Absolute BEST Bodyshop in S. Fla???

[julian]

we know dealers are just another guy looking to make a buck, but 1500 for 2 scratches is kinda high, unless your rich and you don't want to bother looking around. you can get a dealer to possibly guarantee their work for a few dollars over the base rate.
besides - also - I never heard of paint costing 500 for a pint.. sorry...
if I needed someone special,I would probably go to a ROD SHOW, and find someone there..

[Tractionless]

The Ford Dealer has to get the paint from Dupont anyway, it is not accessible through their parts system.

The majority of the cost is associated with the paint price. Just because you haven't heard of $500/pint paint doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It is not like I am taking the body shops word for it on the paint cost I have done TONS of reasearch on the product.

Have you ever seen a Mystic Chrome Cobra? You may not be understanding the technology associated with the paint.

[Tractionless]

Well now for the update. I finally picked up the cover today. I wound up using BASF R-M Diamont factory pack as Dupont does NOT make a factory pack Mystichrome any more. I brought the FP to Advantage Ford in Stuart on the Florida BASF rep's advice. The body shop manager has done both full sprays as well as spot fixes with great success. The use only R-M line paint so they had all the reducers, clears, etc. on hand.



I can report a great success!!!! They wound up spraying the entire cover and also painted the COBRA stencil in matallic silver. No more cheap stickers, painted and cleared over now! It stands out way more and shines like the paint. I am very happy with the overall job and the match is perfect due to the facory mixed paint.



All in all it wound up being alot cheaper than I thought $486 out the door including the pt. of paint.

[David Fermani]

Glad to hear it worked out for you. I'd love to see some pictures of your car. How well does the bumper match the 1/4's?

[wytstang]

The Mystic paint is very $$ I'm not surprised at the prices at all. Owning a Mystic car is nice but I would fear any scratch and repair bill.

[Tractionless]

Originally Posted by David Fermani

Glad to hear it worked out for you. I'd love to see some pictures of your car. How well does the bumper match the 1/4's?

The match is perfect due using the factory pack (ie factory mixed color). Taking the human factor out of mixing seems to be the way to go. The only issue is the factory clear is way orange peeled and not very glossy (rest of the car). It is not due to the age of the car or sun etc., as it has been garaged since new. According to the body shop (pre painting of the cover), "The factory uses a cheaper clear and the mystics are known to show alot more orange peel."

So now of course I want to get the entire car re-cleared!!!