got into an accident reccomend a body shop?
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Bryan, you need to get us a stack of business cards or something. My school has a car club and they are always asking for people to do paint and stuff. Makes it easier to just hand them a card. Haha.
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well, talk to ur insurance. Usually you can recommend your own place and have insurance see if it's under their wing. I have AAA so they have a lot of shops, but if you don't have one of the major companies, Ballz might be the way to go.
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^That place sucks.
If you are looking for a shop in the San Jose area I'd go with
http://creativekustoms.com/
If you are looking for a shop in the San Jose area I'd go with
http://creativekustoms.com/
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Dude, First thing to do is check with your insurance company and have them recommend a shop (assuming you are not going to cash out and have get the repairs done yourself). They will recommend a location to have the car taken to.
Trust me, I had an accident back when I had my '95 240sx. I took it to my own place instead of going where insurance wanted me to take it to. It took the place 3 weeks to get my car back and it was still not completely fixed right. They managed to replace $3K worth of suspension without ever replacing the Struts/Shocks/Springs on my 240sx so it still didn't even drive right until after I replaced all that stuff on my own. So, definitely have your insurance recommend where to take it to. You will most likely get your car back sooner and done correctly (if it is not right insurance will keep paying for it until it is done right).
Trust me, I had an accident back when I had my '95 240sx. I took it to my own place instead of going where insurance wanted me to take it to. It took the place 3 weeks to get my car back and it was still not completely fixed right. They managed to replace $3K worth of suspension without ever replacing the Struts/Shocks/Springs on my 240sx so it still didn't even drive right until after I replaced all that stuff on my own. So, definitely have your insurance recommend where to take it to. You will most likely get your car back sooner and done correctly (if it is not right insurance will keep paying for it until it is done right).
So in short do not trust insurance shops. You may have 7 weeks of wasted time like me.
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^That place sucks.
If you are looking for a shop in the San Jose area I'd go with
http://creativekustoms.com/
If you are looking for a shop in the San Jose area I'd go with
http://creativekustoms.com/
+1
Hands down, Creative Kustoms is the best paint/body shop in the bay area from my experience. And he's very close to Campbell/Willow Glen.
Ask for George.