Wanted BEST Porsche painter in US?

[turbotoo]

Wanted BEST Porsche painter in US? Need some help on this. Looking for a shop that can replicate factory Porsche paint texture and quality! I now its a premium, but there has to be someone out there.

[Dmitry at Pelican Parts]

Our recommendation would be to find someone who had there car painted by a shop within the last 6 months and were happy with it. I was just told a story by a coworker about someone who took their 911 to "the best painter" in SoCal, spent $15k on the work and it came back terrible and needed to get completely stripped down again and repainted for another $10k by a different shop. Make sure you see some recent work. Just our 2 cents... Best of luck!

[kevin930t]

Me.haha

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[962porsche]

when looking for a shop i have gone over this countless times in the past .

1st off it's not just the painter a quality paint job starts right at the bare metal and continues thru out the job until you get the car back .

to replicate the OE finish is not a hard thing to do . but sadly many shop color sand and buff the finishes until they are as flat as glass . they may look good but they are not right .
so you have to find a shop that will work with you 1st in cost and then to the quality you are looking for . if your looking for supper high quality you have to have pretty much an open check book . the reason is the prep time going into a spray and do not touch it ( no color sanding ) finish .
one piece of dust will ruin the hole panel . the difference between the factory painting a car and a shop is in the factory only the car is in the booth and if you look at the production lines of cars being painted they are not like a single car in a shop being painted .

it's the workers in the shops that make for quality work not the nice guy in the office . workers can come and go from shops so a shop may have a good rep but they got it from the workers in the shop . if a worker leaves and they replace him the quality may also no longer be there at that shop .

[turbotoo]

There ha t be a shop in the US thats got the right people.

[dobryan]

The guy that just gave you real good advice (962) would be a good one to start with.

http://www.dkbautosports.com/

[962porsche]

i closed up the big shop just do work on the side at my airbrush shop now .
the metal guy and the chassis guy wanted to retire and i also did it was time to close up and start to live instead of working 80 to 100 hours a week .
now i go to my personal shop and work on jobs i want to for how ever long i feel like working that day . i go to the tracks and race, instruct and do track days once or twice week and live now . get up late when i want to ..relax and have my morning coffee on the back deck watching the sun coming up .

[dobryan]

Originally Posted by 962porsche

i closed up the big shop just do work on the side at my airbrush shop now .
the metal guy and the chassis guy wanted to retire and i also did it was time to close up and start to live instead of working 80 to 100 hours a week .
now i go to my personal shop and work on jobs i want to for how ever long i feel like working that day . i go to the tracks and race, instruct and do track days once or twice week and live now . get up late when i want to ..relax and have my morning coffee on the back deck watching the sun coming up .

Good for you! Awesome!

[turbotoo]

Originally Posted by dobryan

Good for you! Awesome!

Wanna sell the 1977 911 Carrera 3.0 Targa (Minerva Blue)? PM me if interested.

[petercory]

You might want to visit John Esposito's shop in North Hollywood and check out his work, he was my choice.

[turbotoo]

Ok. You remember the name of the shop?

[petercory]

His website is John Esposito Porsche Repair - Restoration

[Bob Kontak]

PATEREK BROTHERS INC.

Got 50?

[faverymi]

Freddy Hernandez has done some pretty nice cars left coast

Series 900 and Auto Associates in the right coast

Dunno in the middle

[mmastro]

You'll be looking for the Porsche factory painting robots...all kidding aside from the robots, my vote is Kevin Mentzer (KevinP73), but I don't know if he's still painting cars.

[pu911]

At the end the day - lots of very good paint and body guys and lots of very good resto shops. Find someone you trust - you'll be spending a lot of $$. As Mr 962 states most shops go way beyond the quality of a factory paint job.
Phil

[turbotoo]

Thanks for the help. I don't mind spending the $, but need great painter. Let see whats out there.

[DG624]

Turbo you will have a long wait...I have been trying to get a car painted and rust removed for two years. Not a big job but they always pick to higher priced customer.

[petercory]

Personally know all of the "East Coast" shops/experts mentioned above; attached photos of 356 being rubbed out post paint @ Esposito Porsche speaks for itself; laser straight body, perfect panel gaps & black paint that looks 50' deep; this level of quality/perfection is why I chose John to paint my car. Unfortunately, this cell phone doesn't do the 356 justice.

[962porsche]

you personally know all the east cost shops ???????????????????????????
that is way to funny as we have never met nor were you ever in my old shop .