Alfa Romeo 4C Visits Shop

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C. We're car guys here so our hearts skipped a beat when this Italian beast pulled up. It was brand new and thankfully there wasn't a thing wrong with it. One of our long-time customers just purchased it and knew we'd enjoy being some of the first people in the USA to see one. I love Alfas and am excited that we are finally getting to taste them again in the United States.

Good Quality vs Poor Quality Body Repairs

Today's Car of the Day highlights the differences between good and bad quality materials and workmanship. The quarter panel on this 2004 Toyota Highlander was repaired at another shop using poor quality paint and a sub-standard repair process. The newer paint in the repair area failed much earlier than the old paint on the rest of the vehicle. In addition, body filler was applied too thick over an improperly prepared surface. The result is body filler that is cracking and pulling away from the panel. Water is getting inside the cracks and forming rust. We cleaned out the old body filler and rust, re-did the dent repair and repainted. Almost Everything uses great materials and experienced technicians. We stand by our work with a written warranty that is the best in the industry.

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Acura Collision Repair

Today's Car of the Day is an Acura RL that was hit on the side. Farmer's Insurance paid to have the exterior door panel replaced and factory paint applied to the door and blended onto the adjacent panels. Of course we removed all of the chrome, weatherstrips, mouldings and lights to prevent paint from getting on them.

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Pontiac Bonneville with Faded & Peeling Paint

Our Car of the Day is a 2005 Pontiac Bonneville that has paint peeling off the bumper and a badly faded hood. The problems with both parts are from a poor repair by another shop. It was obvious to us that the bumper had been replaced but it had not been cleaned and primed properly before being painted. So the new paint was falling off and exposing the plastic underneath. The hood was painted with an inferior paint that faded much faster than the rest of the car. We stripped the paint off the bumper, sanded the hood and repainted both with top quality Factory Paint.

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Bumper Scraped in Minor Collision

The Car of the Day is a 2013 Infiniti G37x Sedan with bumper that got scraped in a minor collsion. We took the bumper apart, repaired the scrapes and repainted it with original factory paint.

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Almost Everything Wins 2016 Best Body Shop Award

Almost Everything is very proud to announce that San Francisco Bay Area residents have chosen us as the Best Body Shop for 2016.

The San Francisco A List is the annual Bay Area contest that tallies nominations and results of tens of thousands of votes over a 6 week period to determine the best places to shop, dine and get services. 121 winners competed with thousands of other nominees to be named the BEST of San Francisco Bay Area.

Past sponsors of the contest have included ABC7, the San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate and CityVoter.com.

Almost Everything General Manager Frank Barnard, says, "Thanks to our loyal customers. We loving doing business with you and really appreciated your votes. I also want to thank each of our employees. They earned the award with their hard work, skill and dedication."

Collision Repair on Toyota Avalon

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1996 Toyota Avalon. This was a case where the shop advised the customer that it was probably more economical to buy another used car than to repair this one. But many people think this version of the Avalon is nicer that similar Lexuses and the engine has a well deserved reputation for durability. So the customer decided to repair his car instead of taking chances with a used car of unknown reliability and less luxury.

We replaced the hood, bumper, grill, radiator support, lights, hood latch, A/C condenser and radiator and repainted the front end with factory paint.

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1999 Honda Accord Paint Job

Our customer thought his faithful Honda deserved a little love after 15+ years of reliable service (plus repairs saved him $30K vs. buying a new Accord.) The owner replaced a door himself and asked us to paint the inside edges so they would match the outside. We reconditioned the delaminating (peeling) paint then refinished the whole car in our durable Urethane single-stage paint.

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