I haven't heard of any concerns about painting lately, but if people are
still wondering I just got "alice", 86'Gl painted this week.

She was common sky blue, and now she is bright tangerine.

I got this done at Maaco in seattle for $530.00

$80.00 was for the door jambs, which look like five minutes of uncontrolled
overspray.

Overall the job is better than I could have done but definetly a Maaco job.
Alot of overspray, even on the dash. Not to mention my orange radiator.
Previous seam cracks are still cracked, and all chips were just painted
over.

I did take off every non-metal part before giving it over, and that helped
alot, as I am sure their would be paint all over the grills as their was on
the windshield gasket.  The panels that I sanded myself look great, but
anything that I left expecting them to sand, was untouched.

So if you are thinking about gettign your vanagon painted at a cheap shop.
I would suggest these things:

1. remove all plastic pieces.
2. prep sand EVERYTHING to the best of your ability.
3. possibly even do some of the masking yourself, ( as the lady told me they
do 8 cars a day, hence they don't spend much time doing any of these tasks).

4. talk about all of your concerns with the manager, you are still paying
$500.00

Hope this is helpful. Bryan

86, Vanagon GL