Everyone always recommends them on a local board. I just hear they do good work, but I don't have any personal experience with them. Thanks for the heads up though...I'll have to keep that in mind when I look for body work myself in the future.

 

for lack of better terminology, local boards tend to be full of "nuthuggers".

 

Shady is an understatement. When my old turbo hatch was in their possession for paint and body work, they drove it to pick up paint supplies or something, and ended up racing someone on the street that I knew. Info got back to me, and I was not pleased. Sh*t took forever too! Plus I know people that have gotten work done, and surprise!! You have Elite paint & body stickers UNDERNEATH the clearcoat on the sides and rear bumper!!! WTF!

I hate body shops with a passion. Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'm gonna take this one kinda slow, and do some research. Gotta save a lil bit of cash too. I'm budgeting about 5grand for the paint. It's not going to be a showcar or anything...Just a nice driver.

photoshop = instant drop, haha

 

Hey Jason, hahaha...remember, I think the first time i ever saw your turbo maxima was at Johnny's custom creations... God I wasted some serious $$$ at that place.

And for some reason, I can't picture you in an old Lincoln continental, haha.. Although i did spot this crazy sleeper on car domain the other day... I know it's a totally different car, but I just thought of it when you said Lincoln.

it's a buick roadmaster

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/732699

 

crazy stories jon. sick roadmaster too.

 

That '67 Camaro is a beauty... I had a '68 that was similar...

Is it a three speed 2 barrel?

 

Jon, are you sticking with that color?

I think that the factory Supra Baltic blue would look hot on that car and looks similar to the color you have now.

 

Caesor was the one who painted my AIT kit...he did an "OK" job on it. But than again he was recommneded to me by a friend, and i got an awesome deal, but i guess it was my fault. you get what you pay for. Visual FX seems to be a good place. Pricy but probably worth it.

 

I would seriously think about taking the car to a veteran in the muscle car industry, someone that comes recommended and you know will do flawless work. You may end up paying 10k for transit and paint/body, but when you want to unload the car it will be well worth it!

You going to have me do the kendale website so I can start my 996TT fund??

 

Thanks man...the car is a plain jane base camaro. 327cid / 210hp v8 engine with the 2-speed powerglide tranny. If I had a choice on the color, I would change it to a nice metallic gunmetal color...But it turns out, this is the original color (tahoe turquoise) actually everything is original! haha The car is complete, so i guess i'll keep it the original color. If it had been a total rust bucket, with missing parts, i would go total pro-touring with a big block swap, mini-tub the rear, air suspension, yada yada, hehe... Maybe on the next car.

Jason-sorry I can't help you on the 996TT fund man. The last thing on my boss's mind these days is the website. Which sucks, cuz it needs an overhaul bad!

When's the next jax meet guys? We all need to get together and have a few beers!

 

Market hitting you guys hard as well?

 

january is booked for me so im thinking early-mid feb for the next meet jon. a couple of my employees are old hot-rod builders and have some sick painters. i dont know why i didnt think of this before but they're all into old domestics so ill ask around for you.

 

jon 1 of my employees has an older neighbor that does awesome work. he painted his jeep a custom orange for him and did other work some guys. he works at bmw on atlantic but does side jobs at good pricing. im going to have him redo my lip sometime but let me know if you're interested.

 

Thanks Lyndon.... where does he do the paint jobs at? at a shop? or out of his garage? I'm still shopping around as well. Let me know how it goes with your front lip.

Oh yeah, check this old school pic i found yesterday, HAHA... That's me with the big knife about to cut some random auntie's head off, ahaha... You can see the camaro in the back.

 

sick pics. well he works at bmw but hes building a garage in his back yard now. he might wait til thats done before he takes on a bigger project like yours. im not 100% sure but my employee is going to talk to him and get his # for us this week.