The Race is On! 2011 Best of Fremont Awards

In 2009 and 2010 Almost Everything Auto Body Repair & Paint won the coveted "Best of Fremont" title from readers of the Fremont Bulletin and Fremont Argus newspapers. Now the voting has started for the 2011 prize. Please help us win again!

1) Click: http://bestfremont.com/

2) Complete your name & identification information--they are NOT used for marketing--only to limit multiple votes

3) Find "Auto Painting" and type "Almost Everything"

Thanks!

A few of the thousands of notable vehicles repaired at our shop. . .

Mercedes CLS55 AMG after bodywork at Almost Everything 

1970 Camaro SS getting autobody repair at Almost Everything 

1970 Camaro SS with custom paint from Almost Everything 

1970 Camaro SS with custom paint from Almost Everything 

Soon to be Land Speed Record 1958 VW Bug

Land Speed Record 1958 VW Bug at Almost Everything 

Land Speed Record 1958 VW Bug by Almost Everything 

Lotus Esprit Turbo after autobody repair at Almost Everything 

Lotus Esprit Turbo after bodywork at Almost Everything 

Lotus Esprit Turbo after bodywork at Almost Everything 

Dodge Viper RT/10 after bodywork at Almost Everything 

Dodge Viper RT/10 in Almost Everything's bodyshop

El Camino painted Purple Pearl by Almost Everything 

Honda Fit before Almost Everything's autobody work

Honda Fit after Almost Everything's autobody work

Toyota Avalon before Almost Everything's autobody work

Toyota Avalon after Almost Everything's autobody work

Chevy HHR before Almost Everything's custom auto paint

Chevy HHR after Almost Everything's custom auto paint 

Mercedes Benz SL500 after bodywork at Almost Everything

Mercedes Benz SL500 after bodywork at Almost Everything

Mustang before custom paint by Almost Everything

Mustang after custom paint by Almost Everything

1964 Thunderbird during restoration by Almost Everything

1964 Thunderbird after restoration by Almost Everything

Riding BMX Bikes on an Asteriod--More Helicam Videos

Another dramatic helicam video from our buddy Dimitris Katranidis in Athens, Greece. This time at a BMX stunt track courtesy of Helicam Visuals.

If you like this, you'll also like Dimitris' Drifting on Pluto that we posted a couple of months ago.


Halkida bmx riding from Helicam Visuals on Vimeo.

Check out DK Video Production's other work including Next Top Model, skateboard and motorcycle racing competitions, car drifting plus more helicam work at his other production company HelicamVisuals.com. Thanks again Dimitris! Stop by the shop when you are in the USA. We'll look you up next time we're in Greece.

Built Like a Tank but Shouldn't Look Like One

Today's Mercedes is one of the huge old built-like-a-tank S-Class models with a diesel engine that will run forever. The camouflage paint scheme is purely by accident. The interior was in great shape and the engine was strong and ran like new. But this was a car seriously in need of a paint job. Almost Everything sanded off all the old, failed paint and got the surface smooth then we applied a new coat of primer/sealer before repainting the car.

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Maybe the Lamborghini Wasn't As Reliable as his Geely Emgrand?

Uh. . . hard to understand what is happening in this video beyond the obvious. . . there are a bunch of guys beating the snot out of a Lamborghini Gallardo.

According to Jalopnik.com, and GTSpirit.com, the owner of the Lamborghini is from Qingdao, China and was upset at the reliability of the Gallardo and the service he received from Lamborghini in China. He bought the car 6 months ago for the equivalent of $600K-700K (USD.) Apparently it stopped running and the local Lamborghini service center had a difficult time diagnosing the problem.

Reliability should not be high on the list of wants for Lamborghini owners. Same goes for Ferrari and any other supercar you can name. We'd love to feel some empathy for the owner. Maybe if he could donate $700K to us we could better understand his pain. In the mean time, we recommend he try China's Geely luxury brand called "Emgrand," example below.

Geely Emgrand EC8 Luxury Sedan

1996 Honda Accord with huge dent on quarter panel

1996 Honda Accord after Bodywork and paint

Today's Car of the Day is a 1996 Honda Accord that came in with collision damage to the right quarter panel and the rear bumper cover. Almost Everything Autobody repaired the dent on the right quarter panel and re-installed the rear bumper cover with new bracket. The customer decided to paint the entire car with our "Best Value" Supreme Paint Service. Almost Everything Autobody sanded the entire car with the value prep package that feathers out chips and scratches and painted the car with our best single stage paint service.

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Ferrari 458 Italia Totaled by Football/Soccer Star Louis Saha

Football/soccer star Louis Saha lost control of his 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia after he passed another car while exiting a tunnel on a busy road in England. The crash was at nearly the same spot where former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo also crashed a Ferrari in 2009. Saha barreled into fence on the driver's side of the car. Amazingly, he escaped without injury. The £170K ($275K USD) Ferrari was not so lucky. Saha currently plays forward for Everton in the English Premier League and also for the French National Team.

Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for keeping us up to date on very expensive crashes.

Bumper Damaged Ford Thunderbird Convertible

Today's Car of the Day is a 2002 Ford Thunderbird that suffered a parking lot mishap. The rear bumper was cracked, one side was sagging and the paint was scrapped. Almost Everything repaired the cracked plastic, matched the original factory paint and reinstalled it so that it no longer sagged. We also fixed some scratches on the front bumper. The new paint came with Almost Everything's lifetime warranty.

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