Paintshop in Las Vegas NV?

Accumulator · 01-22-05, 11:56

Don't know if this is in the right forum, mods feel free to move it.

My 9C1 Caprice is in 'Vegas for a drivetrain/personality transplant. While it looks *awfully* good for a 113K mile cop car, it really does need a paintjob. This would be a perfect time to have it done, and I can't find anybody local to me who does good-enough-for-me work anyhow.

Any top-end painters in the Las Vegas area? I'm not looking for cheap; I'm looking for *GOOD*. This would be a simple job for the right shop, not even talking color change, and the car is in very nice shape (no rust, etc.). But I *am* talking: car apart, glass out, nosed and decked, and most importantly- "show quality". If the shop could handle it I'd even consider doing a frame-off and having the frame and bottom side done right.

Any recommendations? Fair warning: I'm gonna fly out there and check the work before I pay and I won't fail to notice anything.

Bill D · 01-22-05, 12:01

Accumulator,

May be the car museums in Vegas can help out selecting a good local shop. You could visit them and insist they do even better work for you

Accumulator · 01-22-05, 02:58

Bill D- Heh heh, yeah, that's about what I'd probably say

But I gotta handle this one long-distance as opposed to going out there and doing it in person, so I wanna see if I can get some first-hand-experience comments. The guys doing the mechanical work were *supposed* to have shops that they'd vouch for, but once I impressed upon them how particular I am they backed off of most their recommendations and the one shop they were counting on seems to have gone out of business

Bill D · 01-22-05, 03:00

They may have gone out of business probably for doing too over- the-top jobs ( much higher charges as a result)

Accumulator · 01-22-05, 03:09

Heh heh! That would just be my (and their) luck! I expect this one to cost a bit, and the right shop wouldn't do it inexpensively anyhow.

People always seem to say "oh, I *could* do it but nobody would pay me enough.." but they only say that *until* they run into somebody who really knows from good work and *is* willing to pay for it. True of a lot of things, not just auto painting...

saling4 · 01-28-05, 07:21

I am in Vegas, but I can't vouch for any painters. If you find any names that sound promising I will try to look at their work. There is one that has the same name as my company Sudden Impact. They started here a few years ago and there paint jobs start at $2000, but I haven't seen their work. I f I can help let me know.

Brian

SteveOst · 01-28-05, 08:53

I can refer you to one in Washington State. He did my son's truck and I saw the individual pieces being painted in the spraybooth. It is truely supurb.
Here is the link.

PrinzII · 01-28-05, 11:40

It may not be Vegas, but I have a local shop in mind that does excellent work.

Riverdale Body Shop
(708) 849-9400

http://www.riverdalebodyshop.com/