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Body Shop Recommendations.
Some senile old man backed his motor home into my car and I need a new quarter panel.
Can anyone recommend a solid body shop around the Arlington area? Price doesn't matter, his insurance is covering it, I just want my car to be as close to right as it can be. Last edited by Catchpole; 11-23-2014 at 12:18 PM. |
11-23-2014, 09:56 PM | #2 |
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D and V in sterling is the best of the best but obviously pretty far. I have also heard good things about wagonworks.
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definitely. I live in MD and take my cars there, they are the main body shop for ferrari and lambo of washington.
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D&V definitely
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I dropped by there earlier today, seemed like a great set up. I have to talk to the insurance adjuster, but hopefully the car will be in there in the first week of December.
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I had work on my front end done a month or so ago at D&V. Their paint is phenomenal, but they dont use factory clips to reattach the bumper (if youre getting any bumper work done). I have a gap between my front bumper and fenders slightly larger than from factory, and they wont do shit about it.
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I'm actually having a quarter panel replaced, but I'll be sure to reiterate that I want OEM parts used. Thank you very much.
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Is it normal for a body shop to ask for money up front? D and V wants $6XX (the cost of the quarter panel) before they even start.
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It's normal for them to ask for up to 50% of the cost of the total repairs plus parts. However when I went to a body shop my estimator just asked for the price of the replacement parts and billed me for labor after I picked up my car. The only thing you don't want to do is pay 90+% of the cost of the total labor and parts because it kills incentive for them to work.
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I've never had a body shop ask for money up front. Especially if it is authorized insurance work.
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If someone was paying out of pocket and wanted us to order parts before they drop the car off, we take a deposit on parts price only. Other than that, nothing until pickup
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