I wish I could give this place negative stars. Do NOT take your car to this shady shop!
TLDR: Terrible communication with me and my insurance, repairs dragged on with almost no explanation, the work is sloppy, and they only accept Zelle as payment.
I dropped my car off at this shop in early July and didn’t get it back until the end of August. The entire experience was a nightmare, and I honestly don’t understand how they have any 5-star reviews.
When I was first inquiring about repairs, they were extremely responsive—but that ended the moment they had my car. I didn’t hear from them for a week and a half, so I reached out. Only then did they tell me no work had started because they were “waiting for an adjuster” and supposedly didn’t have the contact information. Why they never reached out to me for that information is beyond me—and this became a recurring problem. The burden was always on me to chase them down.
From there, it was weeks of unanswered calls and texts, to the point where I had to physically show up just to get a status update. When the bodywork was finally done, it still took them nearly two more weeks just to finish painting, blaming a “backlog.”
The interaction with my insurance was also very sketchy. I was told an adjuster had a scheduled visit because my original estimate needed to be updated. I never received an updated estimate for this change, so I contacted my adjuster directly. He told me no adjuster had ever visited the shop, meaning they went ahead with repairs before insurance even signed off.
Then came the nightmare of trying to pick up my car. I was told it would be ready a week earlier than it actually was, but there was a delay because they had the wrong lightbulb. Once I finally got someone on the phone, I was told I could pick it up after the correct lightbulb was delivered and installed. I never received a call to confirm, so I had to keep reaching out myself. They sent me a tracking link for the delivery of the replacement, and when I messaged them the day it arrived, I got no response. The following day I called three times and sent multiple messages with no reply. Out of frustration, I went to the shop in person.
When I got there, the employees casually said, “Yeah, your car’s ready once we receive payment.” The only form of payment they would accept was Zelle—which already felt sketchy—but at that point I just wanted my car back. I paid, and then it took them 15 minutes to locate my keys. During that time, they repeatedly asked me to leave a 5-star review, which honestly felt like coercion while they were looking for finding my keys. To make matters worse, a sheriff showed up during that time because the shop was illegally parking cars on the street.
When I finally got my car home and looked more closely at the repairs, I was even more disappointed. The quality was really sloppy:
• The trunk nameplates were never put back.
• The rear windshield wiper cap was missing.
• There’s a crack inside the trunk body.
• The trunk isn’t fully attached at the top.
• The gasket wasn’t installed correctly.
• My backup camera is now partially blocked, likely because the trunk wasn’t installed properly.
• The paint job around the edges of the trunk is messy.
• There’s a scrape with peeling paint on the side of the car that wasn’t there before (probably from the street parking).
• My wheel has paint or debris on it.
• And the car was returned to me filthy.
Overall, I am extremely unhappy with this shop and the entire experience. It was stressful, unprofessional, and the repairs were poor quality. I will be pursuing options through insurance because I refuse to bring my car back here. I would not recommend this shop to anyone.