Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Brand New Car Body Damage
This 2015 Toyota Camry had less than 200 miles on the odometer when an accident happened. The fender, bumper, brackets and fender liner were damaged. When we disassembled the car we also found that the headlamp was broken and had to be replaced. Insurance covered the cost of the repairs and damaged parts were replaced with original Toyota parts.
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Monday, December 21, 2015
Complete Auto Paint Job on 1994 Camaro Convertible
Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1994 Chevy Camaro Convertible. We painted the whole vehicle with an economical enamel single stage paint with an added UV protectant to help shield the paint from the sun's ultraviolet rays. The car belongs to one of our regular customers and to keep paint costs to a minimum, he reconditioned damage to the old paint (chips & delamination that causes peelint) before he dropped it off with us. He also took off the rear spoiler and plans to put it back on himself.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Fender Bender
Today's fender bender is on a 2012 Toyota RAV4. The customer has insurance but wants to avoid an increase in her insurance premium so she's paying for repairs herself. To keep the costs low, she has chosen to keep the existing bumper, even though it has some minor damage. She also chose not to do a paint blend on her door. We've told her that the repairs won't be perfect and to expect the new paint to be slightly different than the older paint. In the end she was happy with her choices and the cost for the repair was affordable.
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Monday, December 14, 2015
Have you ever had your car keyed?
In our experience, "keying" a car is typically a case of random vandalism. It often feels like a personal violation and it may not be covered by your auto insurance. Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a very nice BMW 545i that was scratched on nearly every panel.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Yes, we can paint just parts
Almost Everything's Car of the Day is. . . a bumper, no car, just the bumper. A customer asked us to paint a junk yard part so he could install it himself. We were happy to oblige. He also supplied the color code. We caution customers that color codes do not insure exact color matches. Different factories, different paint suppliers, different batches, humidity, temperature, paint application technique, settling of paint ingredients can all contribute to startling differences in a single paint color from the manufacturer. So it is always best to have the car present during painting so we can compare the computer generated formula with the actual color on the car. Even then, it is impossible to match things like fading that can vary from the top to the bottom of the car.
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