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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 11:34 AM
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Paint Recommendation in the Bay Area

Not for a repair, but adding something to my car that needs to be paint matched and installed. Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 12:37 PM
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Body Style in San Jose (Cecil Beach is owner, 408-436-1616) did a great job of repairing some scratches and respraying the front bumper on my previous Carrera. Pretty much a Porsche-only shop (they had some great restoration projections going on at the time), he's a real Porsche guy, uses the same paint as the factory, and does the best work I've seen. Comes with a price, though--he was at least 50% more expensive than other estimates. But, as my grandmother used to tell us as kids--if you buy the best, you'll never be disappointed...
 
Old Oct 3, 2003 | 04:39 PM
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Modern Bench Operations in campbell. (408) 559-8633. They have worked on both my black bmw and black 996. They did a great job. Ask for Pete (owner). He works on a lot of porsches.
 
Old Oct 5, 2003 | 12:58 PM
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I have had excellent results from:

Mathews Carlsen Body Works
2480 Faber Place
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Tel: (650)-856-6200

They do the work for Carlsen Porsche, and seem to be working on many 996's all the time. I have used them for my M3, M5 and 993.

Cheers.
 
Old Oct 7, 2003 | 03:55 PM
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DO NOT GO TO CECIL BEACH BODYSTYLES!!! I had a horrible experience there. It is posted on the rennlist 928 boards under my alias--Seth W.

I can highly recommend Costelli and Pardini in San Mateo. They did great work and were very professional.
 
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