I was pretty disappointed overall in my experience here. I will start with the good, and the reason I gave this place even two stars. First of all, even though I felt like I was getting the run around quite a bit, Sergio and his team are all very friendly and at the very least seem to try to put the customer first. Also, the actual paint work done on my car was *mostly* pretty good. You can certainly do much worse in that regard.
Now for the not-so-good. So I brought my car in for three reasons: 1. door dent repair from when I got hit in a parking lot (insurance covered), 2. getting the front bumper repainted after 6+ years of bug etching and rock chips accumulated (paid out of pocket), 3. getting some curb rash on my wheels repaired. The bumper repair was mostly fine, except that I had asked Sergio if they could try to re-align the bumper when they removed and repainted it, since there were a couple larger than normal panel gaps. They did not. I am mostly willing to look past that since I think that may be the result of chassis damage and bumper damage. So now for the real problems (most of which .
1. The paint color was not matched properly. They blended it fairly well with most of the car, but they did not repaint the A-pillar or the side-view mirror above my dented door, and it certainly shows in certain lighting (especially fluorescent light). I asked them to fix it, and they said they didn't think it was a big deal, but they would try to get in contact with the insurance adjuster to get him to approve more repairs... This was where they really gave me the run around. I called them several times over the course of several weeks, and was just repeatedly told that they never heard back from their insurance contact. Eventually I decided it wasn't worth anymore effort and let it go.
2. The window molding above the dented door was loose and kept coming off/sticking out. I took it back to be fixed twice, and each time they claimed to fix it with make-shift fixes, and each time it came off again until finally they bought a new trim piece. It's now better, but still does not look as good as from the factory (sticks up a bit), plus they scratched my paint and another part of my window trim when installing it.
3. Their buffing skills leave something to be desired. They left holograms and swirls all over my car (or at least the parts of the car that they repainted), but thankfully my detailer (Scott Wax) is a pro and was able to fix that all up without too much extra cost.
4. The repaired door no longer closes as well as it did before the body work. On Lexuses, the doors all fit so amazingly perfectly from the factory that they literally can fall securely shut after being cracked open just a few inches. This no longer happens on my driver's door... It's possible that this would have been a problem with any shop, however, and they could not prevent it very easily.
5. I mentioned getting some wheels repaired. Firstly, their price for this was slightly higher than most, but I was willing to deal since I wanted to get everything done in one place. My main complaint here (relatively minor, but worth noting) is that they lost the valve stem covers for ALL three wheels that I got repaired. That's about ~$10 for the Lexus covers. And they damaged the valve stem in some way on one of the wheels which was causing a leak (that Discount Tire was able to repair easily, but still an annoyance).
That is a long-winded explanation of a lot of minor[ish] problems, but they all added up to a lot of annoyance for me. For the price I paid, I expect a little more. read more