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Body shop recommendations? - San Francisco Bay Area

 

Busted windshield with rust around the edge is requiring me to look for a body shop.? Any recommendations on a shop in the San Francisco bay area?? Might consider dealing with rust on some other areas as well.

Thanks,
Roger
 

Following.? I've got the same issue.? I'm located in San Diego.? Let's compare notes and quotes.? My rust has been pretty bad.? Wish I dealt with it earlier.

I've got bad rust around my spider web windshield, along a rear and a side window, and along the foot well.??

Don't end up with a bad TCM -?

Luckily, swapping that took care of it.
 

Same with the rust... I'm in Colorado and shops here really don't like dealing with it


On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 11:02 AM Droppin bombs via <duckdive=[email protected]> wrote:

Following.? I've got the same issue.? I'm located in San Diego.? Let's compare notes and quotes.? My rust has been pretty bad.? Wish I dealt with it earlier.

I've got bad rust around my spider web windshield, along a rear and a side window, and along the foot well.??

Don't end up with a bad TCM -?

Luckily, swapping that took care of it.
 

matthew urso wrote:
Same with the rust... I'm in Colorado and shops here really don't like dealing with it
My grandfather was really good at brazing new pieces of sheet steel into thin steel car bodies to replace rusted out areas. He was also amazingly good with an English wheel at making entirely new pieces of compound curved metal; even entire hoods or fenders from scratch! Alas, he is no more. Skills like that seem to have disappeared.

I've been able to solder new metal in to replace rusted out areas. But that's no good for anything structural.

Bondo of course makes it look smooth and nice; but it will not stop the metal from continuing to rust. I've found that POR-15 is the best paint for preserving rusted areas that are still structurally sound. Then you can fill in the holes without the repair just falling out again.

I wish I knew of a home handyman technique for stopping rust as effectively as the original coatings used on newer cars.

Happy motoring,
Lee Hart

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16cvs on the samba vanagon forum is a windshield repair guy in San Fran. Message him through it and I bet he can either help you or point you in the right direction.

On Aug 18, 2022, at 4:22 PM, Lee Hart <leeahart@...> wrote:

?matthew urso wrote:
Same with the rust... I'm in Colorado and shops here really don't like dealing with it
My grandfather was really good at brazing new pieces of sheet steel into thin steel car bodies to replace rusted out areas. He was also amazingly good with an English wheel at making entirely new pieces of compound curved metal; even entire hoods or fenders from scratch! Alas, he is no more. Skills like that seem to have disappeared.

I've been able to solder new metal in to replace rusted out areas. But that's no good for anything structural.

Bondo of course makes it look smooth and nice; but it will not stop the metal from continuing to rust. I've found that POR-15 is the best paint for preserving rusted areas that are still structurally sound. Then you can fill in the holes without the repair just falling out again.

I wish I knew of a home handyman technique for stopping rust as effectively as the original coatings used on newer cars.

Happy motoring,
Lee Hart

--
Knowledge is better than belief. Belief is when someone else does
your thinking for you. (anonymous)
--
Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com

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On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 03:22 PM, Lee Hart wrote:
I've been able to solder new metal in to replace rusted out areas. But that's no good for anything structural.
I don't know a specific shop in CA, but a fellow in NH found a place that builds race car bodies.? They work on his Rialta during their down time, so don't charge him an arm and a leg, but do all the sheet metal, including structural replacement.? Another fellow in FL wasn't as lucky.? His 'repair' lasted all of 2 years before the rust was worse than ever.
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Duane
05HD Rialta
220K Miles
 

Re: San Diego area: I had same rust-around-windshield problem, got it all fixed at a body shop (including new windshield).

Not cheap - about $1800, but this was done in 2010 and has held up perfectly. It was "Bradley Allen Autobody & Paint" in Encinitas.

On Aug 18, 2022, at 10:02 AM, Droppin bombs via groups.io <duckdive@...> wrote:

Following. I've got the same issue. I'm located in San Diego. Let's compare notes and quotes. My rust has been pretty bad. Wish I dealt with it earlier.

I've got bad rust around my spider web windshield, along a rear and a side window, and along the foot well.

Don't end up with a bad TCM -

Luckily, swapping that took care of it.
 

I reached out to 16cvs per Mike?Brown's recommendation (thanks Mike!). Waiting to hear back on any suggestions for shops on the peninsula.


On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 7:57 AM Michael Diehr <md03@...> wrote:
Re: San Diego area:? I had same rust-around-windshield problem, got it all fixed at a body shop (including new windshield).

Not cheap - about $1800, but this was done in 2010 and has held up perfectly.? It was "Bradley Allen Autobody & Paint" in Encinitas.



> On Aug 18, 2022, at 10:02 AM, Droppin bombs via <duckdive=[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Following.? I've got the same issue.? I'm located in San Diego.? Let's compare notes and quotes.? My rust has been pretty bad.? Wish I dealt with it earlier.
>
> I've got bad rust around my spider web windshield, along a rear and a side window, and along the foot well.?
>
> Don't end up with a bad TCM -
>
> Luckily, swapping that took care of it.
>
>






 

I'd also love to find a body shop on the peninsula.? There are plenty of shops but the prices around here are beyond belief!? Maybe we could caravan down to Tijuana!??

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