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Old May 10, 2009 | 10:41 AM
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Can anyone recommend a good place in southern california to get a wide body conversion?
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European Motor Car Works in Costa Mesa. Outstanding quality. They work on Vettes, Astin Martin and some other high end cars. He (Kai) does a paint match better than I have ever seen and has done lot's of wide bodies. He does Calloway conversions (the body mods) for Calloway as well.
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Your or your buddies garage. Have the panels color matched and painted at your dealer, install yourself.
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I used a small little local shop here in Montana. It's not rocket science. Any auto body should be able to get it done.
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Originally Posted by JJC5
European Motor Car Works in Costa Mesa. Outstanding quality. They work on Vettes, Astin Martin and some other high end cars. He (Kai) does a paint match better than I have ever seen and has done lot's of wide bodies. He does Calloway conversions (the body mods) for Calloway as well.
If you are going to pay someone to do it....They are the best.

What color car are you modifying?

Who ever you have do it...Ask them how they are going to do the front inner wheel wells. How they handle this will affect the price greatly.

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Originally Posted by Charley Hoyt
If you are going to pay someone to do it....They are the best.

What color car are you modifying?

Who ever you have do it...Ask them how they are going to do the front inner wheel wells. How they handle this will affect the price greatly.

Black...Why?
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Originally Posted by RadChad
Black...Why?
Because the tint coat paints are very hard to match and can require a lot more paint work.... Black can be tough also...but you should be fine.

Like I said in the previous post...make sure you ask the shops how they are going to handle the inner fender liners. That way you can do a good apples to apples comparison. Swaping the front inner liners will cost you about $1,500 extra and some shops do it, Some modify what is there...and others leave a big gap.
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