Question for Central IL people
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Staging Lane
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From: Mill Creek, WA
Question for Central IL people Before too long i will getting a new hood for my TA and when i get that painted i also want to have most of my front end repainted as well due to a poor paint job following an accident last summer. So i was wondering if anyone knew of a good paint shop in the central il area, hopefully in bloomington/normal but close by would work to. thanks for any help.
Ask Steve Burger. I know he lined up a GTG at the end of last year somewhere up in north Normal. I cant recall the name of the place but I know Steve would. Anyway, it was local, the owner was nice, and it looked like he did a good job. He can hook you up, I'm sure.
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I live in Bloomington now and the hot rod body shop was a nice place when we had a gathering there last october,
I went to school in Macomb at Western and there is a shop there that painted the black panel on the back of my SS for me, he did an excellent job at a good price, the place is car care corvettes on deere road out past the caseys on west jackson by the DMV, he buys and restores a lot of older corvettes and then resells them, he has a decent selection on newer vettes too. You might want to check with him if you are going to have it done over there
I live in Bloomington now and the hot rod body shop was a nice place when we had a gathering there last october,
I went to school in Macomb at Western and there is a shop there that painted the black panel on the back of my SS for me, he did an excellent job at a good price, the place is car care corvettes on deere road out past the caseys on west jackson by the DMV, he buys and restores a lot of older corvettes and then resells them, he has a decent selection on newer vettes too. You might want to check with him if you are going to have it done over there
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Staging Lane
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Thanks for the tips guys. After my accident i had 101 Corvette do the repairs here in Macomb and the paint on the front bumper didnt match up even after he repainted it a second time to try to match it better. I will most likely be back in bloomington when i get the new hood so i will look into the hot rod body shop if they are supposed to do good work.
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If you are in Bloomington give me a holler. You can look at the work Tracy (Hotrod Body Shop) did on my car. He is very good and reasonable. Not easy to find in combination.
On my car he painted the engine bay and did a lot of custome work on the rear bumper cover to fit a large slick. The engine bay is great and obvious. The rear bumper cover doesn't look touched but will clear a 29" tall tire easy.
Now if I just had an engine
On my car he painted the engine bay and did a lot of custome work on the rear bumper cover to fit a large slick. The engine bay is great and obvious. The rear bumper cover doesn't look touched but will clear a 29" tall tire easy.
Now if I just had an engine
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Staging Lane
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From: Mill Creek, WA
Originally Posted by ssmaro
Hey Sticks1130 you live in Bloomington? Well I live just right outside of Alton. Anyway I bought my Camaro from a guy there. You know Dan Ausalie? He had a 01 Black SS.
Thanks again for the help guys.
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