Car Body Works

Car Body Works

Car Body Works and Paint Restoration

Faded paint, old dents, surface rust, peeling lacquer — your vehicle may be older, but it doesn't have to look it. We specialise in full body restoration for cars that need some care, not a write-off. We restore faded paint, ageing bodywork and surface wear on older vehicles- without replacing what time hs made yours, Renewal, not erasure.

What's Happening to Your Car's Paint?

Every paint problem has a specific cause and a specific fix. Hover any condition to see exactly what we do about it — and what it costs.

Faded & Chalky Paint

UV radiation and Nairobi's equatorial sun break down the clear coat and bleach pigment over 5–10 years. The surface turns dull, chalky, and loses depth. Touch it and white powder comes off on your hand.

Peeling & Flaking Lacquer

When clear coat adhesion fails — often on roofs, bonnets, and boot lids after 8–12 years — the lacquer begins to peel in sheets. This is not polishable. The clear coat must be stripped and reapplied.

Rust Bubbling Under Paint

Small bubbles or blisters appearing beneath the paint surface mean rust is forming under the panel. Once the paint breaks, water gets in and the rust spreads rapidly. This needs treatment before repainting.

Long-Accumulated Dents

Years of car parks, narrow roads, and minor knocks leave a history of small to medium dents. Individually they may seem minor but together they make a car look unloved. We clear the slate completely.

Deep Scratches into Primer or Metal

Scratches that reach bare metal don't just look bad — they become rust initiation points within weeks in humid conditions. They must be filled, primed, and painted, not left or just touched up with a pen.

Faded & Greying Plastic Trim

Black rubber trim, bumpers, door handles, and window surrounds turn grey and streaky with age. This is plastic oxidation, treatable with trim restorer or, for severe cases, trim respray in flexible paint.


Not every car needs to look new. It just needs to look like itself again.

 

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Is it worth respraying an old car, or should I just sell it?

    In most cases, a quality restoration costs far less than the difference in resale value it creates — and it extends your car's useful life significantly. A full Restore on a 2008 Corolla costs around KES 70,000 and can add KES 150,000–200,000 to the car's market value while making it safer (treating rust) and more pleasant to drive. That said, if the chassis or engine is failing, bodywork isn't the right investment — we'll tell you that at the free assessment. We only recommend restoration when it genuinely makes sense for you.

  • Can you match the original colour exactly if the paint has already faded?

    Yes — The factory colour code describes the original colour, but after years of UV exposure, any colour on the car has shifted. We scan the actual surface of your car, not the factory code, and mix a formula to match what's there now — not what it was 12 years ago. On a full respray, we use the factory code as a starting point and adjust to match the remaining good panels (typically door shuts and areas shielded from sun).

  • How long will the new paint last on an older car?

    Our paint carries a 24-month warranty covering paint defects. In practice, a properly applied 2K paint system in our heated booth should last 10+ years with normal care — longer than many new cars' original paint would in our climate. The key factors after that are parking (covered vs direct sun), washing frequency, and whether any stone chips are treated promptly. We give every client a care card explaining the simple steps that extend paint life.

  • My paint is just dull and has some swirls — does it really need a respray?

    Not necessarily. We measure paint thickness before recommending anything. If there's sufficient clear coat remaining, a 3-stage machine polish removes swirls, light scratches, and restores gloss without any repainting. This is our Refresh package starting from KES 18,000. We only recommend a respray when the paint is genuinely too thin to polish, or when it's peeling and structurally failed. We have no incentive to oversell you — a client who needed a polish and got just that comes back for everything else.

  • Will the new paint match the rest of my car perfectly?

    On single-panel jobs, we blend the new paint into adjacent panels by feathering the spray out — this eliminates the visible join at panel edges that untrained painters leave. On full car resprays, everything is done in the same colour mixed from the same batch, so uniformity is guaranteed.

  • Do you work on all makes of car, including older Japanese imports?

    Yes. The most common cars we restore are older Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Subaru, and Mazda models — the backbone of Kenya's vehicle fleet. We stock PPG colour formulas for all major Japanese manufacturers going back to the early 1990s.

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