The Official Body Shop Thread
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The Official Body Shop Thread
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Here are some tips.
You get what you pay for:
A maaco $300 paint job is worth just that $300. IT won;t last long, and you probably won't be happy. Orange peel, ripples, maybe even drips.
Most reputable shops charge close to $2k to completely repaint a car (same color). A color change can run around $3k.
Where should I go?
this is totally up to you. There are alot of body shops around. It's best to visit many shops, and check out their work. There are 5 main things that I would look at.
1. Is the work enviorment orderly? Is there space to move around?
2. What does the end product look like? Check out a few cars that they've painted. A good shop will never turn out a bad car. (example: A good shop ONLY does quality work. If you see a car that looks "questionable" and the shop tells you that "the owner only paid $500, so he got a $500 paint job", don't take that as an excuse.)
3. Do they offer a Gaurantee? Do they stand behind there work?
4. Do they have a proper spray booth?
5. Do you feel comfortable with this shop?
You may also want ot check with the BBB. They will let you know if a shop is honest.
either way....expect to spend some $$$. It's not cheap.
Charles
You get what you pay for:
A maaco $300 paint job is worth just that $300. IT won;t last long, and you probably won't be happy. Orange peel, ripples, maybe even drips.
Most reputable shops charge close to $2k to completely repaint a car (same color). A color change can run around $3k.
Where should I go?
this is totally up to you. There are alot of body shops around. It's best to visit many shops, and check out their work. There are 5 main things that I would look at.
1. Is the work enviorment orderly? Is there space to move around?
2. What does the end product look like? Check out a few cars that they've painted. A good shop will never turn out a bad car. (example: A good shop ONLY does quality work. If you see a car that looks "questionable" and the shop tells you that "the owner only paid $500, so he got a $500 paint job", don't take that as an excuse.)
3. Do they offer a Gaurantee? Do they stand behind there work?
4. Do they have a proper spray booth?
5. Do you feel comfortable with this shop?
You may also want ot check with the BBB. They will let you know if a shop is honest.
either way....expect to spend some $$$. It's not cheap.
Charles
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1953 Cadillac Coupe De Ville (Fuel Injected, Drive-by-wire, DoD)
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2011 Toyota Sequoia Sport 4x4 (Tow Rig)
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great job, great service, the owner bob has been in several mags and "how to" articals,makes one-off crazy show cars and trucks ..i would go to him agin if he wasnt so far away ...hollywood fl..
he did ALL the body work
00 front end ,frenched ant, wiper cowl, full slidding rag top,smoothed the hole truck all the lines, shaved the rear end welded the tail gate, frenched the tagbox, led tail lights , suicide rear doors , just look at the pic to get an idea...
great job, great service, the owner bob has been in several mags and "how to" articals,makes one-off crazy show cars and trucks ..i would go to him agin if he wasnt so far away ...hollywood fl..
he did ALL the body work
00 front end ,frenched ant, wiper cowl, full slidding rag top,smoothed the hole truck all the lines, shaved the rear end welded the tail gate, frenched the tagbox, led tail lights , suicide rear doors , just look at the pic to get an idea...
Last edited by b18c5na; Nov 10, 2004 at 08:33 PM.
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Bedrock Auto Body on Nebraska. I've had work done by them on 2 diff cars and it came out perfect. They aren't the cheapest around...but as the adage goes - you get what you pay for.
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Current Rides: 2001 BMW 540i, 2002 BMW 330i (wife's car)
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I would highly suggest to anyone to stay away from Airport Body shop located near Mastro Subaru in Tampa. The drivers side seat belt on my STi wasn't toqued down and came undone two days after I picked the car up. The passenger side was hand tight when I inspected it after the drivers side came undone. The shop just didn't pay any attention to detail and left tons of little things wrong. I ditched the car off on a trade-in a week after picking it up from the body shop.
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Updated September 2008:
Had a friend take his car to Mirek's to pull out some dents and respray a quarter panel. The quality of the work and customer service has dropped to a level where I can't recommend the shop.
Original Post March 2005:
I had three cars sprayed at Mirek's European (813-891-9118 ) in Oldsmar and have been extremely happy with the results!
Work performed:
Replaced bumpers, repaired dings and fixed damaged body panels. The paint was blended to match the OEM color for a Black 96 Accord, White 99 GS-R, and Silver 02 GTI.
I recently sent my father's I30 over to have some door damage repaired and results were excellent!
His prices are reasonable (not cheap but not Gene Perez) and the quality is top notch.
I believe he only uses Glasurit paint, which is a high quality product.
Had a friend take his car to Mirek's to pull out some dents and respray a quarter panel. The quality of the work and customer service has dropped to a level where I can't recommend the shop.
Original Post March 2005:
I had three cars sprayed at Mirek's European (813-891-9118 ) in Oldsmar and have been extremely happy with the results!
Work performed:
Replaced bumpers, repaired dings and fixed damaged body panels. The paint was blended to match the OEM color for a Black 96 Accord, White 99 GS-R, and Silver 02 GTI.
I recently sent my father's I30 over to have some door damage repaired and results were excellent!
His prices are reasonable (not cheap but not Gene Perez) and the quality is top notch.
I believe he only uses Glasurit paint, which is a high quality product.
Last edited by VoidDweller; Oct 10, 2008 at 03:07 PM. Reason: Had a friend take his car in 9/2008
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2646 Michigan Ave. Unit-A
Kissimmee, FL 34744
(407) 518-7337
fax (407-518-9271
their doing my custom paint and fiberglassin my trunk with my subs and 2 nx bottles. go to teameci.com and look at their work the red rx7 and the green eclipe and the gold civic. they are very big in the import show scene and well known. they do awesome custom work. AND THEIR EXPENSIVE BUT YOU PAY WHAT U GET. i rather pay a lil more and have it done right the first time.
Kissimmee, FL 34744
(407) 518-7337
fax (407-518-9271
their doing my custom paint and fiberglassin my trunk with my subs and 2 nx bottles. go to teameci.com and look at their work the red rx7 and the green eclipe and the gold civic. they are very big in the import show scene and well known. they do awesome custom work. AND THEIR EXPENSIVE BUT YOU PAY WHAT U GET. i rather pay a lil more and have it done right the first time.
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Ive had my truck reparied twice at Auto Safe and Sound. They fixed it after a car side swiped me and after someone messed the door up trying to get into it. They did and awsome Job on it, Biggie is a perfectionest and goes out of the way to make sure it looks good.
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