Showing posts with label Restoration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Restoration. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Doing It Right--High Quality Paint Job

Car getting ready for top quality paint job at Almost Everything Auto Body.
This is what you do if you want a great paint job: you take the car apart so that paint can get into the nooks and crannies and so that paint does NOT get on the chrome, rubber, windows and other trim parts. Then you fix all of the little dings, dents and gouges. The owner of this 2002 Chrysler 300M takes very good care of his car but the years had taken their toll and up close it had chips, scratches and dings. When we finished, it looked like a new car again.

Trim Removal:
Lights, chrome and trim removed in preparation for complete paint job.

Trim Removal:
"Trim Removal" refers to taking off all the parts that are not supposed to have paint on them.

Trim Removal:
Trim can include lights, weatherstrips, windows, door handles, bumpers, etc.

Trim Removal:
If you don't want parts painted together, you disassemble the car prior to paint.

Trim Removal:
Trim removal as shown in this series is optional and at additional cost.

Ding Repairs:
Small ding marked on hood in preparation for repair.

Fixing Scrapes & Gouges:
Paint chips & scratches sanded smooth. Dings & gouges marked for repair.

Fixing Scrapes & Gouges:
Paint chips & scratches sanded smooth. Dings & gouges marked for repair.

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Finished product--a virtually new car.

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Complete base-coat/clear coat paint job on 2002 Chrysler 300M at Almost Everything Auto Body.

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Overall paint job on 2002 Chrysler 300M at Almost Everything Auto Body.

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Whole car paint job on 2002 Chrysler 300M at Almost Everything Auto Body.

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Two-Stage paint job on 2002 Chrysler 300M at Almost Everything Auto Body.

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Top quality paint job on 2002 Chrysler 300M at Almost Everything Auto Body.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

1993 Jeep Wrangler Restored!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1993 Jeep Wrangler. This little off road machine came to our shop peeling, old, and crusty looking. The car's owner didnt want to spend his life savings on a rediculously priced paintjob on his old car. He was in the market for something fair-priced, and that looked great. He decided to bring the Jeep down to us where we applied our "Urethane Single Stage" paint in the car's original color after we completed some heavy sanding 

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Monday, April 21, 2014

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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Friday, December 27, 2013

1971 Volkswagen Transporter 2 Tone Paint!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1971 Volkswagen Transporter Van.  This Fahrvergnügen came to our shop as a primered eye sore of a transporter, looking for the right color scheme at the right price! The Van's owner had acquired a toy car that we based the color combo off of, we duplicated the Two-Tone finish with our premium "Base Coat / Clear Coat paint, then finished off the classic look with some silver pinstriping!

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