1970 Dodge Pickup Color Restoration

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1970 Dodge D200 Pickup. This old workhorse came to our shop looking downright beat. The remaining substance that used to be paint just wasn't doing well anymore. The owner decided to take care of some of the bodywork on the truck prior to dropping it off for paint. We began with our Light Chip and Scratch repair, a light sanding around the entire body of the truck to smooth out any rock chips and scratches. After this, the truck's surface was ready for our Primer Sealer, once the final coat of sealer was ready we refinished the entire outside of the truck with our Enamel + UV Protectant paint in the truck's original color!

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Video of Ferrari 458 Italia Blunder

This was not a good way to start the day. Some friends decided to make a video of their new Ferrari 458 Italia flying by. It didn't work quite as planned.

Toyota Tacoma Color Change!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. This work truck came to our shop with decent paint, however the owner is a subcontractor for a company that now requires its subcontractors' work vehicles to be white! We began the color transformation with our basic prep; chemically cleaning the truck to remove old stuck on road contaminants, scuffing the original blue paint up so that the new paint could stick onto it, then we masked off all lights, windows, and trim. The owner instructed us to paint the bumpers the same color as the rest of the truck's body, so we did not mask those off. We painted the entire outside of the pickup with our Enamel + UV protectant paint in the brightest, purest white that we could mix, and returned this glossy white truck to its owner!

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Almost Everything Changes Livery Lloyd Read Pro Formula Mazda

How Not to Unload a Sports Car

Poor quality video but the story is priceless. . . and sad.

We can make it look better

This was a pretty funny review by the guys over at Drive TV. Big V8 + Tiny Import = WIN.

1997 Toyota Celica Color Change

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1997 Toyota Celica. This rare convertible Toyota came to our shop looking pretty beat. It had been semi-prepped by its owner before we began our work and since all of the cars bodywork had been done by its owner, we were to simply prep the car with "the basics" and paint the entire exterior. Every one of our paint jobs includes "The Basics"; a chemical cleaning to remove stubborn contaminants, a light "scuff" with an abrasive hand pad, masking all trim,lights,windows, etc. to reduce overspray, and a final "bake" to cure the paint. On this particular Toyota the owner decided to go with a little more aggressive color scheme than its original green--a dark charcoal grey metallic in our Enamel + UV protectant paint!

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1998 Ford Mustang Transformation

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1998 Ford Mustang. This Car is somebody's new baby. The owner recently purchased the car and was looking to personalize it to his liking. Before we could put new paint on the car, there was a fair amount of body work that was to be done! We smoothed out all of the dings, dents and imperfections that the owner specified and replaced a few damaged parts with brand new aftermarket pieces. Once we had completed the bodywork, the car was scuffed with an abrasive pad and degreased to remove all surface contaminants. Finally the car was ready for its new paint; a stunning blue metallic in our Urethane Paint for an amazingly glossy, long lasting finish!

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1993 Mercury Tracer Revival!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1993 Mercury Tracer.  This particular car has extremely low mileage for its age, unfortunately its paint job looked like a different story.  Over the years the sun and elements had destroyed this cars factory paint job, leaving the surface "peeling" faded and cracked.  We know just how to fix this problem and do so every day on lots of cars! We began by removing all of the peeling or 'delaminating" clear coat, so that the old paint would not come through or compromise the new paint finish. Once the sanding had been completed we applied a primer sealer and refinished the car with our Enamel + UV protectant paint in the cars original color!

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