1994 Toyota Camry Re-Paint!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1994 Toyota Camry. We love Camrys. We have painted thousands of them. This Toyota didn't have the typical peeling, flaky paint problem, however it did have a lot of faded non-glossy matte looking paint. We performed all of our "basic prep" and repaired a little imperfection in the rear bumper that was bugging this car's owner for years. The entire exterior was repainted with our Enamel paint using the original Toyota color code and finally returned to its thrilled owner looking shiny and new again!

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1989 Toyota Corolla Overall Paintjob!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1989 Toyota Corolla.  This car came to our shop wearing a strange coat of paint and the body panels of its deceased brethren.  The car's owner is a Toyota mechanic and has been restoring this car over the course of a couple years.  This car started out red back in 1989 and as most older paints go, it started to fade and "Delaminate" it was refinished with sub-par paint material in previous years as a temporary solution to its failing original paint.  The owner decided it was time to make it shine like new again, and had us repaint the entire car the brightest glossiest white we could get, right out of our own color book!

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2013 Honda Accord "First Ding"

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a brand new 2013 Honda Accord. This was a tragic incident, this car had less than 700 miles when it was brutally punched in the back by an angry SUV. Since the car is so new, all of the damaged parts that were replaced came directly from Honda. New factory original parts, and aftermarket parts will come in a strange looking black finish, naturally this car's owner preferred the cleaner "new car" look and not the mismatched black replacement panel look, so we painted the new panels to match the existing paint on the rest of the car's body!

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1998 Dodge Ram Spot Paint!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1998 Dodge Ram. This truck is used by its owner primarily as a fun vehicle / hunting truck. Naturally, as most secondary vehicles go, its paint was neglected and the sun decided to pay some serious attention to it! Over the years harmful Ultra Violet or "UV" rays will take their toll on any surface, especially car's paint! We sanded down the defective peeling paint on the hood and bumper and matched the existing color as closely as possible with our Enamel paint!

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1998 Honda CR-V Full Exterior Paint!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1998 Honda CR-V. When this little SUV came to our shop it looked confused, many of its panels did not match and were not even shiny! Instead of driving the poor thing around looking like that, the owner made the right decision and chose to get the Honda refinished with our Enamel paint in the car's original color!

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1997 Toyota Camry Complete Paintjob!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1997 Toyota Camry. This family mover came to our shop half black and half gold! Some of its panels had been replaced outside of our shop due to a collision and were never painted! Instead of painting just the black areas, the owner decided to get the entire car repainted since most of the paint was already old and showing its age. This Camry was repainted using our basic Enamel paint package, which includes a chemical cleaning, abrading the old paint to promote adhesion, masking the trim & lights to minimize the paint that gets on these areas, painting the exterior and baking the paint!

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1994 Nissan Hardbody Overall Paintjob

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1994 Nissan Hardbody Pickup. This workhorse came to our shop with its original paint clinging on for dear life! Most of the truck's clear coat had peeled off or "delaminated" which is common for a vehicle of this age. Also the truck had the "old school" 1990s era vinyl stickers on its sides which aren't too popular nowadays and the owner wanted them gone. We began by removing the vinyl graphics and peeling paint, sanding down all of the old paint to an even, smooth surface. Once sanding was complete we masked off all of the exterior portions that were not to be painted and did a final chemical cleaning to ensure no other contaminants were clinging to the trucks surface prior to paint. Finally the truck was ready for its new Enamel paint, we repainted the entire exterior with its original color; Slate Grey Pearl Metallic.

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Electric Car? We Won't Tell!

Who knew venerable Consumer Reports tested cars like this?! We are impressed with their video of the Tesla Model S. We're also impressed that the Model S goes like stink, looks & feels like the finest luxury car, uses half the fuel of a Prius, has 2 huge cargo areas and can drive 200 miles between "fill-ups." Who cares if it's powered by electricity, gas or Spam?! These stats are damned hard to argue with. We'll take one in burgundy please. Oh, what the hell, give us one in midnight blue too!





P.S. MotorTrend named the Tesla Model S the 2013 Car of the Year. Consumer Reports gave it the highest score of any car. . . ever.

For more recent news on the Tesla Model S:
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