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Posted by: john rogers Feb 5 2005, 03:59 PM

Cost was $1800, they striped 5 paint jobs to bare metal. fixed the filler hole in the front hood, took out stone dings, smoothed the flares and wet sanded/polished the car. Not bad I figure for the cost!!!

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Posted by: john rogers Feb 5 2005, 03:59 PM

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Posted by: xsboost90 Feb 5 2005, 04:05 PM

nice, cant wait to paint my own.

Posted by: jimtab Feb 5 2005, 04:19 PM

Where are you at that you can get all that for 1800.00?

Posted by: campbellcj Feb 5 2005, 04:26 PM

QUOTE (jimtab @ Feb 5 2005, 02:19 PM)
Where are you at that you can get all that for 1800.00?

Mexico!

Posted by: jimtab Feb 5 2005, 04:48 PM

QUOTE (campbellcj @ Feb 5 2005, 02:26 PM)

QUOTE (jimtab @ Feb 5 2005, 02:19 PM)
Where are you at that you can get all that for 1800.00?

Mexico!

Damn, how far down, it would almost be worth the trip. I could fish and drink while the car got beautiful.....

Posted by: vortrex Feb 5 2005, 05:12 PM

I think it is right over the boarder in TJ.

Posted by: Joseph Mills Feb 5 2005, 06:07 PM

Paint looks good John.

What's up with your targa top? Can't quite make out what's going on there. Does that panel lift off?

I like your fresh air vent!

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Posted by: Aaron Cox Feb 5 2005, 06:11 PM

i may send mine down there

Posted by: jimtab Feb 5 2005, 06:14 PM

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Feb 5 2005, 04:11 PM)
i may send mine down there

Posted by: mattillac Feb 5 2005, 06:46 PM

QUOTE (john rogers @ Feb 5 2005, 01:59 PM)
Cost was $1800, they striped 5 paint jobs to bare metal. fixed the filler hole in the front hood, took out stone dings, smoothed the flares and wet sanded/polished the car. Not bad I figure for the cost!!!

is that a sparco knob. i got the same one i think.

Posted by: john rogers Feb 5 2005, 07:59 PM

Thanks guys. The top has a smoked lexan panel in it to let more light in for the video system since the interior is black. It is also raised about 2 inches in the back to let air out. Yes, it is a Sparco knob on a Rennshift by James Adams, one of the best things I have bought for the car. The dash has a cylinder head temp gage on the left and trans temp on the right with a switch for the cooler pump. The shop is called Garage Los Ponchos and I have been going there since around 1980 or so. Is the paint job as good as a $10,000 job, no but hell the car is a race car and has had several panels and doors replaced over the years so I figure it is a pretty good deal. If you do take a car there, make sure you have the registration in order and get some Mexican insurance as most American companies don't cover you there. They like a week or more to do the work and make sure to take a picture/diagram of how the tail lights are hooked up as they can never get that right!!!

Posted by: DonTraver Feb 5 2005, 08:00 PM

Nice job John, didn't see you at the autocross last weekend, drove the RS America, blew a valve guide, $6000 to fix, oh boy. Hijack over.

Posted by: redshift Feb 5 2005, 08:14 PM

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Feb 5 2005, 08:11 PM)
i may send mine down there

I may el stealo your carro, and dos tradeo ito for el fresho de painto for my mucho es mui importante el carro.

Arriva!

El M

Posted by: rhodyguy Feb 5 2005, 09:34 PM

what a smoking deal. james' car turned out nice too. did you strip everything save the taillights when you took it in? i hope my son gets stationed in s.d. when he gets back from his eastern pacific cruise.

k

Posted by: J P Stein Feb 5 2005, 09:54 PM

Nice. Is that a metallic color, John? Got a paint code?

Whatever the cost, it's better than the misery I'm going thru right now

Posted by: Dr Evil Feb 5 2005, 10:01 PM

So it was your car that I saw. $1800 is a good deal, but it seems kinda high for them, no? They are all over the board when it comes to pricing. It all depends on what is required. I am willing to help anyone who wants help taking their car to Los Panchos. Just PM me and I can help arrange things (no charge). Your car looked nice when they were doing it, I can only imagine what it looks like in person.

Don, man that sucks. Let me know if I can help. I have a good shop that can fix it for less thatn anyone else with out sacrificeing quality of work. You should come over and see my /6 on the stand. I am painting and then it is going in (I hope).

Posted by: john rogers Feb 5 2005, 10:20 PM

I forgot to mention the window vent, I made for getting a little more air in and it works really well. Made a mold and heated a piece of plexiglass and it slipped right in. The draw back is there is some dirt and stuff that comes it too..... The paint stripping took 4 or 5 days they said as they had to take it off in layers. The paint is from one of their books as I used Mexican paint. It is close to the blue that Mini Coopers have but a slightly red base so there is some purple in it. I drove the car over but trailered it back and did not bother to strip anything.