Memories......
I have painted one car in my own garage. It was a 1981 regal. Nice car. Stripped it down to metal..worked and worked and worked on that car to get the body perfect to paint. I painted it dark blue.....but for some reason that evening when I finished it looked purple..I thought it was because of the lighting in my garage. Next morining I got up, opened the garage door pushed the car out and boy was it purple. I still had to confirm, so I got my wife out of bed and when she looked at it...sure enough it was purple.
Paint store had no idea what went wrong with the mixing of the paint they sold me, so I got more paint at half price. I painted the car again and finally got my dark blue regal. Put all the chrome on and it looked really nice.
I can actually say I had a lot of blood (fingers bleeding from prep work and sanding) sweat and tears (purple!) in that car.
I told myself I would never paint another car again. That was 9 years ago. I am now rethinking that. I have bought two S-10 blazers. Repaired the body, took all trim, windows, lights, bumpers etc and Macco has painted them and done a great job. I can't say that the thought hasn't crossed my mind to do the same with my WE4. But....I will be SUPER picky about the paint job on that car. I don't know if I would personally trust Macco on my car. I could get a great, or good job. It would depend on the painter that got picked to do my car.
Since I have a problem with trust and I'm so anal..my car still sits. I know once I dig into it by removing body parts and fixing problem areas I am in it for the long haul and I will want to get it done.
I'm kinda in the same boat as you are. I have concerns about the quality that I can provide by doing it myself due to dirt dust etc. Macco? Ive been down both roads. I may check out the video tapes suggested by jetmech.
Good luck in whatever you do...I for one would be interested in knowing what you decide to do!
Also I didn't mean to ramble!
Again...Good Luck!