1999 Mazda Miata Race Car Paintjob!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1999 Mazda Miata.  This agressive little track monster came to our shop shiny, yet weathered and tattered from lots of fun track days.  Not wanting his race car to look like such a...race car the owner and driver of this machine came to us with Two requests; Make the car shiny again, and keep the price low.  We met both of those requests with our Enamel Single stage paint, using the car's original color!

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1990 Mazda Miata Re-Re-Painted

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1990 Mazda Miata. This Japanese roadster came to our shop before, hence the shiny red paint on the majority of its body. Unfortunately it had a "Run In" with a wall, requiring body work and repainting. The car's owner repaired all of the areas that he deemed neccecary, and dropped the Miata off for us to refinish with our basic Enamel paint, in a Ford factory color red!

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Houston Grand Prix Video

In-car video of Lloyd Read in the Almost Everything-JDC Motorsports formula car during his last lap of the season at the Grand Prix of Houston. This was the final race of the 2013 Star Mazda Championship. The video shows a great race with several changes in position as the finish line approaches. Just 2 laps from the checkered flag Read is bumped from behind by another car. He hits the wall and the car is done for the day.

Read won the 2011 Goodyear Formula Car Challenge Series for Almost Everything and last year led the championship until crashes (caused by other drivers) put him out of contention.

2013 was Read's rookie season of the Star Mazda Championship. He finished top 10 in all but 2 races. This put him 8th overall in points standing. Congratulations Lloyd. We look forward to an exciting 2014 season of racing.

For more information on Lloyd Read, the Star Mazda Championship and the Road to Indy, visit:

LloydReadRacing.com
Facebook.com/Lloyd-Read-Racing
indycar.com/Series/Pro-Mazda-Championship/Lloyd-Read
wikipedia.org/Star_Mazda_Championship
StarMazda.com/

1990 Mazda Miata Paint Job with Bodywork!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1990 Mazda Miata. This race inspired roadster came to our shop looking hacked up and discolored. The fender flares were somewhat moulded to the body and needed some "Massaging" to make them smoother, and fit better against the cars body.  We smoothed and finished the flares, scuffed up the old paint (after removing the miata hard top and mirrors) and painted the car the purest, brightest white we could find, while the hardtop and mirrors were painted the blackest black!

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1996 Mazda 626 Painted!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1996 Mazda 626. This economical sedan came to our shop with plenty of areas to repair. Its original paint had begun to fail years ago, leaving an unattractive flaky, "oxidized" looking paint surface behind! This is a common issue on cars of this era. We refer to it as delaminating paint, a condition where the car's clear coat peels off of the color beneath. We began by removing all of the problematic peeling areas by sanding them smooth. Next up was a coat of primer sealer which provides an even colored surface for the new paint to adhere to. Finally we repainted the entire exterior of the Mazda with our "Enamel + UV protectant" paint in the car's original black!

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Video of Crash at Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières

Video below shows Lloyd Read in the Almost Everthing/JDC Motorsport Pro Formula Mazda advancing a couple positions right at the start of the race at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières (GP3R) in Quebec, Canada. Then another driver causes a multi-car pile up. Our car gets damaged and Read is injured but manages to get back to the pits. JDC Motorsports miraculously replaces both front and rear suspensions in just 15 minutes and we're back racing. Be sure to watch the end of the video for the crash view from the rear mounted camera. It shows all the other cars piling up behind us!

Read went on to finish the race with a broken thumb. The time for repairs, while amazingly quick, ensure that Read and Almost Everything will not be on the podium this race. But Read gains valuable championship points by managing to finish in spite of the crash and injury.

Read was the Champion of the 2011 Goodyear Formula Car Challenge Series for Almost Everything. In 2012 he once again led the championship until crashes (caused by other drivers) put him out of contention. In 2013 Read pilots the #16 Almost Everything-JDC Motorsports formula car in the "Road to Indy" Star Mazda Championship.

The Star Mazda Championship is part of the "Road to Indy" that trains drivers and showcases talent to F1 and Indianapolis 500 teams. Read joins a very elite alumni that includes NASCAR and Formula One star Scott Speed, Indy drivers Marco Andretti and Graham Rahal and NASCAR/Champ Car/GTP driver Michael McDowell.

For more information on Lloyd Read, the Star Mazda Championship and the Road to Indy, visit:

LloydReadRacing.com
Facebook.com/Lloyd-Read-Racing
wikipedia.org/Star_Mazda_Championship
StarMazda.com/

1990 Mazda Miata Re-Paint!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata. This micro-sized import roadster came to our shop with a few different paint jobs clinging to its body panels, and its owner was tired of the car looking like that. He also however did not want to spend $5000.00 on a new paint job for a car he may sell in the near future. He decided to go with our basic Enamel paint package, also opting for a bit of additional sanding of rock chips and scratches, and a primer sealer. Once we completed all of the prep work, sanding, and primer steps we refinished the car with its original color, and returned it to its owner looking new again!

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