Navarro's Paint Shop Los Algodones, Mexico

Dud excellent work on my Dodge Ram pickup at 1/3 of what I would have paid in Phoenix

My 2001 Dodge 3500 is beginning to show her age. Nothing major, she still looks good from 40'... Unfortunately the door dings, chips and bad spots in the clearcoat are beginning to bother me. I went to a local shop that does nice work and they want $4k to repaint and replace the trim on the bumper that is faded.

Would you all recommend Navarro's for "OEM or better" quality paint job?

Thanks.

Steve

Had both my car and truck done there. Excellent body and paint work at 1/3 the cost in Phoenix!

The paint job I had done on my 89 Accord in Cuernavaca was done in a back yard with dogs, dust and kids running around. I thought it was 99.9% perfect and a friend of mine back here in Canada who has had many paint jobs on custom cars, agrees. 4,500 pesos including dent and rust repair.

I've had a truck painted in a dusty yard with chickens in Mexico, the finish was flawless.

Greeting From México

I keep in mind, that painting minus a spray booth where it is dusty is a lot different than painting in low dust environment. Nothing like getting a low skid high traction finish at no extra cost.

I talked to Socorro today and he was most helpful. I'm planning to take my rig & toad to him for a complete paint update and some interior work as well. I'll get some 'before' pics in a few days and then some 'after' pics when the work is done (most likely the end of June, 2013).

There are many things to consider when one is painting a vehicle. I too have had touch ups "away from the border" I am not new to Mexico and now there are good painters other than at the border. BUT when I had my RV painted it was painted in a booth, much different than an outside paint job. It took five weeks to complete. It was completely stripped of all outside attachments, lights, ladder, awning, etc. Two coats of primer, and three coats of clear.
Paint is another big factor, there is a very inexpensive Mexican paint and then there is a jump up to Dupont, I used R-M solvent based paint and it is not cheap.
After having it painted I kept pints of all colors, reducer, hardner, and clear, so I could have touch ups done as needed. .
Navarros caters to North of the border customers and have painted countless RV's and are good at it. They have an upholstery shop and mechanics booth.
Our HHR was hit by another vehicle, here the estimate was $1,600.00 to repair. I will have it done at Navarros for about $400.00.
In the next couple of days I will try to post some before and after pics.

Had our Tracker painted here in Zihuatanejo, 4,000p, great job, lots of body work, took 5 days.
Had our old coach completely repainted in Mazatlan, 1,200 US. Fabulous job, Juan at Selene is still doing RV's.
Had the front and a stripe done here in Zihua, with a welder doing 3 body welds, and cancer work under the furnace and water heater, on our new to us coach. Did it where we are parked, perfect match, 2 coats of clear, out the door for 3,000p. Great deals, great work available all over, and cheaper away from the border!
Considering our VW is currently getting a "restoration" paint job in California for $3500, we probably should have driven it down here!

Not Algodones but we just had our '89 Honda Accord painted here in Cuernavaca. The paint was peeling all over from the sun and there was a fist sized rust hole in one back quarter panel. Humberto here at the El Paraiso RV park contacted a painter, he came to look, gave me an estimate of 4500 pesos ($350) and took the car away. It took ten days and when he returned it, it looked great. We are very happy with the job.

It was not fun doing without the car for ten days but taxis are plentiful and very cheap.