Rusty Honda Makes a Comeback

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2000 Honda Accord Coupe. The owner did a great job fixing damage himself. However he soon found his brand new hood was rusting.

The hood had been primed but not painted. It is a common misconception that primer prevents rust. It is true that primer is essential in the fight. But primer and paint are designed to work together, separately they fail. Primer "bites" into metal and plastic to establish the bond between a surface and paint. Primer is porous, full of microscopic holes. These holes allow the paint to sink in and connect. Paint is not porous and keeps out water and rust.

It is critical to paint a primed part as quickly as possible to prevent rust. Once rust starts, it is like cancer. It is hard to fight and can return and grow again.

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Big Dent in Hood

Something flew up and hit the hood of this Jetta causing a big dent. Fortunately, it bounced over the windshield and didn't cause more damage. We pulled out the dent and painted the hood with original factory paint.

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Body Repairs and Complete Paint Job on Rav4

A little 1997 RAV4 in great running condition (only 300,000 miles so far!) came in the delaminating (peeling) paint and dents in the right rear door and rear bumper and a bunch of dings. The lights in the bumper were broken too. The customer opted for an inexpensive upgrade. She has us paint the faded and splotchy original grey body cladding the same color as the rest of the vehicle. We replaced the door and got an aftermarket (reproduction) bumper and lights and fixed the dents. The paint is our enamel single stage technology with a 1 year warranty.

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What's with "Almost" Everything?!!

Every week we get asked what the "Almost" means in Almost Everything Auto Body. This car is a good example." It was a beautiful and well loved by its owners. Sadly, it was too badly damaged to fix. Some of the things we showed the customer were the doors pushed back and down over the rear panels. The frame was crushed like an accordion AND sagging in the middle. Repairs would cost more than the car was worth and probably not get the car back to original condition. The owner plans to put the engine, wheels and any other valuable components, into a donor chassis then bring it back to us to match the original paint job.

Doing It Right--Restoration of a 1995 Toyota Supra

The 1995 Toyota Supra is one of the most beautiful cars ever made. It was hugely expensive and as a result, it was rare even when in production. Like the Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Viper and Nissan GT-R, it was a supercar from a company that otherwise made fairly pedestrian vehicles. The owner of this example brought it back to its original glory. He disassembled the car himself, had us fix all the dings, dents and rust, then had us paint it with our urethane 2-stage technology base coat-clear coat.

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Auto body repairs in process on 1995 Toyota Supra

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Surface reconditioning & sanding prior to paint on 1995 Toyota Supra

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New paint on 1995 Toyota Supra--customer wants to reassemble himself

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Auto body repairs in process on 1995 Toyota Supra

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Surface reconditioning & sanding prior to paint on 1995 Toyota Supra

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New paint on 1995 Toyota Supra--customer wants to reassemble himself

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Auto body repairs in process on 1995 Toyota Supra

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Surface reconditioning & sanding prior to paint on 1995 Toyota Supra

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New paint on 1995 Toyota Supra--customer plans to reassemble himself

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Beautiful lines of the last generation Toyota Supra

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Side vents for reassembly on 1995 Toyota Supra

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