As many of you know, my baby had a near-death experience. For those who don't know the background story, it is detailed here . Long story short - my baby got blindsided by an uninsured doofus and sustained enough damage that the insurance company wanted to total her. After much negotiation, I have her back with a non-salvaged title and a big check so I and am having her brought back to life!
Our kind moderator referred me to Primer pbassjo, better known as Joe Lomoriello from Vince's Auto Body Works in Poughkeepsie NY. Poughkeepsie is a long way from Dallas, TX but after talking with Joe for about an hour and a half, I decided that he knows his stuff and was the one to trust with the job. So, on April 3rd, I had her loaded onto a Passport Transport enclosed truck ($1800) and she was on her on her way! After a circuitous route, where she went south before turning back north, she showed up at Joe's shop on April 11. Of course, Joe took pictures of her being unloaded and texted them to me immediately:
He snapped another, after she was wheeled inside. If you look closely, you can see a blue beauty that he is also restoring:
I got a copy of the estimate from the local body ship that had examined the car and texted that to Joe, for his reference. He called me, almost immediately, laughing in amazement at that estimate. He said that whomever did the quoting was obviously unfamiliar with the car and not comfortable with working on it. He said that many unnecessary parts and much unnecessary labor was worked into the quote as insurance for the body shop. He said that actually, the damage to my car was not that bad and one of the more lightly damaged NSX's that he had ever worked on. He assured me that he can get everything back into factory specs! That made me breath a HUGE sigh of relief :smile:
He got to work right away and on April 14, he already had her up on the fixture for a little laser measuring (she looks perfect from the passenger side):
Joe is using brand new OEM parts whenever possible. Some parts are just not available anymore so he is procuring used parts, such as the upper and lower control arms, but restoring them with new bearings, in this case. One big ticket item that we have not been able to find used is the front wheel. Acura wants $2k for one, so if any of you guys happen to have or know of one lying around, please contact me :redface:
One area where I am not going stock is the hood. I ordered a VIS Type R hood and had it sent directly to Joe. He has installed quite a few of them before and said he can get a factory quality fit. Nice! He said that since I want to paint it, to save myself some money and get the FRP version because it is so much easier to paint. So for $700 dollars, I ordered it directly from VIS. Here are a few pics of him mocking up the hood on the car. He said that there are a few areas to fix but there always are, regardless of the source of the hood:
I feel really good about my choice. Joe is a great guy and calls or texts me almost everyday to let me know what's going on. He is currently waiting for more parts to arrive before sending more pics but I will keep this thread updated until she is back home, sleeping in her own garage, so stay tuned :biggrin:
Our kind moderator referred me to Primer pbassjo, better known as Joe Lomoriello from Vince's Auto Body Works in Poughkeepsie NY. Poughkeepsie is a long way from Dallas, TX but after talking with Joe for about an hour and a half, I decided that he knows his stuff and was the one to trust with the job. So, on April 3rd, I had her loaded onto a Passport Transport enclosed truck ($1800) and she was on her on her way! After a circuitous route, where she went south before turning back north, she showed up at Joe's shop on April 11. Of course, Joe took pictures of her being unloaded and texted them to me immediately:
He snapped another, after she was wheeled inside. If you look closely, you can see a blue beauty that he is also restoring:
I got a copy of the estimate from the local body ship that had examined the car and texted that to Joe, for his reference. He called me, almost immediately, laughing in amazement at that estimate. He said that whomever did the quoting was obviously unfamiliar with the car and not comfortable with working on it. He said that many unnecessary parts and much unnecessary labor was worked into the quote as insurance for the body shop. He said that actually, the damage to my car was not that bad and one of the more lightly damaged NSX's that he had ever worked on. He assured me that he can get everything back into factory specs! That made me breath a HUGE sigh of relief :smile:
He got to work right away and on April 14, he already had her up on the fixture for a little laser measuring (she looks perfect from the passenger side):
Joe is using brand new OEM parts whenever possible. Some parts are just not available anymore so he is procuring used parts, such as the upper and lower control arms, but restoring them with new bearings, in this case. One big ticket item that we have not been able to find used is the front wheel. Acura wants $2k for one, so if any of you guys happen to have or know of one lying around, please contact me :redface:
One area where I am not going stock is the hood. I ordered a VIS Type R hood and had it sent directly to Joe. He has installed quite a few of them before and said he can get a factory quality fit. Nice! He said that since I want to paint it, to save myself some money and get the FRP version because it is so much easier to paint. So for $700 dollars, I ordered it directly from VIS. Here are a few pics of him mocking up the hood on the car. He said that there are a few areas to fix but there always are, regardless of the source of the hood:
I feel really good about my choice. Joe is a great guy and calls or texts me almost everyday to let me know what's going on. He is currently waiting for more parts to arrive before sending more pics but I will keep this thread updated until she is back home, sleeping in her own garage, so stay tuned :biggrin:
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