My Tijuana paint job

[dyasko]

I know this is an old thread but I'm going to be painting my car at los ponchos next week. Hopefully the quality of work is still good.. If anyone is interested I'll keep you posted with pictures of the progress

I'm interested. Would love to see some pictures when it's all done. Good luck!

[Vincent Brick]

I'm interested as well, not for myself but for my buddy who is getting ready to have his bug done. He intends to have it done in TJ, Spanish is his 1st language as well, but I don't think he has a shop picked out yet.

[amcink]

Any update?

[e30fix]

dropped the car off today

Ok so I went today and spoke to the guy over at Los ponchos and when I got to the shop I was pretty impressed.. There was a white Maserati in garage that had some front end damage being repaired.. As soon as he saw my car he pointed out previous Bondo work.. So for a full paint job in black he charged me 1300 this includes taking the whole car apart and doing the color change.. Doors trim windows etc will be pulled and painted.. I should have pictures sometime this week so I'll post them up.. Any questions feel free to ask..

[Dj Buttchug]

in for progress. both my cars need paint

[rcsoundn1]

Keep us posted man!

[e30fix]

Ok so today I was sent the first batch of photos.. He said in a few days he will take the hood, bumpers and windows off to prep them well.. I'll post pics of that when he sends them to me

[e30fix]

Here are the pics

Sorry didn't upload the pics the first time

[mr2peak]

Awesome, keep the pics coming!

[diamonddonbmw]

Guys.. You don't have to go down south to get a good paint job for an affordable price. There are plenty of decent painters here in San Diego that use the same methods of old (except for using lead based anything of course wink-wink) The guy who did my M3 lives here but is Mexiacan and does jobs for about a $1000 depending on how bad the car needs work. A lot of people are kind of gun-shy about driving across the border.I know I am but, bottom line is you need to hunt for YOUR bargain.

Here is my build thread on My M3... Don't be scuuurrrrrd!

http://socale30.com/theforum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7417

Here is my 316 touring build and also the painter is from San Diego but Mexiacn
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=241570

I'm needing to have my car painted; any contact info for your San Diego shop?

[Stanley Rockafella]

charged me 1300 this includes taking the whole car apart and doing the color change.. Doors trim windows etc will be pulled and painted.. .

ugh....why can't Mexico be closer to Canada :(

[Stanley Rockafella]

any updates on this?

[e30fix]

Sorry guys i havent been able to post pictures Iv been extremely busy with work and school but here you go.. I am reall happy with he paint job but i felt like i could have had my car painted locally for the same quality and price. The guys there were awesome and really took car of me. I called every other day just to check on progress and they were cool with it. I literally only have one pic of the car now so i will post more up later..

[SoCalM5]

thinking about taking the M5 down there.

[markseven]

Sorry guys i havent been able to post pictures Iv been extremely busy with work and school but here you go.. I am reall happy with he paint job but i felt like i could have had my car painted locally for the same quality and price. The guys there were awesome and really took car of me. I called every other day just to check on progress and they were cool with it. I literally only have one pic of the car now so i will post more up later..

What happened? Did they end up charging you more than expected or was the quality of the job less than expected? Sounds like an adventure though.

When I was a kid in the 80s I remember my dad talking about how cool it would be to take our '72 510 to TJ for paint and interior work...