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Paint and Refinishing

Fleet paint and refinishing covers color matched panel repair, full vehicle respray, clear coat restoration, and protective coating. Commercial refinishing differs from automotive work in scale and in matching requirements, because a fleet color has to look identical across vehicles bought years apart.

Overview

What this covers for Irvine fleets

Fleet paint is a brand problem as much as a repair problem. A delivery van with a mismatched door panel advertises deferred maintenance to every customer it parks in front of, and on a fleet running a corporate color the match has to hold across vehicles that left the factory in different years with different pigment batches.

Our paint department runs a dedicated booth sized for commercial vehicles, which matters because refinishing a twenty-six foot box in sections produces visible banding that a full-length booth avoids entirely.

Color matching on commercial work is done by spectrophotometer against the actual panel rather than against a factory code. A ten year old white box truck is not the same white it was when it was built, and matching to the code rather than the vehicle produces a repair that reads as a repair.

Services

7 services in this category

Each links to a full page covering process, symptoms, ballpark pricing and related work.

Full Vehicle RefinishComplete strip, prep and respray of the entire vehicle in one continuous process for a uniform finish.$5,000 to $30,000 Color Matching and Panel BlendingSpectrophotometer color reading and adjacent panel blending so a repair does not read as a repair.$500 to $5,000 Panel RefinishingSingle and multi panel refinishing after repair or replacement, blended into surrounding bodywork.$500 to $5,500 Clear Coat Restoration and UV ProtectionCut and polish restoration where clear has thinned, and strip and respray where it has begun to peel.$500 to $6,500 Cab and Chassis ResprayCoordinated cab and chassis refinishing for lease turn-in, resale prep, or fleet color standardization.$5,000 to $35,000 and up Paint Correction and DetailingMachine polishing to remove oxidation, swirls and light scratches from an intact finish.$400 to $3,500 Bed Liner and Protective CoatingSpray-in liner and protective coating for cargo floors, bumpers, rockers and underbody surfaces.$500 to $1,800

Vehicles

Vehicle types this applies to

FAQ

Paint and Refinishing questions

How do you match paint on a faded fleet vehicle?

We match against the actual panel using a spectrophotometer, not against the factory paint code. A vehicle that has been in the California sun for eight years has shifted from its original color, and matching to the code produces a panel that is visibly newer than the ones around it. We also blend into adjacent panels so the transition has nowhere to show.

How long does a full respray take?

A full commercial refinish runs forty to two hundred labor hours depending on vehicle size and how much preparation the existing surface needs. Calendar time is usually two to five weeks, with most of that being preparation and cure rather than spray time.

Can you paint one panel or does the whole side need doing?

A single panel is often fine when it is bounded by a natural break such as a body line or a seam. On a large flat side with no break, blending into the adjacent area is what keeps the repair invisible, so the sprayed area ends up larger than the damaged one.

Do you use low VOC paint?

Yes. California air quality regulation governs what can be sprayed here and our booth and materials comply with it. Low VOC systems have improved considerably and there is no longer a durability trade-off worth discussing.

How long before the vehicle can go back into service?

Handling cure is usually same day out of the booth. Full cure before pressure washing or aggressive use is typically thirty days, and we will tell you what to avoid during that window.

Need paint and refinishing in Irvine?

Body, paint, structural and upfit work, all performed at our Yorba Linda facility. Tell us the vehicle and the damage and we will schedule intake.

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