All,

I have a several dents from no paint damage to deep scratches and chipped paint. I need to get an assessment if repair requires a respray. Any recommendations for body shop here in the Bay Area to do the work?

TIA
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I've used Cecil Beach at Body Styles in San Jose a number of times and have been very happy.

I have heard good things about Michael Carlsson (sp?) as well

 

Thanks for the reply... that was fast!!!!

 

Bay Area is a big place. Where you looking? If in San Francisco, International Sport Motors. I've heard good things about BeeLine in San Jose, but that was a decade ago....

 

"The Works" Auto Body in Santa Clara. They do Ferrari dealer work. Top notch.

 

I had work done by Cecil Beach recently and would not recommend them, but I'm very picky.

 

JPP

Would you PM me regarding your recent experience. I was thinking of having my stone guards replaced by Cecil so if his work/service has degraded, I would look elsewhere

Thanks

 

Call S-car-go and ask them. They might do it, or there is also a place near the Home Depot in San Rafael I think. Can't remember the name but tons of Porsches in there. They fixed the boneheadedness of a non-Pcar place I took my first one to (before I knew about Rennlist).

 

I can recommend Anthony's in San Rafael if you are looking for a good shop in the north bay. I've not had any P-car work done, but they've done very nice work on a Mercedes and BMW for me in the past. They always have lots of Ferraris/Maseratis, Porsches and other very high end cars there...so they are used to picky clientelle.
As always, no affilliation, etc... ymmv.

 

Small Novella sent.

 

Whatever you do, don't go to their recommended shop Craig Whitman's Autobody .. unless you like people who don't do what they say they're going to do, try and charge you anyway and make you wait for it .... just sayin'.

 

German Auto Body in Santa Clara near SJ airport. been going there for years. contact John.

 

I've been looking myself. S-Car-Go will likely send you to Whitman's. I've been told to check out DJ Healey in Sausalito. No experience with either.

I have had the bumpers on my DD sprayed twice at Brooks Motorcars (they closed the SF location, only Oakland left). They've done good paint work and are certified to work on most aluminum cars (a good sign in my book).

A Porsche mechanic told me that Matthews-Carlsen does good work and uses Glasurit (which is nice on our cars). Any dealer affiliation is usually a negative with me but good reviews are good.

As for the high end, I've been told (and will be able to tell you in a few weeks) that Perfect Reflections in Hayward is great. They do a ton of Ferrari work and couldn't get one of my cars in the shop yet because there was too much work to be done before Pebble (another good sign).

You could also go down the dent removal and airbrush route depending on the damage. I had the sections behind the wheels (trailing edge on front fender, ahead of door, and leading edge of the rear bumper) airbrushed on my car and you would never be able to tell. The other great thing is that a talented airbrush/ touch-up guy will typically apply a lot less paint and use a lot less surface to blend than a regular body-shop. Happy to pass along the info over PM.

 

Guys: If you like Atan888's Turbos (the last of which is Big Bird) then go to http://www.unitedautocollision.com/. Beautiful car and beautiful workmanship. Modestly, IMHO they did an absolutely great job on my rerspray.

BTW, Atan888 is an owner and his cars are awesome!

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I've had work done at Matthews-Carlsen - paint was good but they didn't do a good enough job at anchoring my aerokit sideskirts. I've also had work done at United Auto Collision and was pretty happy with the results there as well.