Hey peeps. Well, the whole driver side of my car is scratched up and I need to get it fixed. It's not terribly bad, but you can see the scratches. I've taken my car to Carsmetic and they estimated it to be around $500 or so. I don't know much about body shop costs, but that doesn't sound too bad. My question is, do you guys/gals have any recommendations for other body shops in Tampa that do a good job? Thanx!

~Nightcrawler~

 

call the hillsbrough county school district and ask which high schools have "AUTO BODY" shouldnt cost you that much if you wanna get somethin done pretty cheap

 

Thanx for the suggestion, but I'd rather not take it to a school. I'd rather have it professionally done. It's a brand new car and I don't want students working on it, even it if is cheap. Does anyone know who Ferman Acura or Tampa Hondaland deals out to? Like which body shop do they send customers to for body repairs? Because I'm sure those shops would have excellent matches on paint. Thanx.

~Nightcrawler~

 

Im, in an autobody class at hcc right now, they dont charge any laybor,but they also dont get your car out to quick either.

 

i pretty sure most dealerships have thier own body shops. also im taking autobody at ptec right now and im sure its the same at hcc, they arent going to mess your car up and try to give it to you messed up. its like a normal body shop except that its cheap but it takes a while.

 

When you say HCC will take a while how long are we takling here? Like one week two weeks or what?

 

Depends one whats wrong with your car, if it has like fram damage then it will take like 4 weeks because they would have to pull it and do other shit. If you just had like body pannles that are damaged then it wont take that long.