Tijuana Mexico Body Paint Rust work - Los Ponchos

[wertygrog]

Hi Johnny, I just provided them with the brand of paint I wanted and the associated paint codes. Out of the brands available to them I went with PPG. I found the PPG paint codes for SWR and BG online and provided those. That was all I did in terms of paint colors.

However, let it be noted that the bus color is noticeably off when compared next to an original SWR bus. If you are particularly concerned about exact paint match, I would have some custom paint mixed up. But for me, the standard PPG paint codes are good enough.

[Little-Acorn]

Hi guys, this is a terrific thread!

I live in San Diego, and have a 74 Super Beetle that will be a daily driver. I do most of my own work (except rebuilding engines or trannies), it now drives well, but is 7 different colors (is primer a color?). I've done a lot of wet sanding, priming, and have masked all the little stuff. I removed the windows to replace the headliner.

It's ready for paint, but I don't want to turn everything in my garage bright red.

I need to go to a place where they will shoot a few coats of single-stage paint on it. And possibly also install the new headliner and put the windows back in (I have all new window seals).

Sounds like Los Ponchos does some really high-quality body work, probably a lot fancier than I need. But I might go to Tijuana this week, and would like to stop by.

Does either Armando or Florencio speak any English? My Spanish is next to nothing.

I wonder if they would consider a simple job like this?

[ebolick]

Hey i read this post a while ago and almost forgot about it. But like most of you i wanted to find a good inexpensive Tijuana paint job that looks good. I wanted to find a TJ shop that does good work and i can trust, well i did not have the best luck on that so i ended up opening my own shop in TJ. The place is big, safe and we do great work. Plus most of the staff speak English and we also offer free rides back to the border after you drop off your car. we also do full estimates over email. and the customer service kicks ass. I am not sure if i can post the name of my shop but if you are interested IM me

[tsherm97]

Hey guys, so I'm relatively new to the camper world and I was wondering if I could ask a quick question about this shop.. My 85' Vanagon County Homes Camper was rear ended a few weeks ago. I have already bought the new hatch and lower body panel, but the part of the frame that latches on to the back hatch was bent in a little. I want to take it down to these guys to get the body work done and have it repainted, but I need to know of they have the ability to fix the minor frame damage. Not about to loose this thing to insurance...

1985 Vanagon GL Country Homes Camper

[Wangta]

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[cij911]

ANY UPDATES ?? I read this thread a while ago and now find myself needing to do a restoration of a 1965 Pontiac GTO convertible. Would LOVE to get your thoughts on Tallers / Ponchos metal work and if there are other shops I should consider. (Prices in most of the shops, if they will even consider the project, in SOCAL are absurd.)

[gregaz]

Shane has had some “new” experiences at Los Ponchos recently - he is writing about it on his blog. I just checked and don’t see anything yet.

[cij911]

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