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AKgringo
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New paint for an old car?
One of my Kias has never been to Baja before, but I plan on using it there soon. It was repainted once before I owned it, and the cheap paint is
fading badly.
It has low milage, and is in good enough shape to justify painting it, even though I intend to abuse it off road! Time is a factor, it would have to
be a quick turn around of not more than a couple of days!
Anybody have good results in a similar situation? I plan on making it to La Paz for some dental work, but would consider some other place from San
Felipe or Guerrero Negro south.
One other question, if I get a good recommendation here, should I get the paint NOB, or are local shops able to do a good match to factory paint?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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chuckie
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I have had 3 vehicles painted in Baja...One was good, one was Ok, One was atrocious...Good luck
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AKgringo
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OK would be fine with me, if the savings was worth having it done SOB. I am not restoring a classic, but this pig deserves new lip stick that is not
faded and peeling!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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woody with a view
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They will never be able to match the factory color. If you are insisting on the factory color bring it with you. Otherwise, Pacifico yellow w/ blue
trim is a fine choice!
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J.P.
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Paint
I live near La Bufadora and have had 3 paint jobs here. 1 ok 2 great it's like anywhere else you get what you pay for.in the future when need arises
I will have it done here. even a quality job is cheaper than in the States.
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tobias
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The are going to need more than a few days for the paint to cure so they can wet sand.
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joerover
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Listen to him.
Few days is not enough. Primer has to dry properly as does paint and clear coat.
Why paint it?
No forget what Pedro said,
The desert, she turn everything to chitt.
the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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advrider
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Have someone do a wrap, might last longer? Don't know what they cost?
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AKgringo
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It looks like I need to do some homework on understanding automotive paint jobs! I was more concerned with the prep work rather than curing time, and
clear coat is not something I need or want.
I may have to re-think this project. I don't want to rush the job as much as I don't want to be without wheels very long while I am there.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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BFS
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La Paz
Call Erik in La Paz at 612-122-7192. He does really fine work. Located by the propane gas plant out on the road to Todos Santos. You car gets sprayed
inside a bay and not out in the dirt and wind. Imagine that! Not sure about timing but if you talk to him he might be able to speed things up. Great
guy to work with.
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AKgringo
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Quote: Originally posted by BFS  | | Call Erik in La Paz at 612-122-7192. He does really fine work. Located by the propane gas plant out on the road to Todos Santos. You car gets sprayed
inside a bay and not out in the dirt and wind. Imagine that! Not sure about timing but if you talk to him he might be able to speed things up. Great
guy to work with. |
Thank you for the referral! I hope he has some English skills, my Spanish is very basic. He would know best if I should bring my
paint with me or get it there.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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surfhat
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I am looking to paint my car in TJ.
All the bodyshops in my area do insurance repairs and won't touch painting, even with a 45 year longtime bodyshop owner friend.
All the allowed paints are water based in Ca. One friend suggested going to TJ or across the border into Arizona for a better two stage acrylic
enamel.
One recommendation I just got in TJ from another friend was Carroceria y Pinturas del Pacifico on Arias Bernal #462, Colonia Central Zona Norte, which
is near the border, sort of.
Decade ago I had pretty good results painting a van down there. I am sure it can be a hit or miss proposition. At least a more durable paint can be
used.
If I go ahead and do it, I will report back. Anybody else, do the same.
Thanks to all here.
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AKgringo
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Good point about what California restricts from use or sale. I tried to find turpentine last year and failed!
I may shop for paint in Nevada on the way down to the border, if any Baja body shop thinks I need to.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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chippy
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Arizona is another possibility to get things the nut jobs in California have made illegal, like jerry cans with vents (so they can be emptied) plastic
straws and free grocery bags. |
Are you not one of those "nut jobs"? Why anyone stays there eludes me.
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mtgoat666
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Most new cars have water based paint. You people whining about missing VOC based paint are dinosaurs that are operating on old info.
You should be thanking the environmental nuts that drive the ban of toxins - mfgs always find a solution after you force them to stop selling poison
Most of you whiners would be dead from air pollution, water pollution, smoking or driving w/o seat belts, if it were not for the efforts of consumer
advocates and nuts you despise.
[Edited on 11-5-2018 by mtgoat666]
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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chippy
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Get it Line Xed. One day process.
[Edited on 11-5-2018 by chippy]
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chippy
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Quote: Originally posted by chippy | | Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Arizona is another possibility to get things the nut jobs in California have made illegal, like jerry cans with vents (so they can be emptied) plastic
straws and free grocery bags. |
Are you not one of those "nut jobs"? Why anyone stays there eludes me. |
Have you heard the term, 'if I could I would'?
I was born here and it is sad that a place that once had the best schools in America and prosperity for all has been put into reverse by the
"progressives" taking us back to horse and buggy-era living conditions. Hey, we do have a billion dollar bullet train under construction that goes
from nowhere to someplace else, in the Central Valley! |
Whats holding you back? I too was born and raised in the same (no. SD county) area. I left the state over 20 years ago. Moved my a$$ets to a much
friendlier state tax wise. Its easy! Just do it.
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chuckie
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SOB!,Boo-Hoo!
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | Seriously, right? LOL
I am loving it here, still...You can't beat the climate!
I feel a little sorry for chippy... oh, and you... Kansas???!!! wow |
Complainers live to complain. California is a better place when the complainers leave!
Chippy left california, and 20 years later he regrets his decision to move to nowhere-hot-desert-hellhole, so he spends his time here complaining!
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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chippy
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Quote: Originally posted by David K | Seriously, right? LOL
I am loving it here, still...You can't beat the climate!
I feel a little sorry for chippy... oh, and you... Kansas???!!! wow |
Complainers live to complain. California is a better place when the complainers leave!
Chippy left california, and 20 years later he regrets his decision to move to nowhere-hot-desert-hellhole, so he spends his time here complaining!
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Wrong on so many levels. Really regret leaving the most over crowded over taxed state in the union? Good luck on living to see equity at your age
buying in this way overpriced market. You probably have a mortgage.
I just sold my last ca. property last month. 
Desert hellhole? Thats where my renters live not me.
What a pair you two who live in the least desireable parts of so. ca.
I never lived east of I5.
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