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Old 04-10-2017, 12:12 PM   #1
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Bodyshop recommendations in CNJ

Looking for a body shop in the CNJ area to repaint my front bumper.

Over the summer my car was hit by a firetruck and needed a new front bumper, which I had replaced with an OEM bumper. The paint work is well... meh. I havent driven the car since I got it back from the body shop and I just took a look at the bumper yesterday and noticed a good amount of severe orange peel towards the bottom, aaaaanddd when I went to install my APR brake ducts the paint surrounding it chipped off. And there was over spray all over the grill.

This is the third time I've had a BRZ bumper painted and every time, the cut off between the grill and the painted portion of the bumper painted looks like shit (to my standard).

Need a shop that will do it right the first time.

Suggestions?
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Old 04-10-2017, 02:33 PM   #2
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Might be a drive for you, but Steve's Auto Body in Cherry hill did a great job with my front bumper and fender after my accident. Paint cutoff and matching looks basically OEM to me; it's like the damage had never happened.

Piscataway Auto Body fixed up a different car pretty well too after it was rear-ended. That was some time ago though, and I can't say if I remember ever noticing that there were defects in the work.
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