looking for a good body shop in DFW area?

by **mushka** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:58 am

hello all,

i couldn't decide the best location to post this, so if this is not the correct category, would the mods please move it?

i recently had a small car accident

i need to find a good body shop, close to either Arlington or the Frisco/Plano area in TX
my front bumper is scraped/bent, my left headlight has a small scratch and a crack in the plastic casing on the inside (sorry for my lack of technical knowledge), and the tip of my left fender is bent
i would appreciate any suggestions/body shop recommendations

by **DatSRBoi** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:11 pm

If you willing to hit up to Fort worth area near north east mall area down to downtown fort worth I can ask around. Pics of the damage? and how much are you wiling to spend?

by **mushka** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:28 pm

I'm not sure Ft. Worth is very likely for me as I live in Plano and it will already be a lot of trouble to get to arlington where I work while the car is in the shop

I'll get pictures later

How much I'm willing to spend is in the air for now
the accident was my fault :cry:

and we're looking into paying out of pocket to avoid our insurance tripling. the car i hit was a 2001 galant and all the damage was only to the rear bumper - they said they'd get back to us. if it's just the repair, we should be okay paying out of pocket, and i would want minimal cost in repairing my car. the 2 estimates i've gotten so far are around $1300
if they decide to claim injury (which there was probably none of), then we need to let the insurance handle it and i wouldn't care about going to the most expensive place. . .

another question: since i have to replace the bumper cover anyway, are there maybe any aftermarket ones i ougt too consider? i don't really want to go too flashy and not much more expensive than the original version.

by **DatSRBoi** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:38 pm

Hmm well the guy I know, thats about the same price he will ask for labor, paint, and metal work with all the lights and stuff. And your telling me something about your Air Bag light issue? I could get that done too. The way The guy I know would do it is just replace everyting and new paint on it. Cheapest way and fastest. But hmm get the pictures and I got some friends up in arlinton too that I can try find again and call up for you. You can get allot more help too by posting this on Dallasimports.net in the Import Performance Tech forum. Keep me updated.

by **mushka** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:50 pm

wow, thanks for all the great information
i'm working late tonight, but hopefully, i can take some pictures this evening
my guess is that the work is not that complicated. . .like you said, just replacing and painting, and probably bending the fender that's mishaped

you must have read about the airbag issues in an old message of mine
i took my car back to the dealership so many times for so long that the lemon law eventually kicked in and they ordered me a new car around november 2003 - no problems since then except the slightly lagging acceleration some people here have mentioned

the funny thing is that they finally figured out what was wrong after replacing the wiring harness, sensors, and seats: the position i moved my seat up to crimped a wire under the seat - this is why they would think they fixed it and the problem would reappear as soon as i picked the car up :lol:

by **DatSRBoi** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:20 pm

Haha so you wont need the fix the Air Bag? when the bags go off you have to replace the area sensors and reset it. If one sensor goes off, you would replace that sensor and every belt locks ETC in the car to advoid false ignition of the new bags. But yeah hehe goodluck and its cool to see another solara around this area.

by **mushka** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:36 pm

doh - i didn't realize you were asking about the airbags in reference to the accident
airbags did not go off - it was not that hard of a hit

by **happy_aggies** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 7:42 am

Go to Herbs. They have couple locations.
I did mine there and the quality is top notch.

by **mushka** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:51 am

pictures of the damage: http://gheno.info/images.php?dir=solara
please excuse the dirt :oops:

i drive through construction zones daily and have given up

i'll look for a herbs

by **DatSRBoi** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:30 am

Wow that isnt bad as I had imagine. Some small shop can do something like that for 800 to 1000 flat and its gurantee too.

by **mushka** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:28 am

went to herb's on saturday morning
they gave by far the highest estimate so far and were very unfriendly

at the first place i went to, the guy explained all the possible damage he thought was there and even took me to a computer and showed pictures of internal items that may or may not be broken as a warning
i tried to ask the same from other places
is that asking too much?

by **DatSRBoi** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:59 pm

Hey I can give you my friends number from dallas..First Class Pro Paint place. They do cars. Ill give it to you when I find the Number.

by **mushka** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:26 pm

after talking with several insurance companies, we decided to settle out of pocket
it's sad to pay so much for insurance and then be afraid to use it :roll:

i'm meeting the woman i rear-ended this evening to write her a check

still have not decided where to take my car - don davis body shop in arlington has given me the best "vibe" so far though

by **DatSRBoi** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:16 pm

Here call this guy from first class paint & body...214-330-5806... Tell them your friend mention you to him, Dat, that guy always with danny.

by **mushka** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:26 pm

where is the place located?
do i ask for danny? or tell them Dat is always with danny?

thanks!

looking for a good body shop in DFW area?

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