# Macco 2yr vs 5yr warranty? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 9, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427 "2025-03-09T16:29:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sciconf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sciconf](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sciconf)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/1 "2025-03-09T16:29:40Z")
I went to paint the roof - $700 with 5yr warranty Original is metallic paint on 2010 Corolla He then offered whole car 3yr warranty - later he reduced the price to $1200 and also reduced the warranty to 2 yrs. I am concerned - i later discovered that their 2yr warranty means they use enamel paint as opposed to urethane. 2 or 3yr warranty means that they will use a sealant and then spray with a mixture of base and clear. He also said that if I paint the roof, it will look new - suggesting that it will be a mismatch. My original plan was to apply clear on remaining oxidized areas myself. They seems to keen to sell painting the whole car. I plan to keep the car for 5yrs. Could you comment on the paint strategy? I planning on proceeding at 3 yr warranty. I have no clue on the sealant + mixture of base and clear. **Update:** after 5yrs plan on selling ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/2 "2025-03-09T16:34:35Z")
Are you planning on selling the car in 5 years? Or are you planning on junking the car in 5 years? If the former, get the better paint job If the latter, get the cheapo paint job ---
**Author:** ![sciconf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sciconf](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sciconf)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/3 "2025-03-09T16:42:39Z")
after 5yrs plan on selling ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/4 "2025-03-09T17:25:13Z")
> [@sciconf](#): > > after 5yrs plan on selling Selling a 20 year old Corolla? The only thing the buyer will worry about is that the car runs and (in my area) the AC works. Go cheap on the paint. Enamel will work just fine…and it can be buffed out to shine it up when you sell the car. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/5 "2025-03-09T17:29:02Z")
Used cars can sell for a surprising amount of money, if they’re in good mechanical condition, have a clean title and look sparkling It’s part of the reason I recently bought a new car, versus used ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/6 "2025-03-09T18:52:27Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Go cheap on the paint. Enamel will work just fine +1 A few months before I sold my Karmann Ghia, I took it for some minor body work and a re-paint. I don’t recall the body shop’s price differential between the cheapo paint and the “better” paint, but on a car that was then 9 years old and which I was planning on selling, I didn’t see the economic sense of paying for the “better” paint. The car looked good and it ran very well, so I was able to sell it fairly easily. ---
**Author:** ![sciconf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sciconf](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sciconf)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/7 "2025-03-09T19:07:51Z")
I am not painting to sell it. “Urethane paint is more durable and resistant to chemicals and weathering than enamel paint. It also has a higher gloss finish.” " Urethane is a type of **[paint that does require a clear coat](https://paintingsdoctors.com/how-long-after-paint-to-clear-coat/)**. This means that it’s more expensive and more difficult to apply, but it’s also more durable. If you’re looking for a paint job that’s going to last, urethane is the way to go." Source \<[Difference Between Enamel And Urethane Auto Paint – Painting Doctors](http://paintingsdoctors.com/difference-between-enamel-and-urethane-auto-paint/)\> Price difference is $100. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/8 "2025-03-09T19:46:30Z")
> [@sciconf](#): > > Price difference is $100. If I was going that far in (i.e. having it repainted) I’d not hesitate on the extra $100. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/9 "2025-03-09T20:33:10Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > Used cars can sell for a surprising amount of money, if they’re in good mechanical condition, have a clean title and look sparkling Especially with all the turmoil of the last couple of months. Where I am the market seems to be shifting once again to used cars. My daughter turns 16 this year and I’m already looking for her first car. When you find a car you like you’d better be standing right there with money in your pocket or it will be gone tomorrow (at least for the age and type of car I’m looking for). ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/10 "2025-03-09T20:36:29Z")
> [@asemaster](#): > > Where I am the market seems to be shifting once again to used cars. I saw some news coverage recently about a new car dealers’ association in NJ, who were concerned with the big drop in their sales of new cars over the last month or so. ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/11 "2025-03-09T22:24:35Z")
> [@asemaster](#): > > My daughter turns 16 this year and I’m already looking for her first car. When you find a car you like you’d better be standing right there with money in your pocket or it will be gone tomorrow (at least for the age and type of car I’m looking for). I am not looking for the type of car you are looking for, not by a long shot, and I can confirm that this is how the market works right now. Even old cars, in non-running condition sell reasonably quick, for way more than I’d be willing to pay. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/12 "2025-03-09T23:49:27Z")
Your choice but I think we are mixing up terms a little. There is base coat/clear coat that requires a clear over the base but you can do a single stage ureathane. Dulux, the original enamel has the top film glossy but cannot be buffed or it will destroy the gloss film. Acrylic enamel can be buffed and is more durable. Urethane is the next step and more durable. It is so tough you can buff after a couple hours of air drying. I think they could adjust the shade to match the weathered paint but they won’t on a cheap paint job. If the original paint called for clear (coded CC on the paint tag). I would do the clear to match original. I’d also likely do the whole thing but with the urethane. If you have spots that you were just going to clear, you will have a blotchy finish. It will look bad. Now expect grinding marks, over spray etc. on a cheap paint job. The more work you can do yourself in removing trim and masking, the better. Might turn out ok and might not. Spraying a car is easy. Prep is not. Paint is also expensive so you get what you pay for. Bottom line is what makes you think you’ll get give more years out of it? In my humble opinion anyway. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/13 "2025-03-10T00:44:44Z")
> [@bcohen2010](#): > > am not looking for the type of car you are looking for, How do you know my daughter doesn’t want to drive a 1992 Dodge Spirit? 😀 Actually she doesn’t care what kind of car it is as long as it’s easy to drive and park and gets good mileage. But she does like this: ![SCION_xB-2007_main](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/f/9f66adf462278466121b3e080a975c0eb1838c3a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/14 "2025-03-10T01:17:09Z")
Does that Scion have the Corolla or the Camry powertrain? Either way, it’s an excellent . . . and practical, imo . . . choice, as I see it ---
**Author:** ![sciconf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sciconf](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sciconf)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/15 "2025-03-10T01:20:08Z")
@bing - awesome. Here is the takeaway: - There is base coat/clear coat that requires a clear over the base but you can do a single stage ureathane. - Dulux, the original enamel has the top film glossy but cannot be buffed or it will destroy the gloss film. - Acrylic enamel can be buffed and is more durable. - Urethane is the next step and more durable. It is so tough you can buff after a couple hours of air drying. _I’d also likely do the whole thing but with the urethane._ ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/16 "2025-03-10T02:44:45Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > Does that Scion have the Corolla or the Camry powertrain? That generation has the 2.4 and I don’t recall if that engine was an option in the Corolla. What she ends up remains to be seen. I have 7 months before her birthday so we’ll see what kind of mechanic’s special I can find over the summer. ---
**Author:** ![sciconf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sciconf](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sciconf)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/17 "2025-03-13T17:17:11Z")
They are working on the whole car painting. Quite a bit of primer (sectional but seems most of it) was applied to take care of the paint issue. They will use a sealant and then spray with a **mixture of base and clear** , which **reduces the warranty** from 5yr. My question is should I spray **2K clear** after taking the car from the shop? At least the roof to give extra protection? I have done this to repair peeling clear. I have the abrasive and 2K clear cans. **Is there anything I should be concerned about?** If I were doing it, should I do it after a month - let the paint to dry… whatever? The car will be moving to East cost and I won’t be in East cost - so wish to do whatever I can now for troublefree experience. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/18 "2025-03-13T17:35:21Z")
You are not getting a first class paint job from Macco and why would you take an abrasive pad to a new paint job ? Just ask how long you need to wait before putting a good wax on the vehicle and find something else to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/19 "2025-03-13T17:55:30Z")
You’ll void any warranty if you do that. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427/20 "2025-03-13T17:59:59Z")
> **[How Soon Can You Wax a Car After Painting? \[Expert Opinion\]](https://cardetailingplanet.com/waxing-freshly-painted-car/)** > > New car paint needs time to fully cure and harden, and wax prevents it from curing. Here's how soon you can wax the car after repainting it. Tester [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/macco-2yr-vs-5yr-warranty/199427.md?page=2)