Body shop in San Jose area? Any one know a good 1?
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Yup, I also had great experiences at Kreative Kustoms (bah I dunno where the Cs and Ks are at)
Family owned, nice people
But I do second the "body shops great at custom work don't always do good OEM work"
One thing to consider when complaints are filed against aftermarket shops is: unlike OEMs they have to juggle so much much in terms of variety of work. You need to throw them a bone. Sometimes guys show up at shops and say "Yeah I want you to install this random part that has fitment issues but you're a pro so you deal with it even though I did not do proper research and/or went the cheap route cause I'm poor" without giving the shop the proper resources or information.
Family owned, nice people
But I do second the "body shops great at custom work don't always do good OEM work"
One thing to consider when complaints are filed against aftermarket shops is: unlike OEMs they have to juggle so much much in terms of variety of work. You need to throw them a bone. Sometimes guys show up at shops and say "Yeah I want you to install this random part that has fitment issues but you're a pro so you deal with it even though I did not do proper research and/or went the cheap route cause I'm poor" without giving the shop the proper resources or information.
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I know they redid some of your stuff becaues of cracks...fiberglass if I remember correctly.
Write ups should be required for negative reviews. Helps everyone that's looking for places and stops bull****ting......not saying you are huck...just saying.
I'll keep my eyes out for the review.
As for me....I have a BUNCH of paint work still to do and I plan on doing much of it with george. My goals for my caddy are high.
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One thing to consider when complaints are filed against aftermarket shops is: unlike OEMs they have to juggle so much much in terms of variety of work. You need to throw them a bone. Sometimes guys show up at shops and say "Yeah I want you to install this random part that has fitment issues but you're a pro so you deal with it even though I did not do proper research and/or went the cheap route cause I'm poor" without giving the shop the proper resources or information.
So you are saying....
1) Don't be upset when your paint job comes out looking like crap because other people have asked them to do non-OEM or custom jobs
or...
2) Don't be upset when your non-OEM or custom job comes out bad because it's not OEM?
Maybe I am confused. It seems to me that if you go to a professional and ask them about having some work done that if they can do it, they should do it well and it shouldn't have anything to do with whatever anyone else asked them to do. Painting a part is painting a part whether it's an OEM piece or not, and the professional should be able to handle variances or should not be in the business...
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