Any recommendation for a good body shop, preferably north county or central

[carli]

We like the guys at Carmel Valley Collision Center (http://www.carmelvalleycollision.com/) on Sorrento Valley Rd. Unfortunately, having teenagers, we’ve had to use their services twice and they’ve always provided us with a very fair price and done a perfect job.

I’ve also heard good things about Amato’s but a friend who used them thought they were expensive, and when they worked on her car, they somehow screwed up the electronic locking system, which prevented her from locking her car…she picked it up on a Friday and couldn’t bring it back until Mon because they were closed so she spent the weekend being a little nervous about leaving her (very expensive) car unlocked wherever she went.

[Cube]

We’ve used AJ-USA (http://www.ajusa.com/, Mira Mesa at Flanders) twice. Once around 2000 (for my wife’s car before we were married), and once recently.

With regard to the recent work (front bumper and quarter panel and door), I was very happy with their workmanship. Everything looked good as new, color blended properly (I can’t even distinguish the repainted parts from original parts), they provided me a vial of touch up paint for other parts of the car should I need it. They did give me a more expensive quote than Caliber Collision, but I had more confidence in their quote (AJ wanted to remove the quarter panel to repair the large dent and paint it, whereas Caliber gave me a quote for pulling the dent and painting it while still on the car).

I was paying out of pocket, but I went with AJ-USA despite the higher price since I had more confidence in their quote and their work.

I will say, though, that I don’t think much of after-market paint jobs. AJ’s work is warranted (by the paint system manufacturer, I believe) for 10 years. The work done in 2000 has had the clear coat bubbling and peeling in the last year or so. To be fair, we did not take very good cosmetic care of that car over the years (washing / waxing), so I don’t know how much to attribute the product life expectancy / warranty correlation vs. poor upkeep on our part.

That being said, based on our recent repair with them, I am certainly inclined to use them again, and I’ll try to take better care of the recent repair we had done with them.

[Cube]

We’ve used AJ-USA (http://www.ajusa.com/, Mira Mesa at Flanders) twice. Once around 2000 (for my wife’s car before we were married), and once recently.

With regard to the recent work (front bumper and quarter panel and door), I was very happy with their workmanship. Everything looked good as new, color blended properly (I can’t even distinguish the repainted parts from original parts), they provided me a vial of touch up paint for other parts of the car should I need it. They did give me a more expensive quote than Caliber Collision, but I had more confidence in their quote (AJ wanted to remove the quarter panel to repair the large dent and paint it, whereas Caliber gave me a quote for pulling the dent and painting it while still on the car).

I was paying out of pocket, but I went with AJ-USA despite the higher price since I had more confidence in their quote and their work.

I will say, though, that I don’t think much of after-market paint jobs. AJ’s work is warranted (by the paint system manufacturer, I believe) for 10 years. The work done in 2000 has had the clear coat bubbling and peeling in the last year or so. To be fair, we did not take very good cosmetic care of that car over the years (washing / waxing), so I don’t know how much to attribute the product life expectancy / warranty correlation vs. poor upkeep on our part.

That being said, based on our recent repair with them, I am certainly inclined to use them again, and I’ll try to take better care of the recent repair we had done with them.

[Cube]

We’ve used AJ-USA (http://www.ajusa.com/, Mira Mesa at Flanders) twice. Once around 2000 (for my wife’s car before we were married), and once recently.

With regard to the recent work (front bumper and quarter panel and door), I was very happy with their workmanship. Everything looked good as new, color blended properly (I can’t even distinguish the repainted parts from original parts), they provided me a vial of touch up paint for other parts of the car should I need it. They did give me a more expensive quote than Caliber Collision, but I had more confidence in their quote (AJ wanted to remove the quarter panel to repair the large dent and paint it, whereas Caliber gave me a quote for pulling the dent and painting it while still on the car).

I was paying out of pocket, but I went with AJ-USA despite the higher price since I had more confidence in their quote and their work.

I will say, though, that I don’t think much of after-market paint jobs. AJ’s work is warranted (by the paint system manufacturer, I believe) for 10 years. The work done in 2000 has had the clear coat bubbling and peeling in the last year or so. To be fair, we did not take very good cosmetic care of that car over the years (washing / waxing), so I don’t know how much to attribute the product life expectancy / warranty correlation vs. poor upkeep on our part.

That being said, based on our recent repair with them, I am certainly inclined to use them again, and I’ll try to take better care of the recent repair we had done with them.

[Cube]

We’ve used AJ-USA (http://www.ajusa.com/, Mira Mesa at Flanders) twice. Once around 2000 (for my wife’s car before we were married), and once recently.

With regard to the recent work (front bumper and quarter panel and door), I was very happy with their workmanship. Everything looked good as new, color blended properly (I can’t even distinguish the repainted parts from original parts), they provided me a vial of touch up paint for other parts of the car should I need it. They did give me a more expensive quote than Caliber Collision, but I had more confidence in their quote (AJ wanted to remove the quarter panel to repair the large dent and paint it, whereas Caliber gave me a quote for pulling the dent and painting it while still on the car).

I was paying out of pocket, but I went with AJ-USA despite the higher price since I had more confidence in their quote and their work.

I will say, though, that I don’t think much of after-market paint jobs. AJ’s work is warranted (by the paint system manufacturer, I believe) for 10 years. The work done in 2000 has had the clear coat bubbling and peeling in the last year or so. To be fair, we did not take very good cosmetic care of that car over the years (washing / waxing), so I don’t know how much to attribute the product life expectancy / warranty correlation vs. poor upkeep on our part.

That being said, based on our recent repair with them, I am certainly inclined to use them again, and I’ll try to take better care of the recent repair we had done with them.

[Cube]

We’ve used AJ-USA (http://www.ajusa.com/, Mira Mesa at Flanders) twice. Once around 2000 (for my wife’s car before we were married), and once recently.

With regard to the recent work (front bumper and quarter panel and door), I was very happy with their workmanship. Everything looked good as new, color blended properly (I can’t even distinguish the repainted parts from original parts), they provided me a vial of touch up paint for other parts of the car should I need it. They did give me a more expensive quote than Caliber Collision, but I had more confidence in their quote (AJ wanted to remove the quarter panel to repair the large dent and paint it, whereas Caliber gave me a quote for pulling the dent and painting it while still on the car).

I was paying out of pocket, but I went with AJ-USA despite the higher price since I had more confidence in their quote and their work.

I will say, though, that I don’t think much of after-market paint jobs. AJ’s work is warranted (by the paint system manufacturer, I believe) for 10 years. The work done in 2000 has had the clear coat bubbling and peeling in the last year or so. To be fair, we did not take very good cosmetic care of that car over the years (washing / waxing), so I don’t know how much to attribute the product life expectancy / warranty correlation vs. poor upkeep on our part.

That being said, based on our recent repair with them, I am certainly inclined to use them again, and I’ll try to take better care of the recent repair we had done with them.

[CafeMoto]

I brought my car to Amato’s years ago.
The guy walked around my 97M3 and said, “is this a real M3 or did you stick a badge on it?”
The work was class but this gent started off the conversation going the wrong way.
To be fair: I had that odd 4 door version, so looking back I can see why he thought it might be a fake. Some people don’t know how to talk or park 😉
Good luck with your repair -the 550 is one of my personal favorites.

[CafeMoto]

I brought my car to Amato’s years ago.
The guy walked around my 97M3 and said, “is this a real M3 or did you stick a badge on it?”
The work was class but this gent started off the conversation going the wrong way.
To be fair: I had that odd 4 door version, so looking back I can see why he thought it might be a fake. Some people don’t know how to talk or park 😉
Good luck with your repair -the 550 is one of my personal favorites.

[CafeMoto]

I brought my car to Amato’s years ago.
The guy walked around my 97M3 and said, “is this a real M3 or did you stick a badge on it?”
The work was class but this gent started off the conversation going the wrong way.
To be fair: I had that odd 4 door version, so looking back I can see why he thought it might be a fake. Some people don’t know how to talk or park 😉
Good luck with your repair -the 550 is one of my personal favorites.

[CafeMoto]

I brought my car to Amato’s years ago.
The guy walked around my 97M3 and said, “is this a real M3 or did you stick a badge on it?”
The work was class but this gent started off the conversation going the wrong way.
To be fair: I had that odd 4 door version, so looking back I can see why he thought it might be a fake. Some people don’t know how to talk or park 😉
Good luck with your repair -the 550 is one of my personal favorites.

[CafeMoto]

I brought my car to Amato’s years ago.
The guy walked around my 97M3 and said, “is this a real M3 or did you stick a badge on it?”
The work was class but this gent started off the conversation going the wrong way.
To be fair: I had that odd 4 door version, so looking back I can see why he thought it might be a fake. Some people don’t know how to talk or park 😉
Good luck with your repair -the 550 is one of my personal favorites.

[ljinvestor]

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[ljinvestor]

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[ljinvestor]

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[ljinvestor]

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