My Tijuana paint job

[brutus87]

My brother in law is an estimator, so im getting my paint job done right and cheap :)

[goml23]

Out of curiosity, how much are they charging you for the carpet? Everything in my tan-interior has been switched over to black except for the carpet, and it kind of bothers me. Add me to the list of people waiting on pictures of the end result, TJ is a bit of a haul for me but for a quality $1k paintjob that would be worth it.

[m32go]

Updates??

[robrez]

Looking forward to how this turn out, and brushing up on my espanol just in case

[xikyle]

this is an interesting thread as i live pretty close to mexico. i may just have to follow in your footsteps.
Keep it coming!

[markseven]

Looking good so far, mang. Can't wait to see the final pics.

[monoblanco]

Ok here is the work in progress so far.

We had a little misunderstanding.

I had told the owner that I wanted to take pictures of the car before the paint, but that I would not be able to stop by until the weekend. He asked me, "so you want us to go slow?" I told him no, that I did not want to hold them back, and asked him to take the pictures for me. Well I got there last weekend and they had not touched the car.

Today however there was some progress:





















The guys from an upholstery shop across the street started fixing my rear seat, just the back side. They are also replacing the carpet inside and installing the convertible top I bought.

[dirk619]

He got his care painted there a while ago, we live south of SD. I'm off the 54 by Plaza and Angus is around Imperial beach.

You can catch us more @ www.Socale30.com

[monoblanco]

I was thinking the same thing.


What part of SD are you from sir?

I live in Encinitas.
Is Angus someone who had some work done in Tijuana?

[joeymc123]

haha socal buddies!! all this talk about angus i had to say wadup to socale30, my main e30 forum :nice:

[dirk619]

Your friend, is his name Angus?

I was thinking the same thing.


What part of SD are you from sir?

[monoblanco]

Back in the late 80s TJ was the hot ticket for interiors and paint and body. It seems sketchy now... especially since my Spanish is more than lacking.

Did you negotiate in English or Espanol? What kind of security to you have that the car will A) be returned as promised and B) Returned? C) How long will it take?

If this comes out well I may just take my car there.

Spanish is my 1st language so that was not a problem.

They quoted me $1000 US. I did not try to go lower.

I asked them a lot of questions about what they would do to prep the car, and about how they would address the rusty areas.

An upholstery shop across the street from the paint shop is installing a new top for $130 (I supplied the top).

There is no guarantees.
a) If the paint job they do is crap it still will be better than the Earl Scheib special.

b) If the car was to be stolen it would suck, but then again at its current state it is hardly a $2000 car. Also I have not found any or heard any stories about stolen cars in Tijuana.

c) They told me the car would be ready in 12 days. It is not my daily driver so I'm in no hurry to get it back until I'm happy with the outcome.

[markseven]

Back in the late 80s TJ was the hot ticket for interiors and paint and body. It seems sketchy now... especially since my Spanish is more than lacking.

Did you negotiate in English or Espanol? What kind of security to you have that the car will A) be returned as promised and B) Returned? C) How long will it take?

If this comes out well I may just take my car there.

[nick526]

Mexican shops also use a lot of cool old school techniques that most shops up here don't like using lead to fill panels instead of bondo. Last time I was in TJ I saw an old dude using lead on a hood, was super cool.

[monoblanco]

Keep the pics coming.....did you get mexican insurance on your car while it is down there?

Yea but only for the day I drove the car down. That's about $20 for 24 hours. Do not drive to TJ without insurance.

I will buy insurance again when It's time to drive the car back.