Thanks everyone for your comments, I decided to go for the Maaco job as I am not interested in it being a show car. I plan on driving this car all over the place. I took all the trim off myself 2 weeks ago. car looked like this:
I ended up taking out the rear window and now I am trying to figure out how to get it back in. I ordered a new seal and have it on the glass now to get the shape of the glass. I have been searching this forum for tips on installing it. I think im going to take that on next weekend. Havent had a chance to get pictures after the new paint and trim. Well get those up ASAP.
I went with Maaco's most expensive option which is base coat clear coat, after sanding it down. They also did some body work for me over the right rear fender. It had some rust over the wheel when i bought it so I had sanded and grinded it down and primed it, untill i got the money to do it right. It looks amazing now you cant even tell there was something wrong in that area. The front spoiler also had some dents and they made that look brand new as well.
If i was going to do this again after my experience with maaco I would take it back to them. Only thing Im not happy about is they sparyed something on my tires and got it on my wheels that I had just spent hours and hours polishing.
all for 1500 too.
will get some pictures of it up soon.