My Excursion sat for 13 months while I was deployed and the paint is cracking and coming off the roof in chunks. There seems to be some surface rust below the paint. I want to fix it so it doesn't happen again.

Anyone familiar with Hampton Roads well enough to recommend a good body shop?

 

Micar Collision Home Page

thats where my familys gone for couple of our cars... they do excellent work... and prices arent bad either...

my brothers car after he got rear ended... the car that hit him shoved him up under the back end of the truck he was waiting behind at a light...



not sure ya can see it but she hit him so hard the A-frame theres crinkled out...
rear bumper didnt look as bad.... cuz the girl that hit him went under...


you cant even tell it had been hit now... wish he had some afters...

 

YEAH! The Langley Air Force Base Auto Hobby Shop

Call ahead and see if they still have a paint booth - they may have got screwed out of it, but I doubt it.

I don't remember seeing an auto hobby shop aboard NAVSTA NORVA, which is why when I was acdu there I went straight for Langley...

~Dutch

Check out this link - it has the POTS numbers:
http://langley.jbleforcesupport.com/auto.html

For those who have no clue about milspeak: POTS = Plain Old Telephone System

If you DON'T want to do it yourself - they will also give you info on a place that will NOT rip off a person in uniform. Unfortunately, that happens. We know about those places - ask them!
IF THERE ARE Military FRIENDLY places, they will know of them

You are stationed in an area that is kind of cut-throat if they smell military money. Be careful!
Flash a mil ID card, and they expect you to be stupid with your cash - so never tell them

In fact -if they ask about your window decals, tell them you bought it used!

I kind of hate to say that, but it is very true

~I would also like to invite you to the FTE "VETERANS NETWORK"
~it's a project I have been working on for a while, and is the largest social group here at FTE
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...et-at-fte.html
with over two hundred active and retired members willing to help out

You are one of ours - we will give every bit of help that we can!



Both FORD TRUCK, and MILITARY ORIENTED ASSISTANCE - I guarantee ya!
That includes help at home if you are 'away'

Check us out

We have had many success stories since this all began

 

I just sent a "HEY! Check it out..." to tseekins, lives near Langley AFB and is nearby.

Hopefully he'll contact you soon

 

If you're looking for a DIY job the LAFB is a great place to begin.

If you want, send me a private message and maybe we can get together.

 

I don't know if he has the magic number of posts to enable private messaging yet


I just went to the store by foot, I'm kinda burned out right now - carried back 60 pounds of stuff

 

RICK HENDRICKS BODY SHOP. PORTSMOUTH,VA. It's on airline blvd and has one a the best body and paint guys in tidewater area. I worked w these guys for yrs before going into the fire dept 18 yrs ago. If your looking for quality this is your spot!! Terry Taylor is the body guy and Billy Kuzmanko is the painter. Tell um Rusty sent ya and ask for those guys to do the job.