up the truck, wow! there was no way to tell where the line was. It was seamless and beautiful! I was stunned and delighted, especially because the price (out-​the-​door) was amazingly moderate. I have recommended One-​Day on Harbor to my next door neighbors for their old Wesphalia; I have to «live» with my neighbors, but I have no hesitation regarding the high quality with low price they will get from this establishment. (They did not ask me to do this review, and I think this is my first « Unilocal» — something I just wanted to do. Gary B.

We helped our newly licensed daughter buy a ’98 VW Jetta. The entire car was so oxidized it looked gray/​white vs. black. We brought it in to Juan and I expected him to upsell us to the high-​end $ 1000 package. He asked my daughter what her plan for the car was and she said keep it for 3 – 4 years then sell it. He suggested a lower level package that was about $ 600 out the door!!! The car looks fantastic.
But here’s the important part… customer service. We found a rear spoiler at the salvage yard. It was unattached and in the trunk. I showed it to Juan and asked if he would paint it also. Not only did they paint it but they mounted it! No charge!
Finally, the car was ready on a Thursday. An unexpected death in the family forced my daughter and I to be in NY on that day. I called Juan and he asked if I could pay for the work else he would have to charge for storage so I did. We were flying home Saturday evening so my daughter was bummed that she would have to wait until Monday to see/​drive her car. We called Juan (actually I talked to Tony) back Sat AM and asked if someone could come by and pick up the car on our behalf. Tony and Juan agreed and our friends went right up to the shop. BUT… what showed me excellent service was that Juan had our friends call me so he could verify that they knew me and then Juan talked to me to double-​make sure. That meant so much to me especially during the loss of a loved one.
We got home and the shiny-​black Jetta with spoiler was sitting in our driveway to brighten our mood.
I will tell anyone asking to go see Juan and Tony before you decide on a paint shop!
Thank-​you One Day

Crap Situation:
My 98 Mustang has been a magnet for crap it seems! Last year someone backed into the front & dented the hood with their spare tire & a trailer hitch broke my bumper (perfect outline!) the rear bumper had a perfect receiver hitch punch mark then a couple moths ago someone tried to break in damaging the driver side door & lock, & in Feb 2013 I got caught in a horrible dust/​rock/​crap storm going over the Grapevine! Not surprisingly, my baby was in bad shape & on top of the body work, I needed a new windshield from all the sand/​dust/​crap storm damage — the windshield people won’t replace it until the body work around the windshield was completed (to have a weather-​tight seal). So the tedious job of finding a body shop to start the repairs. I was not looking forward to all of this but hey, it has to be done!
I live close to One Day & pass it on my way to work — I looked them up on Unilocal for the reviews. Great reviews & that was enough for me, plus it was close to home.
Crap Solution:
I swung by one day after work, talked to Tony, got an estimate to repair ALL that stuff above, & a quote on a new bumper since the old one was not fixable. I went back a few days later and talked to the manager, Juan. I told him what I needed from my conversation with Tony but there was more, could they do all of the additional work I was requesting at a fair price? We stood at the counter for a few minutes, Juan did a walk-​around of my car and we discussed all of the additional repairs & went back inside. He made a call or two about other parts I needed & I decided on their top-​of-​the-​line service package. While there are over 1500 colors to chose from, I just wanted back to the OEM color, Laser Red & was anxious to get started.
I dropped my car off with Juan on Monday afternoon, he said it would be done either Friday or Saturday — I had ordered parts for additional repairs & hadn’t received them when I dropped off the vehicle so he said when I get them just swing by.
2 day’s after dropping-​off my car I received the lock I had to order — delivered it to Juan — status check & car still on schedule for this weekend — I assured him that if they needed longer that was fine, I was in a rental and just wanted it done when it was ready… not pushing to have them go any quicker than necessary. He let me take a look at the car in progress and oh man did that front bumper sparkle and the paint on the car (even though not close to finished) was amazing! The front & sides of the car were pulverized by the dust storm and probably some semi truck slinging dirt too — but there was not one chip left on the vehicle… she was beautiful already! The front bumper was replaced with a new one and painted, I had to do a double-​take since I hadn’t seen it ‘undamaged’ in so long, the entire car was like new and it still had 2 days and several processes to go!
I swear I have NO PATIENCE, this was the LONGEST 5 days of forever LOL… I called on Friday morning and Tony said it would be done about 4:30 — time dragged on all freaking day!!! I returned my rental at noon and got a ride back to work then I got off work early and my co-​worker was taking me to get my car and the traffic on Harbor was a NIGHTMARE due to construction — OMG the universe was against me getting my car back today LOL… well that’s what it freaking seemed like anyway!
Jonathan dropped me off and OMG OMG OMG THERE SHE WAS… all shiny and new looking, (insert a tear!) I was super jazzed and got out of the car and went over to mine and just kept touching it, it was sooooooooo smooth — the extra $ for the color-​sand & buff is SOOOOOOO WORTH it!!! This is SHOW ROOM QUALITY work and the door had a lock in it, not just a hole that I’d become accustomed to seeing over the last few months, AND the big dent over the windshield was GONE!!! It’s all sparkly and new — the paint on the outside matches the door jamb paint PERFECTLY!!! No more scratches and pit/​chips from the crap storm and all of the blemishes/​damages were G-​O-​N-​E, gone!!!
Before I left I saw there were a few places that still had a bit of compound on the car so I was wiping it with my microfiber cloth and Juan came out and stopped me saying if there is dirt on those old cloths it could scratch the paint… don’t have to tell me twice, I gave those away that night and bought new ones, and a microfiber car wash sponge, and a new chamois —- I was so excited!!!
Juan was such a sweetheart and Tony was also, I didn’t get to meet the guys in the shop because when I arrived they were at lunch (during the repairs) and when I was picking-​up they had already left but a massive THANK YOU to all of the guys at One Day Paint & Body Centers for an AWESOME job!!!
*****photos*****
Juan let me take few photos of the shop for my Unilocal review I’m not sure what the CLASSIC black car is, but it looked SLICK! I’ll post more photos after my head & fog lamps & side mirror covers are replaced!!!

Excellent service. Great job color matching. Very personable and friendly. Just picked up my car today and I would definitely recommend this location. Went in two weeks ago for an estimate. Juan looked over my 2001 Hyundai Santa fe, gave me an estimate and guaranteed it for a month. Two weeks later I brought it in Monday morning and it was done by Tuesday afternoon… Earlier than quoted. Car looks great! It’s seamless on the edges and they guarantee their work. Any problems and I bring it in for them to fix. Really, great service and excellent work.

On November 2011, I took in my Nissan Altima. When i picked it up it was in horrible conditions, it looks like they did not take the time to prep the inside, so there was paint dust all over the inside, we had a very hard time getting paint smell out of the interior, cleaning the A/​C vents and vacuming what felt like fiber glass out of the seats. The drivers mirror has paint on it, the door was not placed back correctly so its uneven, and there are some white dots as if the paint gun shot small paint balls in different places. The paint started to peel off after 4 days in the edge of the drivers door. I informed the employee of all the mistakes and was asked to return in 2 weeks… i will post results after i get vehicle back

This location was recommended to me by a friend as we are all into «classic cars». I had two estimates from other companies before I went in. I called and made an appointment with Tony. I brought him a 1959 Pontiac Bonneville Station Wagon. I wanted a color change which was no problem. Tony provided me with a million color choices and I narrowed it down to 5. He sprayed some metal cans with my choices and I went home and held them up to the car during different times of the day. This helped tremendously when making my final choice. In reviewing the estimate, I explained to him I would take off about 80% of the chrome, stainless and aluminum if they could help me with the rest. Done deal.
The price was very fair, the customer service was absolutely great (everything is «no problem»), and the quality of work is very acceptable. He had the car for awhile because I was having items chromed, polished, etc., but then the day came to pick up my car. It looked stunning! I did have to take it back for a few touch-​ups, but for me, that was just fine. Again, «no problem» Tony and his crew took care of it for me. I brought the car home for the final time yesterday and am VERY pleased with the outcome. Would I use One Day again? Absolutely! Thank you Tony and crew for making my old baby new again!

I’ve been in two times now because i wanted a feel for these guys before i dropped 2 of my cars off there and shelled out tons of money!
So i went in the first time to check everything out prices got an estimate on one car and left. And then yesterday I went in to talk business.
We both came to a solid price for two cars got a free color changed thrown in and a discount on some of the body work. Its more then I intended to pay since I’m in college but I know i wouldn’t have gotten a better price anywhere else. And by the looks of that other guys car I’m pretty excited for my cars! So when I pick my cars up I will update this and add pictures as well =)

First off, I would like to start of with stating unlike the other guy that left a review on here I was an actual customer here at 1 day.
I had the guys at 1 day paint my truck «satin matte black».
Juan the manager and all the other guys that worked there showed great customer service and took care of all my needs.
I had a great experience all around and the paint job was perfect. They took care of all the dents, door dings and issues that I need handled. They also did all of that for almost nothing setting them apart form comparible auto body locations that want to nickle and dime you for all of that.
I dropped my car off Monday evening and picked it up Friday afternoon. They knocked the whole care out in less than 4 days which was really quick with all the body work that needed to be done before they could paint it. Between all the prep, primer and two coats for satin matte black I was out the door for around $ 1200.00.
I would recommend 1 day to anyone looking to fix, repair or repaint their car. Great price, great work, great customer service. How can you beat that?
My profile pic is the finished result.