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09-20-2012, 09:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Mountain View,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Roush 427R-099
Posts: 2
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Need recommendation for paint restoration
I made a huge mistake and went to the local car stereo installer to have a clear bra put on my Superformance Cobra. Not only did they do a horrible job, but they put razor cuts in the paint all over the front of the car. Also, when the bra was removed, it took some patches of paint off with it.
So now I'm looking to have the paint repaired. Can anyone recommend a good shop in the Bay Area? I've already talked to Frank Zucchi in Livermore and Tom at Campbell Auto Restoration. If anyone's had experience with those places, I'd be interested to hear about it.
The one estimate I've received so far has been in the $8,000-10,000 range, which seems high. It's not a show car, so the paint doesn't need to perfect. It just needs to be a reasonable facsimile of what the car looked like before I had the bra put on.
Thanks in advance.
(Also, in case anyone's wondering: my credit card company refunded my money for the clear bra installation, and I plan to file a lawsuit in small claims court for the damage to the paint.)
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09-20-2012, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Lodi,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #773, 482 stroker, cross ram stack injection
Posts: 95
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Try Ken's Auto Body in Yuba City 530-671-7250. He's the go to guy in the Bay Area...
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09-21-2012, 08:15 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Cobra Make, Engine: 2008 Shelby GT500
Posts: 235
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Agreed Ken is the man. He has painted tens if not hundreds of Cobras and Daytona coupes. Painted my Daytona coupe and did a first rate job. Depending on how busy he is it can take a while to get it done.
FIA Mike
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09-21-2012, 09:39 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: San Antonio Valley Ca,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine:
Posts: 1,275
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Will Harrison at Harrison's Custom's in Tracy. He is a fiberglass artist. He's doing the restoration on the paint for Ron 61's coupe. 209-989-9902
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09-21-2012, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Cupertino,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: contemporary classic w/ 454
Posts: 81
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Wow, sorry to hear that snyderek ! I was actually thinking of having a clear bra put on but after hearing this... makes me think it might be better not to !
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09-21-2012, 12:55 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: LAS VEGAS,
NV
Cobra Make, Engine: contemporary(2) one with 427 sohc and one with 427 center oiler
Posts: 491
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Restoration Shop
So/Cal paint works in Santee Ca. ( San Diego) has done five cars for me.They will pay half of the cost of transporting.
I won first in class at the La Jolla Concourse de Elegance this year with one of them. . I will be taking one of them to the Coronado Speed festival this weekend on North Island Navy base.
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09-22-2012, 12:10 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: folsom,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1038--sold
Posts: 271
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If you don't mind traveling, Jason Haskin's Hot Rod Shop outside of Sacramento does awesome work. He restored one of the original Daytona Coupes about 8 years ago. In fact he just finished up a beautiful '67 GT500 this week.
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09-24-2012, 12:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: San Jose CA,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF_R_/BRG/FRBoss302/327CI/FordEFI/Under_Car_Exh/
Posts: 2,523
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There are bay area options for this - send me a PM - who painted the car the first time , how old is the paint?
Do we know the color code and if it is water base or enamel or lacquer ?
Matching is harder than people think , and off on the wrong direction one can spend years getting it right.
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Steve SPF 2734 MK3 / Brock Coupe #54- panavia.com
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09-25-2012, 09:49 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Chico,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: Pacific Roadster, 427 stroker, TKO 500
Posts: 80
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Bring it up here to the Yuba College Auto Body shop. The last Superformance we did has won just about every show it has been entered in. Just won last weekend again over my Cobra. We only charge for material and a donation to the Auto Club. P.M. me if you are interested.
Don
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09-25-2012, 02:26 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Scotts Valley,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289 FIA #2108
Posts: 1,882
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I had Ken Pike (Yuba City) do the gloss black on my ERA 289 FIA. Great work, and much less than I would have paid for the work here in the Bay Area / Santa Cruz.
DD
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10-12-2012, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Avondale,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five Roadster
Posts: 484
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Can anyone out there help me to determine if Ken Pike is still in business? My car has been there since June and I just got back in country two weeks ago. No answers to my emails or phone calls. HELP!!
bbryan00@cox.net
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10-12-2012, 02:27 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Manteca,
Ca.
Cobra Make, Engine: None, sold it
Posts: 2,439
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Ken is still there. I just talked to him this morning.
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