I had excellent results with paint and materials bought here…read more Friendly and helpful staff and management.

New update June 19. I went into store to confront a call…read morethat I received from Masood's personal phone number. I wasn't 100% sure but when I went into the store I put an order for paint and called the phone number that was trying to harass me at my place of business a week prior (I recognized the voice but wanted to get any doubts out of the way). So I called the number when Masood was in front of me twice and he reached for the phone after trying to get my order. This of course validated my suspicions about his intentions, he was trying to extort and harass due to the review that he saw in Google for something that he was 100% in the wrong. After this he got very aggressive and threatening and essentially said "get out of my store if I see you here again I will kick your ass". I am now following up with a formal complain through a few parties as this guy clearly showed what his intentions were. Beware of this business, bad business practice, aggressive employee and not only will he not admit wrongdoing he will go after you yo harass you. Previous review: I had to change my recent review to just one star. I've been going to this place for a long time now and have bought 36 spray cans by my count at $25 a can, you can guess I've spent some money in there and that's not including other supplies. I go to this place because their cans are good quality, the tips don't drip and overall they spray well. The problem at this place is the customer service and the overall service one receives as a customer. The staff is knowledgeable but they think they levitate and don't walk. They make themselves out to be super busy and have no time when there are no customers around. They are also rude at times and it seems like every day is a different experience. It's as if their mood is whatever they bring that day. I was there yesterday first one in the store before anyone else shows and spoke to Masood about getting a color matched spray can and that I needed other supplies and tells me that he'll help me in a couple of minutes for the supplies. He goes out for a smoke and starts attending to other people on the lot (ok I understand they have customers that have body shops and are there all the time) comes back and is too busy to attend to me. 45 minutes later, I ask where my paint is since many have come and gone before me with their color matched paint and he comes back with a small can not a spray can. 45 minutes to get the wrong order and to not have attended to my other supply needs. With this kind of customer service I am surprised they still have a business during the pandemic. At the end the color match was wrong and I had to come back for them to redo it another day.

No refunds! shop anywere else! I bought seats, they would not fit in my rollcage. No one said…read moreanything about no refunds, store credit only. Now I have a $1000 worth of gift cards for a store I need nothing from. If I had known I would have bought 1 seat then another if they fit. They do not carry the brand that fits my vehicle. So I'm stuck with gift cards. Try Canadian Tire or Lordco. anywhere else, but Mopac or Perfomance World as they also call themselves.

Absolutelt ridiculous return policy. bought a pair of motor mounts that we IN STOCK! They didn't…read morefit so I brought them back three days later with original packaging and all I get is an in store credit! Can't even put into words how disappointed I am because I've used these guys a lot and will never go back

The Car Salon restored my 1990 Mazda Miata!…read more In July 1989 I purchased a Mazda Miata - on of the first 2 dozen to enter Manitoba. On the day I picked it up it had 7 km on the odometer. In 1989 the car was a sensation - singlehandedly reviving the market for convertibles. Fast forward 30 years and my mechanic was telling me that if the rust damage was not repaired it would no longer be possible to put the car on the hoist and service it. The perforations were also going to prevent it from passing a safety inspection so a sale was not possible. It was either do significant repairs or have it towed away by the Kidney Foundation for scrap. But how could I do that? The Miata is one of the greatest driving experiences you could ever have. With a weight under 2000 lb it handles like no other car on the road. Its rack and pinion steering is so precise you can change lanes and make turns almost by thought alone. And its gear shift has been praised as one of the best shifters ever. And with top down you are officially a sun god. No towing; just fixing please! I searched Winnipeg and its environs in vain. No autobody or restoration shop was willing to undertake the repairs. I tried Minneapolis but again notta. I contacted every restoration place I could find in Toronto and finally found one that could do the repairs. But they wouldn't! My car didn't meet their criteria: It wasn't more than 50 years old; and it wasn't British! Then I found The Car Salon in Calgary. Courtney - my first point of contact - said they could do the work... please send pictures. I sent pictures. They sent a quote. A quote generated from some automobile estimating software. Finally, it looked like I had found the real deal. In January 2023, with the mercury down to -35 C I drove the Miata out to Calgary and Tony Scott gave me a royal of The Car Salon - a multi-faceted shop that can take care of most anything car related. I was convinced. I showed Tony the original Mazda brochure I had saved from 1989. I pointed to its lush marketing photos and said "I just want it to look as close to the way it was originally introduced as possible". When Tony's crew began the tear down I could see from the resulting pictures that the damage was more formidable then was obvious from the surface. But I still wanted to go ahead. And thanks to Mazda's MX5 30'th Anniversary Parts Program a lot of parts were now still available. But a few were not. Tony scoured auto wreckers all over Alberta, and then North America including Miata specialist wreckers as far away as Florida (who knew that was thing!). And when even that could not turn up what was required, Sean fabricated the parts himself. The pictures I received of the repaired and painted frame were nothing short of staggering. What a craftsman! Likewise when a plastic part in one exterior mirror disintegrated and could not be sourced Sean made his own mold and fabricated that. Finally, on November 17'th, after nearly 10 months, I flew back out to Calgary and made my way back to The Car Salon. When they pulled my Miata out of the service bay I could not believe my eyes. It was now restored, painted and detailed with evident loving care. It looked quite as perfect as the day I first picked it up in July 1989. After 34 years and doing most of the servicing myself, I knew every nut and bolt of this vehicle and wherever I looked everything was pristine. The repairs of the rusted frame were astounding. The paint job and the detailing of the interior were fantastic. Even the two rusty toe hooks, which are barely visible in the Miata's maw and which most people would never notice, were like new! From stem to stern it was magnificent! I was glad when Sean invited me to sit down in the drivers seat so he could adjust the sideview mirrors for me - at this point my legs were so wobbly I cold barely stand up. Thank you to Tony Scott, Courtney, Sean and the entire team at The Car Salon by keeping my Miata dream alive. I am so impressed with the way you handled this difficult and demanding job. It was clear to me that my Miata could not have received better attention than if was your own vehicle. You guys are amazing!

THESE PEOPLE ARE CROOKS!! DOWNRIGHT THIEVES USING A COMPANY TO RIP PEOPLE OFF!!!! I So, I bought…read moreand paid $2400 for my winter tires and installation. Went in at the end of the day to pick up my vehicle and there was only one guy working. I had already put $1000 down on the tires as a deposit, so I paid the extra $1400 & $300 plus tax for storage. PLUS I left a tip PLUS I bought the guys a case of beer!! The guy behind the counter said the till was closed and I watched him put my cash into an envelope. A bit later, I had to take a tire off to deal with a brake issue and realized that they had switched out my stainless steels lugnuts for cheap ones. I went in to talk about this and they denied of course. I said I wanted to take my summer tires (36" Toyo Open Country, purchased 3 months earlier at $620/each) & they said they couldn't find them. Long story short, They screwed me around for months with the final outcome being that they stole my tires and lugnuts! Approx $2800 value. Absolute CROOKS!!!!

So many mistakes were made. Matthew was helpful initially trying to find tires/spacers that would…read morefit. When test-fitting the rear tires, the tech used a front tire (instead of back tire - different size) and said I needed 1/4 spacers. So I ordered 1/4 inch spacers despite thinking I needed bigger ones. When they went to mount the wheels, they said - 'Oh no, you need 1 inch spacers - 'we fit the front wheel on the back instead of the front'. So I then ordered 1 inch spacers at my cost. When they finally fit the wheels, all was good (but it was not). When I got two people in the car or enough weight, the back tires would rub in the wheel wells. I thought it might be a suspension issue as the tires were fit properly. They weren't. I scheduled the car into a different garage to address the suspension issue. It was not a suspension issue - turns out, WheelXpert fitted BOTH spacers to the rear wheels which spaced the tires too far out which made the wheels rub the outside of the wheel wells. Not only did they get me to order the wrong spacers in the first place - they fitted BOTH spacers (1/4inch + 1inch) to the back wheels to create a rubbing issue on the back end!!!! WTF. I'm not a tire guy and even I am smart enough not to do this!! Will never go back......

Ordered in spacers for my car, they hadn't arrived when they said they were supposed to. Had a…read moredifferent pair in, they said, "theses will fit". Didn't fit the rims I wanted to put on. Waited for correct pair to come in...and still charged me to put the correct ones on,...their screw up...not happy, won't be recommending.

Good team of experienced professionals. Camera installation…read moreas per requested. Thanks guys You get what you pay for.

i have taken two cars to ARA this week for A/C work and am thrilled with how i was treated in every…read moreaspect - phone calls to keep me updated, clear communication, genuine concern for getting the car fixed and me happy, and a cost effective solution to boot. also excellent information was provided on my inquiry about stereo head units and subwoofers. no pressure either, just information that i need to make a decision. I dont know how anyone could complain about Brian T, he's a gem. Its hard to survive as a business if you treat people poorly. This firm and Brian have been there a long time, so something isnt computing. Thanks to the guys in the back too. Its been hotter than heck in Calgary and i'm sure they are overworked this time of year so thank you as you are an essential service for alot of people too!

The guys gave me excellent advice on product applications and took time to assist me in…read morecolor-matching and obsolete blended paint. Thanks guys (Karim, Bill & everyone). Mark Airdrie, AB

This place is awesome and their prices are good. I always deal with Karim when I go in that place…read more Karim has good knowledge of their products and helps with what you need.