Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Sometimes It's Worse Than It Looks

Occassionally the damage is far worse than it looks. We hate being the bearers of bad news but in this case we had no choice. A customer barely clipped his mirror against his garage door opening. He thought he just needed to replace the mirror. His mechanic told him, "No. You need a body shop."

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2012 Nissan Altima. We were shocked at how much damage that little tap had done. The mirror ripped a hole in the door and bent it so air & water leaked around the edges. A new mirror would not fit because of the distorted metal. The window track was also bent so the window could not be used. Both the door and mirror needed to be replaced!

Before:

We were able to find a door at a salvage yard. We took it apart, fixed some small dings and painted the interior to match the car. Then we mounted the door and painted the outside. We also blended some new paint onto the fender and the rear door so that the new paint would not look different against the older, faded paint.

Before—Broken Door Where Mirror Mounted:
Door bent where mirror was ripped off
Before:2012 Nissan Altima door damage from hitting edge of mirror
After:2012 Nissan Altima with recycled door and new mirror at Almost Everything Auto Body
Before:Mirror broken off door causing damage to door frame
After:Damage to door and mirror repaired at Almost Everything Auto Body

Monday, June 15, 2015

1990 Mazda Miata Race Car Paint Job

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1990 Mazda Miata Race Car. This car is owned and rented out by a local racing instructor to his students. Crashes are a part of racing. This particular Miata had scrapes on both sides. We repainted the body a deep, non-metallic red and the hardtop separately in bright yellow! This Miata was returned to its owner ready to crash, but looking great while doing so!

Before:
Mazda Miata Racer getting body repairs at Almost Everything Auto Body
After:
Mazda Miata ready to race after from Almost Everything Auto Body
Before:
Mazda Miata Racer getting body repairs at Almost Everything Auto Body
After:
Mazda Miata ready to race after from Almost Everything Auto Body
Before:
Mazda Miata Racer getting body repairs at Almost Everything Auto Body
After:
Mazda Miata ready to race after from Almost Everything Auto Body
Before:
Mazda Miata Racer getting body repairs at Almost Everything Auto Body
After:
Mazda Miata ready to race after from Almost Everything Auto Body

Friday, June 12, 2015

24 Heures du Mans (24 Hours of Le Mans)

Driver, 24 Hours of Lemans 2015

The greatest auto race in the world starts tomorrow, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It's our favorite because since 1923, people have been racing whatever they could bring for a whole day without stopping. There have been cars taken straight off showroom floors: Porsches, Corvettes, Aston Martins, Jaguars, Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Lotuses, Cobras. And then there are the prototypes--the no holds barred version of racing that exists nowhere else. These are the fastest vehicles on the planet with bleeding edge technology that defines where automobiles will be decades in the future. Or not. Some of the ideas are downright weird and fail miserably. Racing doesn't get any better.

Join us for live coverage at: http://en.lemanslive.com/
http://www.24h-lemans.com/live/en/

Start: Saturday, June 13, 2015, 3:00 PM in Europe, 6:00 AM in San Francisco

Le Mans Prototype, 2015
Patrick Dempsey will once again be driving at Le Mans in 2015
Le Mans GTP car
24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race
Porsche takes the poll positions with hybrid gas-electric cars
24 Heures du Mans, 2015

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