This customer brought in their 2009 Toyota Camry for an overall paint job and to get the headlights restored. We also repaired the rear bumper of the gouges it had. The customer decided on correcting the Microcheck and Delaminating paint. He also wanted to change the color to Sherwin Williams 42086 "Gloss Black". This car has the Enamel+UV protection paired with a basic sealer to aid the durability of the paint. Lastly we did the headlight restoration to the right headlight giving this car a total makeover!
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Monday, September 19, 2022
2015 Toyota Prius-- Bumper Replacement
This customer brought in her 2015 Toyota Prius to get the rear bumper replaced and painted. She decided instead of repairing her current bumper we would order an aftermarket bumper to replace it and keep the costs more budget friendly. Once the bumper came in we prepped it for paint by adding Flex Adhesion Promoter, which would help the paint stick to a raw bumper. After painting and re-installing the rear bumper her Prius looks just like new!
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
2007 Toyota Corolla- Bodywork and Overall Paint
This customer brought in his '07 Corolla to get a fresh coat of paint and to replace a few parts. There were stress cracks in the bumper so we replaced it along with the front door panel and fixed a minor dent in the left fender. He decided on using Urethane paint with a Urethane sealer. We prepped the delaminating (peeling) paint and this Corolla was as good as new!
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Color Change from Green to Blue
Atomic Green, while arguably very cool, was not the original color of this Prius and the current owner wanted a return to dark blue. We repainted the entire car with an economical single-stage enamel paint.
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Thursday, June 14, 2018
Dents, Paint & Headlamp Restore on Toyota Minivan
After 10+ years of use this Toyota Sienna had a few noticeable wounds. The owner had us fix dents and repaint the entire minivan with a durable, reasonably priced, urethane single-stage paint. We also restored the headlights.
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Toyota Prius Bumper & Tailgate Repair
We fixed a dent in the tailgate, replaced the bumper and repaired the rear body on this 2013 Toyota Prius. A tricky element is the 3-stage pearl white paint. 3-stage paints achieve special shimmer and highlight effects by stacking translucent color layers on top of each other. Minor variations in color or thickness of a layer can result in poor color match. For this reason all good body shops will tell you that color matching on a 3-stage paint is difficult or impossible and that blending (or fading) paint onto the adjacent panels is required for the repair to look less noticeable. Even with blending, there can be differences between paint applied to plastic vs. metal. So most insurance companies will not cover blending for bumpers and you may notice that the bumper color does not exactly match the rest of the car.
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Thursday, March 29, 2018
Bumper Scrapes
Scrapes and peeling paint on the front bumper of this 2012 Toyota Prius made it look a lot older than it should. We reconditioned the delaminating paint and repainted the bumper with factory matched paint.
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Friday, March 23, 2018
Toyota Prius Side Swipe Damage
Almost Everything worked with Farmers Insurance to repair the damage to this 2008 Toyota Prius. We repaired the fender & doors and replaced the mirror and a wheel cover.
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