Don't let this happen to you!

Almost Everything's Cars of the Day are a 1997 Toyota Camry and a 1994 Chevrolet Pickup. As you can see in the pictures below, they both had been damaged in a collision and "repaired" by a less than qualified individual. Maybe you have been approached in a parking lot by a person who says they can "fix your dent" for an incredibly low cost. In many instances these "repairs" they are doing are actually causing much more harm than good! They will put on a big show with hammers, drills, unidentified filler matter, spray paint, and a incredible amount of false promises, appearing as if they know exactly what they are doing.

What they are actually doing;

1. Ripping innocent people off by performing shoddy repairs and promising a perfect finish, claiming that "all that is needed is paint" after they are done. Which unfortunately, is far from the truth, since many of these "parking lot repair men" have no professional experience, they improperly lay in inches of thick substance to fill the dents and holes that they created during the "repair". The substances they use are not always automotive body filler, some cars have even come to us with concrete slathered into the sheet metal.

2. Weakening your vehicles structural integrity by the use of improper tools. Drilling holes to pull and repair dents was common in the stone ages of auto body repair, with todays technology we can pull and fill dents the proper way from the outside of the vehicle, with no drilling required. Our non intrusive method of repairing dents retains the strength of the existing body panel, while keeping use of body filler to a minimum.

3. Making proper repairs more costly. When people come to us with these improperly repaired vehicles, it is very hard to break the news to them that they had been scammed out of their hard earned money, and how we want to repair something that had already been "fixed". For a proper repair we have to remove the existing "filler substance", repair, or even sometimes replace panels that have become too badly damaged from either the parking lot repairs or the collision itself.

4. Voiding any chance of a warranty through Almost Everything. We cannot offer any type of warranty on vehicles that have had improper/3rd party repairs performed on them. Instead of having a shady character in a parking lot "repair" your dents, come talk to us. We will be glad to provide you with a free written estimate, professionally fix the damage and offer a warranty, in many instances this covers the repairs for as long as you own the vehicle.

Tour de Force-McLaren's P1 Hypercar Prototype

Long-awaited encore to the competition crushing McLaren F1 from 2 decades ago, we present the McLaren P1.

Star Mazda Championship on Discovery's Velocity Channel

Watch Lloyd Read in Almost Everything's Pro Formula Mazda compete in the Goodyear Star Mazda Championship at Laguna Seca.

Event:  Star Mazda Double-Header
Where:  Discovery's Velocity Channel
Date:  Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012
Time:  9:00 AM Pacific
12:00 Noon Eastern

The Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear is part of the Road to Indy with series winners getting a seat in an Indy Lights car for the following season.

The next event on the broadcast schedule is the season finale at the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta at Noon on Saturday, November 24.

For more information on Lloyd Read and the championship series, visit:

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

Classic Work Truck Brought Back To Life!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is this 1983 Nissan Pickup, when this little truck came to us it had a serious problem with delaminating paint. Since the paint was gone in many areas, the bare metal underneath was exposed to moisture, causing rust. We sanded down the damaged paint, applied a sealer/primer and finishing the whole truck with our Enamel + UV protectant paint in its original white color.

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Champion Lewis Teams with Almost Everything Autobody

NASA 944 Spec Racer and 2011 Champion Steve Lewis had a race season's worth of "scrapes and bruises" repaired on his Porsche 944 at Almost Everything Autobody. Steve said "I got lots of comments about the quality of the paint job this weekend so I would expect to see some business coming your way. I'll continue to do what I can to preach your virtues." Thanks Steve. Steve just clinched the 2012 championship with his latest win at Sears Point (Sonoma Raceway). Congratulations!

Steve Lewis on his way to a win at Sears Point

944 Spec Racers

Steve Lewis, center, with 2011 Series Championship Trophy

Steve Lewis leading pack at Sears Point Raceway

944 Spec Cars about to enter track

Lewis in #72 Porsche 944 Spec Racer

For more information on Steve and the Porsche 944 Spec Series visit:

http://www.944spec.org

From Green to Gunmetal

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1998 Honda Civic Sedan, the owner of this car decided he wanted to learn the basic steps of auto body work. He prepped the car himself, removing the paint to the bare metal on the "microchecked" hood, and the rest of the cars delaminating/peeling paint. Once he was satisfied with his work, he brought the car in for us to paint, he chose our "Phantom Gray Effect" color, when we finished you would never know the outside of this car used to be green!

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1999 Toyota Camry Restored!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is this 1999 Toyota Camry, as you can see this car had a major issue with "delaminating" paint---a condition that occurs when the clear coat seperates from the color underneath. We started by removing and reconditioning the peeling paint, creating an even, smooth surface for the new primer and paint to adhere to. We then matched the factory red color and had this Camry looking great!

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Bumper Repair!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is this 2009 Toyota Prius, the owner was involved in a minor low speed collision resulting in a damaged front bumper cover. Luckily we can repair/replace and match the paint on these damaged areas, without the need of repainting the rest of the vehicle! In this particular case, the damage was significant enough to require the replacement of the bumper cover. We matched the paint, installed the new cover and returned it looking like new again!

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