Faded Nissan Sentra SE-R

The 2002 Nissan Sentra SE-R is one of the ultimate Q-cars. It looks like an economy car. But it performs like a lithe road rocket. It's our Car of the Day. This one came to Almost Everything looking worn. The paint was dull and peeling. We reconditioned the delaminating paint, fixed some damage to the rear bumper, applied a primer-sealer to the whole car then painted it in its original red.

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24 Heures du Mans (24 Hours of Le Mans)

The greatest auto race in the world starts tomorrow, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It's our favorite because since 1923, people have been racing whatever they could bring for a whole day without stopping. There have been cars taken straight off showroom floors: Porsches, Corvettes, Aston Martins, Jaguars, Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Lotuses, Cobras. And then there are the prototypes--the no holds barred version of racing that exists nowhere else. These are the fastest vehicles on the planet with bleeding edge technology that defines where automobiles will be decades in the future. Or not. Some of the ideas are downright weird and fail miserably. Racing doesn't get any better.

Join us for live coverage at: http://en.lemanslive.com/
http://www.24h-lemans.com/live/en/

Start: Saturday, June 13, 2015, 3:00 PM in Europe, 6:00 AM in San Francisco

Imports Transformed at Almost Everything Auto Body

1992 240SX Paint Job!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1992 Nissan 240SX Coupe. This sporty import came to our shop as most 240's do, faded, and mismatched with parts from donor 240's that met their early demise. We began the color restoration on this car by first sanding down all of the peeling, faded paint, while also paying special attention to the chips and scratches inflicted by unforgiving roads. Once we finished that step we moved on to mask the car, then sealing the freshly sanded surfaces with a light coat of primer-sealer to assist the new paint's adhesion. Finally the 240 was ready for its new coat of paint. The car came in a rich gloss black when it was brand new. We used the color code to mix and repaint the car in its factory color!

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Nissan GT-R End-Over

Here's something you don't see everyday. Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a Nissan GT-R Racer. In the video several GT-Rs pass by during the 2014 Long Tom Hill Climb race in the town of Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa. The last car takes the turn a little too fast, flips several times before disappearing down a ravine. This was the fourth run of the day for 47 year old driver Wilhelm Baard. Fortunately he was not seriously injured and attended the awards ceremony at the end of the event. Baard won South Africa's Knysna Hill Climb in 2011 in a GT-R.

The 2014 Long Tom Hill Climb took place on January 25th and 26th. It was sponsored by Renault (Nissan's parent) and the Sports Car Club of South Africa. The race covers 6.3 km (3.9 miles) along the banks of the Sabie River in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The next video shows cars leaving the starting line and beginning their assault on the hill. The sounds are great.

Many thanks to the spectators who recorded these videos, our friends at WreckedExotics.com who reliably find an astonishing amount of this type stuff on a daily basis, and to AutoEvolution who provided us with the background story and more images of the event.

1997 Nissan Half-Ton Pickup Paintjob!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1997 Nissan Half Ton "Hardbody" Pickup truck. When this truck first came into our shop it looked terrible! Its body had been "spray can primered" and there was a large dent on the hood which needed some attention. We straightened out the dent then started sanding out all of the "primered over" defects such as minor chips and scratches. Once all of our sanding was complete we pulled the truck into our paint booth where our own primer was applied, and finally repainted the entire exterior of the pickup with our Enamel paint in the truck's original color!

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2003 Nissan Sentra Bumper Replacement + Paint Job!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2003 Nissan Sentra.  This Nissan came to us with many unattractive problems, things such as; Peeling Paint, Rock Chips, Scratches, Fading, Old Paint, and to top it off, a massive dent in the Front Bumper Cover! We got a hold of an aftermarket replacement bumper cover to take the place of the damaged one after painting was complete. Before any painting could be done, we had to take care of the loads of peeling, chipping, faded paint. After sanding was completed, the entire car was coated in primer sealer, and lastly repainted in its original color!

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Fremont's Paul Walker, Roger Rodas Tribute Meet

Almost-Everything's crew, as you can imagine, are a bunch of gear heads and are heavily into the local "Automotive Scene". "The Fast and the Furious" star Paul Walker and his freind Roger Roda's recent passing caused a giant shockwave through the car community, as they were a giant inspiration to many automotive enthusiasts. Recently plenty of meets and gatherings have been held in the local area, the largest being held at Fremont's Pacific Commons with easily over 1000 cars in attendance, all there to have a moment of silence for our "10-second-car-owing" childhood movie hero. Not all, but many of the cars pictured below were either painted by our shop, or have had work done by us. All photo credit belongs to Lower Standard's Ceasar Villasenor.

1991 Nissan 240SX "S13" Body Kit Color Match!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1991 Nissan 240SX, this sparkling slide machine came to our shop as many 240's do; mismatched, primered, and ready for drift battle. The car's owner grew tired of the typical 240 look and decided to match the bumper and trunk (with spoiler) to the rest of the car!  One interesting fact about this paint job is that the body of the car had a very basic, slightly old "single stage" paint job from another shop.  Typically this would cause an issue with color matching due to paint material differences, luckily our painter has the expertise to match colors extremely closely as the pictures will tell!

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