It's kind of a wide range of quality. If you get Maaco to do it it'll be a good 20 foot paint job for a pretty cheap price. If you get a nice paint job done somewhere else it'll cost considerably more and could carry a pretty hefty price tag. How anal is she about her car and what is going to be done to it? If severe rock crawling is in the plans than i'd say Maaco would suit it just fine.
its gonna be a dd. no wheeling beyond a few dirt roads a coupla times a month. i dont know if maaco carries the orange she wants. they dont give much of a color list from what i saw.
and her current car hasn't been washed in 3 years. im sure a 20 ft paint job will be just fine lol
yeah, they do have basic paint combinations but they can make you your California Orange. Try and find the paint code for that color and if you give it to them they should be able to mix you your color.
Mine is Amber Fire Pearlcoat (little darker and more red than California Orange) and it looks real sharp it is a stock color on the 00 and 01 XJ and TJ.
Maaco can spray any color you wish. I spent about $800 for body work and a complete spray on my '85 300ZX two years ago and had them spray it AX6(350Z Redline).