Hi everyone,
it’s been years since I’ve posted but the ‘95 XJ6 y’all encouraged me to adopt is still going strong with only expected repairs and regular maintenance. I love this car!!

There’s a new Maaco in town so I went and chatted them up last week. I feel good about letting them paint the car and the price is right. We talked about me possibly removing trim but I have some concerns.

I recently replaced the windshield and I went through 4 different companies because the windshield gasket is discontinued and they were worried about finding that the current one was dry-rotted. I finally got it done and the guy was able to replace the old one successfully.

But now I worry about the same issue if I remove any trim before painting and that it might cause more trouble than it’s worth.

Can anyone suggest essential trim to remove that can be replaced easily? Or should I just let them mask everything and forget about it. I don’t need a show-quality paint job, just a functional one. I’m getting Maacos highest tier paint ( if you’re curious, they quoted me $2300)

thanks in advance!
(reposted in the x300 forum but I can’t see how to remove this one- sorry for the duplicate)

 

I can't give any advice about trim removal but the easier and cleaner you make the car for the paint guys the better job they'll do for you.

 

Agree with above, pressure was all the edges and corners etc and use dawn dish soap to get rid of as many contaminants as you can. I wouldn't remove any trim around windows but anything that you can get off easily is worth it. But ultimately, it's probably just as easy to pick off overspray then it is to remove stuff.

 

Hi y’all
i picked the car up from Maaco yesterday and it looks great. We ended up removing only the grill, front bumper and the bonnet leaper. They masked everything else and did a great job.

It’s not perfect but they did keep it an extra day at my request to buff out a bunch of dust etc that was in the clear coat. Totally worth $2300! Looks like new till you really look close. Glad I didn’t risk removing any more of the old trim- thanks for all the advice. Now let’s see if I can attach some pics

 

Looking good there. Congrats.

 

Nice car, but still in the wrong forum...

Best regards,

Thomas