Doing It Right--Restoration of a 1995 Toyota Supra

The 1995 Toyota Supra is one of the most beautiful cars ever made. It was hugely expensive and as a result, it was rare even when in production. Like the Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Viper and Nissan GT-R, it was a supercar from a company that otherwise made fairly pedestrian vehicles. The owner of this example brought it back to its original glory. He disassembled the car himself, had us fix all the dings, dents and rust, then had us paint it with our urethane 2-stage technology base coat-clear coat.

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Auto body repairs in process on 1995 Toyota Supra

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Surface reconditioning & sanding prior to paint on 1995 Toyota Supra

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New paint on 1995 Toyota Supra--customer wants to reassemble himself

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1995 Toyota Supra as it came to us for restoration

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Auto body repairs in process on 1995 Toyota Supra

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Surface reconditioning & sanding prior to paint on 1995 Toyota Supra

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New paint on 1995 Toyota Supra--customer wants to reassemble himself

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1995 Toyota Supra as it came to us for restoration

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Auto body repairs in process on 1995 Toyota Supra

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Surface reconditioning & sanding prior to paint on 1995 Toyota Supra

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New paint on 1995 Toyota Supra--customer plans to reassemble himself

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Beautiful lines of the last generation Toyota Supra

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Side vents for reassembly on 1995 Toyota Supra

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Collision Repair on Honda Accord

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2003 Honda Accord. We had painted this car four or five years ago with our urethane base coat-clear coat paint. The owner said she was happy with our work so she returned when her car, unfortunately, got hit. The bumper, door and quarter panel and wheel all had dents and scrapes. We repaired all of the damage, realigned the frame and suspension and matched the paint. This repair went through Ameriprise Insurance but we work with all insurance companies and even with people who don't have insurance coverage. We also arranged for a rental car that the customer was able to drop-off at our shop when she picked up her car.

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1954 Chevrolet Pickup Update!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1956 Chevrolet Pickup that we posted a few months ago! (Here's the link) The truck's owner had stopped by yesterday for us to take some completed pictures! Since we finished painting the truck, the owner had re-assembled all of the missing parts and installed them back onto his old Chevy!

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1970 Pontiac GTO Complete Restoration!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1970 Pontiac GTO.  This Classic Muscle Car came to our shop *LOOKING* decent.  Under the seemingly okay finish unbeknownst to anybody, lay some serious, serious, bodywork to be done before painting.  The car had been "Repaired" before, years ago by a "Professional Hack Artist", nearly 100% of its body panels had been skimmed with an absurd amount of body filler, hiding the improper "Repairs" beneath it.  Once we had the car stripped, we discovered that the Quarter Panels, Doors, and many other miscellanious panels were in dire need of replacement.  Some panels were replaced using reproduction parts such as both Quarter Panels, the Decklid Filler, and a handful of other parts. Some panels were not so lucky, who would have thought a 44 year old collectors car would be so hard to find parts for?  The areas thatwere impossible to replace due to lack of parts were repaired, grafting recycled sheet metal in place of old rusted metal, and finishing with a much lighter skim of plastic filler.  Once the body was all taken care of, we applied a Primer, then block sanded the whole car, exposing every single imperfection. Once everything was straight and smooth we Painted the GTO with our "Performance Base, Clear" paint in its original color!

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 You thought you were done reading didn't you? Well luckily for you the process didnt stop after painting, once the paint was dry we "Wet Sanded and Polished" the entire car to remove any dust specs, or contaminants found in freshly sprayed paint.  Also this process removes the natural texture called "Orange Peel" leaving the cars finish as smooth as glass, like a true show car's paint job should!

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