Body shop recommendations in MD area (pictures added)
11-16-2013, 03:09 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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Body shop recommendations in MD area (pictures added)
Hey guys...Bad day we'll just say that. I need some recommendations on body shops in the DC/Maryland area. I'm looking for the highest quality work, insurance will be covering this, it will not be out of pocket. I don't want anyone to be able to tell that the car had damage (for my own personal reasons, not for resale or any of that bs, obviously this will go on a carfax).
I'm hesitant to post pictures because it kind of hurts, it happened this morning...but please let me know if you have any good recommendations!
Thanks
Ethan
Edit: I decided to add pictures, as much as it sucks looking at them :-/
I'm hesitant to post pictures because it kind of hurts, it happened this morning...but please let me know if you have any good recommendations!
Thanks
Ethan
Edit: I decided to add pictures, as much as it sucks looking at them :-/
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11-17-2013, 02:10 AM
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the damage, despite how bad it looks, seems pretty minor, its the kind of thing I'd fix in my driveway. The real problem with body shops is that the cheap ones cut corners like not cleaning the surface properly before painting it, or using old filler, and you can have problems. Your insurance company may have some recommendations, and if you see where the Aston Martin and Ferrari and Bentley dealers send their cars, you will know at least one place that can do good work.
11-17-2013, 10:50 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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I know it isn't terrible...but the car was perfect so my emotional connection to it has made the damage seem worse.
Honestly, the way that it happened...well it sucks. I came home from college, just finished my bachelors degree, and parked the car in my usual spot in the driveway. Next day my dad forgot that I had parked my car there and backed his GMC 2500 HD into it, not extremely slowly either. It was a mistake and I forgave him immediately, but to give you a scale of how hard the back bumper of the truck hit my car, the rear wheels of the turbo moved about 12-14 inches to the left (toward the drivers side) from where it was previously sitting. The front wheels were aimed straight, now they are turned left by a good bit.
I doubt it will be too bad of a fix, but I do NOT want this car to have half an inch of bondo, or go to some bodyshop that does shoddy prep...I've done bodywork before, and I hate it, but I know what kind of work goes into making something look really good, and I want it to pass my *OCD Exam* hahaha
Honestly, the way that it happened...well it sucks. I came home from college, just finished my bachelors degree, and parked the car in my usual spot in the driveway. Next day my dad forgot that I had parked my car there and backed his GMC 2500 HD into it, not extremely slowly either. It was a mistake and I forgave him immediately, but to give you a scale of how hard the back bumper of the truck hit my car, the rear wheels of the turbo moved about 12-14 inches to the left (toward the drivers side) from where it was previously sitting. The front wheels were aimed straight, now they are turned left by a good bit.
I doubt it will be too bad of a fix, but I do NOT want this car to have half an inch of bondo, or go to some bodyshop that does shoddy prep...I've done bodywork before, and I hate it, but I know what kind of work goes into making something look really good, and I want it to pass my *OCD Exam* hahaha
11-17-2013, 10:56 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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Also...just to let you guys know...the pictures make it look better than it actually is. That's the first time I've ever been able to say that hahaha! But seriously....the depth of the damage does not come across in the pics, for example, below the part pushed in, the body has deformed outwards, and at the back of the wheel well the body has definitely been tweaked, as the rear stone guard actually separated from the body.
