Employee Project: 1998 Honda Civic

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1998 Honda Civic.  This car belongs to one of our team member's significant other. The car was recently "side swiped" causing some unsightly damage on the rear left side of the body,  we quickly straightened that damaged portion out. Instead of simply repainting the repaired section like most "normal people" would do, our employee decided to change out the entire front end and completely repaint the whole car with Honda's "Championship White" color Enamel paint for a more aggressive look.  Contrary to popular belief, the new more aggressive looking front end did not add any additional horsepower or torque to the car, it did however make for one extremely happy girlfriend!

Before:After:Before:After:Before:After:Before:After:Before:After:

      

The Subaru WRX Concept Isn’t Ugly Enough - Motor Trend Blog

Click this link to read a great article about one of our favorite cars:
The Subaru WRX Concept Isn’t Ugly Enough - Motor Trend Blog

1993 BMW 325i Color Restoration

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1993 BMW 325i Sedan. This four door Bavarian came to Almost-Everything with its original paint in bad shape. Over the years the sun and natural elements will take their toll on any finish, and after twenty years, it was about time for a new paint job. We began our process by repairing certain areas that the owner specified to fix, such as the passenger side door. Once all of the body work was complete we sanded down all of the old failing paint, masked off all of the cars windows and trim, painted the entire exterior with our Base Coat / Clear Coat paint, and finally baked the new finish on in our oven!

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

1998 Frankenstang Brought Back From the Dead!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1998 Ford Mustang. This car happens to belong to one of our team members who completed most of the bodywork himself including replacing many body panels/lights/emblems etc. over the course of a few months. He also completed all other prep-work before the overall paint job and is very proud of his finished project!

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

 

Video of 2013 Ferrari "LaFerrari"

Beautiful car. Dumb name. Ferrari has unveiled the successor to the GTO, F40, F50 and Enzo and is calling it "LaFerrari." Which as far as we can tell is universally derided. Still, we wouldn't turn one down if offered to us. . . or if we had the $1.3M needed to buy one.

It's a hybrid and the most outrageous Ferrari to date:

• 0-60 in less than 3 seconds
• 220 mph top speed
• 0963 HP
• 665 lb-ft (900+ Nm) torque.

Minivan Color Restoration!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1991 Plymouth Voyager. This people hauler came to Almost Everything looking dull and lifeless. Nearly one year ago the owner had the van painted at a different shop, as the pictures will tell you it did not age well and was making the van look older than its age. We had the remedy to this problem with our Enamel + UV Protectant paint package which includes all of the "Basics":

1: A chemical cleaning to remove dirt, wax, and grease. 

2: Scuffing of paint surfaces to promote adhesion of new paint.

3: Masking of all windows, lights, and trim pieces. 

4: Painting the entire exterior of the vehicle.

5: A final "bake" in our giant oven to cure the new finish. 

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Æ's Lloyd Read Shines at Circuit of the Americas

Almost Everything's Lloyd Read started another season of pavement searing driving at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Read won the 2011 Goodyear Formula Car Challenge Series for Almost Everything and last year led the championship until crashes (caused by other drivers) put him out of contention. In 2013 Read pilots the #16 Almost Everything-JDC Motorsports formula car in the Star Mazda Championship.

Lloyd Read at Circuit of the Americas in the #16 Almost Everything Star Mazda

Here's the carbon fiber shell about to be painted at Almost Everything Autobody

For more information on Lloyd Read, the Star Mazda Championship and the Road to Indy, visit:

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