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cloverskull
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Location: San Francisco Bay
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 Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:20 am Post subject: Bay Area body/paint recommendations? |
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Hey everyone,
I'm having trouble finding someone near me (Bay Area, Palo Alto to be specific) that will do any non-insurance work. I'd like to get some basic body work done and have the entire car painted. I can find someone to media blast but it's all for nothing if I can't get the car primed and painted shortly thereafter.
Does anyone know a shop within a reasonable distance? I am not looking for a car show paint job, it's a driver, but I'd like it to look nice on the road.
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cloverskull
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Location: San Francisco Bay
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:24 am Post subject: Re: Bay Area body/paint recommendations? |
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As I feared...it looks like the answer is probably "there isn't a shop". :/
Does anyone know of any shops that are a reasonable distance? I'd be amenable to Reno or San Diego or something. A friend explained recently that getting paint done in Nevada is better than California due to something regarding water based paint. Is there validity to this? |
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Mike Fisher
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Location: Eugene, OR
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: Bay Area body/paint recommendations? |
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Call Skinner Auto Body in Vacaville. They are bus specialists, but should give you some other Pros to call if they don't want to do it.
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74 Thing
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: Bay Area body/paint recommendations? |
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Smittys Autobody in Meadow Vista just did front end repair to my Thing. He has lots of photos on facebook and on instagram-just search the net. He does really high end cars as well as daily drivers too and they do a very good job.
I called the place in Vacaville when looking for a shop and it was 2 months before they could even get a parking spot on their lot for my car.
Doesn't hurt to call.
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=VfS...HQztKjHU9s
Check out this thread too and post what you end up deciding to do
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=694455 |
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cloverskull
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Bay Area body/paint recommendations? |
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| Thanks everyone! I'll give those folks a call. |
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Mike Fisher
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: Bay Area body/paint recommendations? |
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http://skinnerclassics.com/pages/contact/
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