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Originally Posted by EAGLE5
People are anal. A proper repair is as good as new performance wise, though a good mechanic will easily spot where the damage was unless you do a full repaint. Dealerships are not known for their quality of repair. They just have other shops do the body repairs anyway. Once it is repaired, have a speed shop take a look and make sure it's all true.
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I'm not sure how it works in US but here in Poland (and probably rest of EU as well but idk) we have so called ASO (authorised service station) which is basically certified by manufacturer workshop which doesn't void your warranty etc. Here almost all (if not all) dealerships have ASO as part of complex. They're always really expensive (double manhour comparing to regular workshop) but they have certified staff etc. They also almost always have all required gear and staff - body workshop, paint job, detailing & car wash, mechanical service, certified car inspection station etc. Basically everything and they don't really outsource many repairs (however they may refuse to repair parts and tell that it has to be replaced because manufacturer hasn't specified procedures to repair this part - sometimes entire engine). So basically it's best you can get here in terms of quality, but at tough premium price. To put it in perspective only about 30% of repair cost in my case are parts and repairing this car in "normal" body workshop would cost about half the price (still using new, original parts).
So i gave car to dealership where I purchased it. They have all required tools (including frame pulling machine but like I said it most likely won't be required)
Other workshops not associated with dealerships... well... I guess you can take a look at Poland proximity to Russia on map and come to some conclusions
Basically servicing in ASO is the only way that gives you 100% certainty that you won't receive "ceramic car" back with rear quarter made in 50% of used frying pans welded together and 50% concrete lol... Unfortunately this is reality of car repairs in not authorized stations in Poland: