My Tijuana paint job

[monoblanco]

Your friend, is his name Angus?

I was not referred by a friend. I went after reading the feedback from the guy from the samba forum. He was referred to that shop by a friend. I did see his bus being worked on while there. This is it:

[ak-]

Very cool.
A family member of mine used to go to Tijuana for dental work like root canals because the rates here are absurd, and it was quality. Paid close to nothing compared to here and he's very happy. No complains over the past years.

[IRON-E]

Your friend, is his name Angus?

[woodisgood]

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

[monoblanco]

A few months ago I started looking into my options for painting my vert. The rates from shops that would do a better job are always more than my car is worth. Then there is the Earl Scheib type shops. It seems they would do such a crappy job that there was no point.

A buddy of mine suggested Tijuana as a joke. To me that did not sound like such a bad idea so I began my research. I found multiple threads on car forums about paint shops south of the border. These are some of the threads I found most useful when making my decision:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-914-914-6-technical-forum/159413-i-wanna-tijuana-paint-job-ideas.html

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=439586

Based on what I read I selected the shop that the gentleman from the samba forum suggested, taller Los Ponchos.

Taller Los Ponchos has been in business for over 40 years. Instead of just taping over everything they are removing tail lights, brake lights, door handles etc. Though there is no way to know what my paint will look like years from now my experience so far has been very positive.