heeeeyyyyy

[jay3]

seems to be dead in this part of the forum. just thought i'd start a new thread here and just say "hey" to everyone in the bay area.

[steelblue]

Hey back from fog city. Where are you in the bay area?

[jay3]

Originally posted by steelblue
Hey back from fog city. Where are you in the bay area?

what's up steelblue! i'm from fremont...other side of the bay. anyway, other than just saying hey...i wanted to also ask for shops that any of the local folks here have gone to. i've been reading up on this 3m clear bra and have seen the link to xpel as well as the preferred installers. has anyone done this to their pilot using another shop? positive or negative experience? i'm looking to do this for my pilot soon.

[larrys]

Originally posted by jay3


what's up steelblue! i'm from fremont...other side of the bay. anyway, other than just saying hey...i wanted to also ask for shops that any of the local folks here have gone to. i've been reading up on this 3m clear bra and have seen the link to xpel as well as the preferred installers. has anyone done this to their pilot using another shop? positive or negative experience? i'm looking to do this for my pilot soon.

Hey jay3 & Steelblue,

I'm down in Campbell (next to San Jose).

Yea, I had the X-Pel stuff put on my '06. I'm at work and my paperwork for it is at home. I think they did a pretty good job on it but it wasn't cheap! As I recall, I think it was $800 for the basic work (extended kit for the hood, headlights, fog lights, side mirrors, etc) plus they charged me an additional $100 to protect my body side molding (to prevent door dings).

The place isn't a brick & motar shop. They're mobile and come out to your house. It's two brothers. One lives in San Jose and the other out somewhere like Stockton! But, they do the work for high-end dealers (lots of Porsches and the like).

I guess you could say I liked the job since I later had them come out to do the works on my girlfriends '06 Civic!

And, if you're thinking about it, I'd do it sooner than later! The longer you go without it, the more chips you'll get .

I'll try to lookup their contact info this evening.

Later!
Larry.

[bluefin]

Hey from the city of Woodland!!

[jay3]

Originally posted by larrys

Hey jay3 & Steelblue,

I'm down in Campbell (next to San Jose).

Yea, I had the X-Pel stuff put on my '06. I'm at work and my paperwork for it is at home. I think they did a pretty good job on it but it wasn't cheap! As I recall, I think it was $800 for the basic work (extended kit for the hood, headlights, fog lights, side mirrors, etc) plus they charged me an additional $100 to protect my body side molding (to prevent door dings).

The place isn't a brick & motar shop. They're mobile and come out to your house. It's two brothers. One lives in San Jose and the other out somewhere like Stockton! But, they do the work for high-end dealers (lots of Porsches and the like).

I guess you could say I liked the job since I later had them come out to do the works on my girlfriends '06 Civic!

And, if you're thinking about it, I'd do it sooner than later! The longer you go without it, the more chips you'll get .

I'll try to lookup their contact info this evening.

Later!
Larry.

hey larry how's it going man? if you can tell me the name of the brothers and their contact info, i'd totally appreciate it. i was thinking of spending 400 for this...but i'm willing to go higher if the workmanship is top notch as you mentioned. tia

[jay3]

Originally posted by bluefin
Hey from the city of Woodland!!

hey bluefin, how's sactown? btw, i saw your post of your pilot...great job on changing out the door handles. looks great.

[larrys]

Originally posted by jay3


hey larry how's it going man? if you can tell me the name of the brothers and their contact info, i'd totally appreciate it. i was thinking of spending 400 for this...but i'm willing to go higher if the workmanship is top notch as you mentioned. tia

Hi jay3,

The place that did it is:

CS Specialties
2980 E. Capitol Expressway # 50-325
San Jose, CA 95148-4246
408-476-3332

I paid $895 for the whole front end plus $100 for the body side molding.

There are two brothers, Mariano who lives in San Jose and Ken who lives somewhere in the central valley (Lodi?). They both are pretty good (and both nice guys), but, if I was doing it over again, I'd let either do the Civic since it's a much easier job. But, I'd specify that only Mariano work on the Pilot front end. Just look at some of the curves they need to fit on the hood. It really is a very hard car to cover with this stuff and Ken really has the touch for the fine details.

Good luck!
Larry.

[BubbleSparkxx]

yah - this subforum is pretty dead... I'm over here in the Sunset in SF itself.

[Layspeed]

What's up fellas! I'm over here in Modesto (the central valley). I go to the Bay area occasionally, my sister lives up there.

[steelblue]

Originally posted by BubbleSparkxx
yah - this subforum is pretty dead... I'm over here in the Sunset in SF itself.

I lived on 44th by the zoo for 10 years. Nice quiet neigborhood except for the rice rockets and motorcycles running stop signs in the middle of the night.

[Aru4mie]

Nice of you guys to revive this thread.
I'm from the island city of Alameda.
Hello to one and all!!

[jay3]

Originally posted by larrys

Hi jay3,

The place that did it is:

CS Specialties
2980 E. Capitol Expressway # 50-325
San Jose, CA 95148-4246
408-476-3332

I paid $895 for the whole front end plus $100 for the body side molding.

There are two brothers, Mariano who lives in San Jose and Ken who lives somewhere in the central valley (Lodi?). They both are pretty good (and both nice guys), but, if I was doing it over again, I'd let either do the Civic since it's a much easier job. But, I'd specify that only Mariano work on the Pilot front end. Just look at some of the curves they need to fit on the hood. It really is a very hard car to cover with this stuff and Ken really has the touch for the fine details.

Good luck!
Larry.

thanks larrys. i'll contact them and see what's up.

btw, hey to layspeed and aru4mie...good to see there are more ppl from the bay here.

[Layspeed]

Originally posted by Aru4mie
Nice of you guys to revive this thread.
I'm from the island city of Alameda.
Hello to one and all!!

Hey that's exactly where my sister lives!

[hsubox]

Originally posted by jay3
seems to be dead in this part of the forum. just thought i'd start a new thread here and just say "hey" to everyone in the bay area.

Right back at ya!