Have a decent stock, but prices are definitely higher than Rainmanns in Bakersfield. Overall a good experience, just expensive

Armando is fair and meticulous! My van door is like new and I do not want the kids to eat in it ever again because of the detailing he had done too! Thank you! read more

The Hobby Shop does fantastic work and Armando is a very kind, fair and professional craftsman. This is the third time we have used his services. The first time was in 2011. We brought him our BMW with dented up side board panels. The other local Dent shop recommended Armando for this type of work. Those damaged sections came back from Hobby Shop looking brand new again. The results were really amazing and about half the price of the other quotes! This time in Dec 2013 we took in our Pontiac Vibe with a crumpled door panel and also a large dent across the upper rear arc of the roof. Both of these were technically challenging spots. The Vibe came back repaired and painted like new again. The repair was very affordable. We then took in my wife's Mazda 5 to have 6 small, unsightly dents removed on three sides of her vehicle. Half of these were on tricky edges with some creases, so I was a littler worried as to how these areas would look afterwards. Armando didn't disappoint! He really knows his craft. All of the dents were removed and the results looked spectacular. I know Armando told me he had to repaint each side afterwards. The repairs and paint job were done professionally and looked great. One of the vehicles took a couple extra days, but only because they were trying to get the paint matched perfectly. Armando is a perfectionist and that's exactly what you want with this type of work! Factor in an extra day or two for your vehicle being out of commission and you're good to go. I highly recommend the Hobby Shop. read more

So good news/bad news. Good news is..they fixed my car and did a really good job. Bad news...they are so unprofessional. Bad bad public service. Bad communication, bad service, they inconvenience you by taking longer than originally stated. Even if you have an appointment, be prepared to be frustrated... read more

I just picked up my car from Armando, looks like new. He repainted the hood and the front bumper. Amazing! I highly recommend him. Great job and great price, Thank you! read more

Terrible Experience!!! I would not recommend this place to ANYBODY. I brought my car to the Hobby Shop because the lady that backed into me recommended this place, come to find out it's because it's cheap- not because they are the best. She paid for it in advance, so clearly the body shop wasn't in any hurry because they have already been paid. Armando said that it would only take him 2 days! So I made an appointment and took it in. 4 days later I called to see if I could come pick it and it was still not done. He said that he waited too long for me and so he got another job. I find that very interesting because I showed up at exactly my scheduled appointment time and at that time he told me it would only take him 2 days.... Hmmm, when did this magical other job appear? So he said that he would start on it that day (so my car sat in his garage for 4 days without it being touched) and it would only take him 2 more days. Today is the 8th day that he has had my car. I called him to make sure I could come pick it up today because he said it was done yesterday, and he said not until 4:30 or 5 because he was going to do something else to it now. Well, I work until 6... And he told me he wasn't just going to sit around and wait for me!! Ha. Him wait for me? This place is a joke. It may be cheap but there's a reason. PS- They never called me one time, the only reason I knew that it wasn't done, or it would take 6 days longer was because I called them. They don't care about their customers and it's very clear. read more

Poor, poor, poor business practices! Think twice before deciding to take your vehicle to this establishment! My daughter had a little fender bender a couple of weeks ago and I was planning on taking the car to Dave's Auto Body, which had done a marvelous job in the past. Definitely wasn't planning to shop around. However, Insight that I was not going to go through any insurance carrier to get my car fixed a friend mentioned that they had, in the past, received an extremely competitive quote at the Hobby Shop. I was hesitant at first but a little extra cash in my pocket seemed extremely tempting and logical. I finally took the car to the shop on Monday per previous arrangements. At first there were no workers in sight but Armando, the owner, finally showed up out of nowhere. He immediately assured me that the car would be ready by Wednesday afternoon. That was music to my ears! I came 15 minutes before 12 on Wednesday to pick the car up but Armando was not in sight. I waited for about 5 to 10 minutes at the office after which I decided to look around the back to see if could stumble into an employee. To my surprise I see Armando yelling at his employee in Spanish with a really harsh and threatening tone. After seeing me standing directly in front of the garage door he stopped and asked me how I could be helped. I told him I was there to pick up my car to which he immediately said he had told me it would be ready on Thursday not Wednesday. I could have sworn he said it would be ready by Wednesday but I agreed to come back the next day. He then proposed to call me the next morning and give me a report on the progress and a specific time to pick my car up. I waited and I waited and received no call that next morning. I called and left a voice message. Friday morning I decided to go back to the shop since they had not returned my call or even bothered to give me a call on Thursday whatsoever. Again Armando was quick to layout excuses after excuses as to why the vehicle was still not ready. At no point did I get an apology from him. In fact, It seemed like he was somehow trying to blame me for the extra work he had for the week. Finally I get a call around 4 that evening and I was told I could come and pick my car up. I Imdiatley rushed to shop as I was only given limited time before they closed. At this point I was not expecting total satisfaction due to my experience thus far. Nonetheless, after inspecting the vehicle I immediately notice a dent on the car from the accident. I showed Armando the dent only to be told he believed that was not part of the accident and thus had not included the dent on the initial quote. He told me it would cost extra to get the dent fixed. I immediately told him my disappointment in their services only to get Armando to literally roll his eyes at me. I took the car to Dave's Auto Body the following Monday only to find out the degree of poor quality work done by Armando. Not only did the car still have a dent due to the accident but the color used on the body work of the car was incorrectly applied. They immediately offered to get my car fixed for a really reasonable amount. Story short, extremely satisfied with the end results acquired at Dave's and extremely regretful of ever taking my car to Armando's Hobby Shop. read more