number7horse
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Auto body and paint work in Mexico (especially Tijuana) have you had any done?
Hi, I just found this forum.
I've been to Tijuana many times. I know the area fairly well. I'm entertaining the idea of having my car painted in Tijuana, to try and save money. I
need the type of paint job where they take off many of the parts, as opposed to using 100% masking tape. I think that's called a custom paint job?
In TJ body shops can be found on virtually every steet corner. Has anyone here ever had their car painted in Mexico and if you did how would you rate
your experience?
And of course a recommendation to a trusted shop would be great 
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losfrailes
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I had an accident in BCS and my insurance company suggested I use this place in TJ.
They did excellent work, vehicle came out looking like new.
Uno Norte 1195, Col. Industrial Nueva Tijuana, Mesa de Otay, Tijuana, BC 22505. Telephone: 664.607.2221. Their email used to be:
clientes@autobodymx.com but don't know if it still is. Good luck. I think you'll be impressed when you visit them.
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woody with a view
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we need to start a list.
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estebanis
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Hey man where did you get all that rust? Hope you didn't buy that from a car dealer out of New Orleans a few years ago!
Hook 'em Horns!!!
Esteban
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Mulegena
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Great Idea
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
we need to start a list. |
Yes, a list of car repair shops and/or individuals + contact information and critique which encompasses the whole peninsula would be fabulous.
Number 7, thanks for starting this thread.
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fishingmako
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Nice car but it does have some heavy RUST, you need to get that taken care of in the STATES prior to painting, the bondo sucks in Mexico, although the
same Bondo, just the application.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by estebanis
Hey man where did you get all that rust? Hope you didn't buy that from a car dealer out of New Orleans a few years ago!
Hook 'em Horns!!!
Esteban |
Doesn't look as if the previous owners ever put a good wax on to protect that paint 
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Gypsy Jan
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Tailler Mazatlan
I have probably screwed up the name of the business.
On Benito Juarez Blvd. heading south, turn left at the Chinese restaurant, (Costa Azul?), go up the the hill, right and left around the cemetery, then
right again at the end of the road, approximately one mile more you will see the repair shop (he has a London cab sitting outside)
The owner's first name is Alfonso and he is someone you can trust.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Mexray
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Here's where I posted...
...some auto body/paint work I had done in TJ, with some pics...
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=30557#pid308077
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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