Hey all,

Well as I posted earlier, I bought a ford because nobody wanted to give up the f-body I wanted.

This is the only board I know of with car guys from vancouver, so I keep coming back here even though I am a traitor :P.

Ok, I bought this mustang and the paint is full of "orange peel". Ford is willing to give the car a new paint job under warrenty, but I have to tell them the place I want it done.

Now, who do you guys suggest???

I need a shop I can trust and, if need be, keep going back to until they get it right.

Thanks in advance.

John

 

Twitchbitch is in that business, he should be able to help you out

 

Dont bother , they will find a way to screw everything up. . . keep the factory paint. If its that bad Id get it wetsanded and polished complete at a really good detail or rod shop. I think Shawn knows some places you can get this done as hes doing his WS.6 . .. . maybe he will chime in.

What color is it ??

 

The easiest colour to screw up...........Black

 

Ouch !

 

So have you raced a 03/04 cobra yet Tw!tch?

 

Spotlight Collision, ask for Mike 604-322-9494

They painted my car and I'm very happy with their work. They work on a lot of the high end stuff. Viper's / Ferarri's / Porche's etc... those are just a few that I've seen in there.

 

Yup , lost once and won twice without the bottle, cam or headers. We never got to run a full quarter any of the times though. I lost from a dig and won both from a roll.

Is this a challenge

 

How bad is the orange peel? I'm curious because darn near every car has it. Mine sure does. But the paint still looks good. I could never imagine convincing a dealer that a new car needs a paint job just becuz of orange peel.

As Twitch says, makes sense to live with it becuz virtually every shop that I have seen a dealer work with butchers the work. I had to have my front fascia repainted because it was too faint (ie not enough paint). With the original paint on the front fascia I drove 3 years w/o a single rock chip... the factory coat was that good. Within 3 months of the new dealer paint job, I had close to 20 rockchips due to the crappy job. And I let the paint sit for a month w/o driving the car to let it cure.

If I had known, I would have never gone back to the dealer for it becuz they just made it worse... even if it was 'free'. Trouble was I was no expert on paint so just "assumed" they do as good a job as the original factory. Even when I took it back 3 times. Fat chance. It got worse each time they tried to repair it. They suck. Can you tell I'm bitter?

 

I would recommend total car care in langley. They are on 56th near hwy 10. Only reason I recommend them is because a guy I know who is a detailing maniac said they are the only guys that would touch his car other than him. I do know they stand by their work from other sources though.

 

I am leaning towards getting a highspeed polish. The complete paint job is now out. The dealer is going to take it to a guy tomorrow to look at it, NOT DO ANYTHING. We have to find out if this guy thinks he can fix it.

Tw!tch, I can race yah, but I will lose, this time. But if you don't mind a full stock 04, we can see where things stand.

I need to wait for this thing to get broken in before I can change a few parts. To hell with the warrenty.

 

Kewl !! Ill run you on just motor , should be a wicked race . The new Cobras are soooo Badass

 

Which end of town are you in?

oh yah, I doubt I will get my car back in time for this weekend

 

maple ridge representing !!!

 

Damn, that's a whole tank of gas :P

I am out by SFU.

At least the roads are open there. I haven't been able to get past 215km/h even on the #1. Roads are just crazy busy. All I think I need is a mile to hit the fuel shutoff.