List Of SoCal Shops!!!!
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From: Reseda, ca
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We have a sister site in Inglewood "Anthony's Auto Body and Paint" it's one of the best shops around. Official shop for all the insurance companies, and the city of Inglewood... Let me know if you want to go there and I'll have someone waiting to hook you up with some quotes
Last edited by asyrianz33; Jun 18, 2011 at 08:07 AM.
Performance Plus on Cherry in Long Beach. Came close enough to matching TireRack.Com pricing to make it worth while, excellent customer service and easily the cleanest, nicest bathroom I've ever seen in a shop.
Since I keep seeing threads asking where to get things done I will update this one with who I have dealt with in the past:
**Regular Maintenance**
Corner 3 Garage
http://www.corner3garage.com/
20602 Pascal Way, Unit B
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Phone: 949-380-0801
**Alignment**
Precision Z Service
http://www.precisionz.com/
21417 INGOMAR STREET
UNIT 3
CANOGA PARK, CA 91304
1-818-716-6744
**Audio**
New Wave Sound
15800 Hawthorne Blvd
Ste B
Lawndale, CA 90260
(310) 542-4741
**Tint**
Window Tint's Etc
5800 Hawthorne Blvd
Lawndale, CA 90260
(310) 371-8998
Hours: Mon-Sat 9 am - 5:30 pm
**Paint**
Mardikian Automotive Center
http://www.mardikianautomotive.com/
4925 Marine Ave
Lawndale, CA 90260
(310) 978-1444
**Wheel Painting/Repair**
FAST FORWARD WHEELS
Phone: (323) 262-7365 M-F 8:30-6PM
Phone: (626) 289-1462 check the status of your wheels
SHOP HOURS M-F 9 AM - 6PM
E-Mail: eli@fastforwardwheels.com
**Tires**
Allen Tires - Torrance
20345 Hawthorne Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90503
(310) 371-1288
**Regular Maintenance**
Corner 3 Garage
http://www.corner3garage.com/
20602 Pascal Way, Unit B
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Phone: 949-380-0801
**Alignment**
Precision Z Service
http://www.precisionz.com/
21417 INGOMAR STREET
UNIT 3
CANOGA PARK, CA 91304
1-818-716-6744
**Audio**
New Wave Sound
15800 Hawthorne Blvd
Ste B
Lawndale, CA 90260
(310) 542-4741
**Tint**
Window Tint's Etc
5800 Hawthorne Blvd
Lawndale, CA 90260
(310) 371-8998
Hours: Mon-Sat 9 am - 5:30 pm
**Paint**
Mardikian Automotive Center
http://www.mardikianautomotive.com/
4925 Marine Ave
Lawndale, CA 90260
(310) 978-1444
**Wheel Painting/Repair**
FAST FORWARD WHEELS
Phone: (323) 262-7365 M-F 8:30-6PM
Phone: (626) 289-1462 check the status of your wheels
SHOP HOURS M-F 9 AM - 6PM
E-Mail: eli@fastforwardwheels.com
**Tires**
Allen Tires - Torrance
20345 Hawthorne Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90503
(310) 371-1288
I want to start out by saying that I have seen other cars that have been worked on by dtm, and they are perfect, but I was one of the less fortunate ones.
These people are dishonest and will do what it takes to empty your pockets for an average job you can get anywhere. I took my car here to get my fender and bumper and fender repaired after being clipped while I was parked. The paint and work on the fender is decent, but not under par, and the front bumper had some low quality work with low quality materials. I found out they let my car be a practice project for some new guy, and let me tell you, it shows, the paint is starting to get stress cracks like they forgot to add the stuff that makes the paint flexible, the fill is wrong becasue they were supposed to use a poly fill not fiberglass (on oem bumper), and they painted my grill black without my ok so not it looks like a hot wheels car.
Then when I arrived I only expected the only wrong thing was going to be the painted grill, wrong. But I took it because of my work schedule, and was promised that they will re do it on a later date when the car was available. The guy I spoke to there said that the problem of not having my car can be avoided by buying an aftermarket front bumper, and that they would paint any aftermarket front bumper I wanted, free of charge instead, and was clearly stated that my only cost would be the purchase of a bumper. After going through all of the trouble of getting the bumper, paying for it and bringing it to them for the fitting, the guy I spoke to wasn't there. Instead I got the pleasure to speak to a the general manager. He started telling me all of this bs about fee this and fee that. He starts telling me the costs for fitting, primer, paint, clear, and detailing it after, so I assumed had not heard or read the agreement that the first guy and I made. I told him about the conversation the first guy and I had, and he decided that my situation is invalid and he will not stand by the deal I was given. After I heard this I tried to calmly reason with him and explain the situation in case he just didn't understand the circumstances, but I never got to do that because every time I started to speak he would interrupt me and start telling me "You don't understand, the primer, paint, clear, fitting, ect. blah blah blah". He was extremely rude and clearly saw me as an idiot.
Now, they will not return my call, have not tried to fix their mistake, and have left me out $350 for the bumper.
Long story short, I'm stuck with a bumper and fender that I'm not satisfied with, and am out money due to their shady business tactics and dishonesty. I never have particularly wanted an aftermarket front bumper, the only reason I bought it was because I would be able to keep my car and have a well painted front bumper. Since they will not return my call or fix their mistake, I wanted to let everybody know how they have conducted business with me.
They are dishonest, they let guys that are just learning how to do bodywork practice on your car without somebody that knows what they're doing standing by to supervise the job, prevent stupid mistakes from happening, or fix it if something were to go wrong. This business will ignore you the second you ask them to right their wrongs. This place did business in a very immature way with me, and how does the manager of this place not know what his employees promise, or not know to interrupt a customer.
Today I went and picked up my bumper from dtm to take it home and First they said it wasn't there, then when I told them that they better hope it's there one of the guys looked again. I walked into the back to see where it was and it was in the pile of crashed body parts with stuff all around and on top of it. At least I got it, it was undamaged, and still in the plastic wrapping.
Just needed to vent and wanted my fellow z lovers to know my story about DTM in El Monte. They might do great work, but only when it's massive projects or they get to put their decal on it, it's a bummer this last experience with them showed me that they couldn't care less about the rest of us.
These people are dishonest and will do what it takes to empty your pockets for an average job you can get anywhere. I took my car here to get my fender and bumper and fender repaired after being clipped while I was parked. The paint and work on the fender is decent, but not under par, and the front bumper had some low quality work with low quality materials. I found out they let my car be a practice project for some new guy, and let me tell you, it shows, the paint is starting to get stress cracks like they forgot to add the stuff that makes the paint flexible, the fill is wrong becasue they were supposed to use a poly fill not fiberglass (on oem bumper), and they painted my grill black without my ok so not it looks like a hot wheels car.
Then when I arrived I only expected the only wrong thing was going to be the painted grill, wrong. But I took it because of my work schedule, and was promised that they will re do it on a later date when the car was available. The guy I spoke to there said that the problem of not having my car can be avoided by buying an aftermarket front bumper, and that they would paint any aftermarket front bumper I wanted, free of charge instead, and was clearly stated that my only cost would be the purchase of a bumper. After going through all of the trouble of getting the bumper, paying for it and bringing it to them for the fitting, the guy I spoke to wasn't there. Instead I got the pleasure to speak to a the general manager. He started telling me all of this bs about fee this and fee that. He starts telling me the costs for fitting, primer, paint, clear, and detailing it after, so I assumed had not heard or read the agreement that the first guy and I made. I told him about the conversation the first guy and I had, and he decided that my situation is invalid and he will not stand by the deal I was given. After I heard this I tried to calmly reason with him and explain the situation in case he just didn't understand the circumstances, but I never got to do that because every time I started to speak he would interrupt me and start telling me "You don't understand, the primer, paint, clear, fitting, ect. blah blah blah". He was extremely rude and clearly saw me as an idiot.
Now, they will not return my call, have not tried to fix their mistake, and have left me out $350 for the bumper.
Long story short, I'm stuck with a bumper and fender that I'm not satisfied with, and am out money due to their shady business tactics and dishonesty. I never have particularly wanted an aftermarket front bumper, the only reason I bought it was because I would be able to keep my car and have a well painted front bumper. Since they will not return my call or fix their mistake, I wanted to let everybody know how they have conducted business with me.
They are dishonest, they let guys that are just learning how to do bodywork practice on your car without somebody that knows what they're doing standing by to supervise the job, prevent stupid mistakes from happening, or fix it if something were to go wrong. This business will ignore you the second you ask them to right their wrongs. This place did business in a very immature way with me, and how does the manager of this place not know what his employees promise, or not know to interrupt a customer.
Today I went and picked up my bumper from dtm to take it home and First they said it wasn't there, then when I told them that they better hope it's there one of the guys looked again. I walked into the back to see where it was and it was in the pile of crashed body parts with stuff all around and on top of it. At least I got it, it was undamaged, and still in the plastic wrapping.
Just needed to vent and wanted my fellow z lovers to know my story about DTM in El Monte. They might do great work, but only when it's massive projects or they get to put their decal on it, it's a bummer this last experience with them showed me that they couldn't care less about the rest of us.
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From: Irvine
getting wheels and tires mounted this week. but after i'm gonna have my coils, upper a arms, rear camber kit and spacers installed at the same time. where do you guys recommend i get all this installed ? i live in irvine !!!!!!
San Diego & Stoptech rotor swap?
Looking for a San Diego place to get my front 13.1" Stoptech rotors replaced (350z). Either if they stock the parts or not as I can order the parts.
Thanks,
Ed
Thanks,
Ed