Venting...bodyshops
Originally Posted by nashjam
I usually haven't said anything about a great body shop in Springfield since it seems to be farther away for you guys out in the dulles/ chantilly area, but Precision Collision is awesome. They usually only work on high end cars and they also do repair/ restoration work on older cars. Their work is extremely high quality and their customer service is subperb. If anyone is interested check them out www.pcirepair.com
A good shop is hard to find... D&V does quaility work but you will wait forever and you will pay out of your ***!!!!! I have recently been dealing with the guys ar fredrick Nissan and they seem to do great work, I know they have the body shop there. The Owners name is Gene Hickman, seems like a good guy. Another shop that I have herd good things about is Mr. Spoiler in Manassas. Try to give them a call.
Originally Posted by D@ActiveTuning
That's not TOO bad, it's about 20 miles away from me. Have you had personal experience with them?
The only complaint I would have is that since they are so thorough and detail oriented they are, I guess you could say a little slow, which isn't much of a complaint. To them time is not money, which I guess you can't complain about either when you're looking for quality work.
If you call them ask for Shawn, and tell him Jim with the red 350z sent you.
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Originally Posted by J-Dawg
A good shop is hard to find... D&V does quaility work but you will wait forever and you will pay out of your ***!!!!! I have recently been dealing with the guys ar fredrick Nissan and they seem to do great work, I know they have the body shop there. The Owners name is Gene Hickman, seems like a good guy. Another shop that I have herd good things about is Mr. Spoiler in Manassas. Try to give them a call.
--Brent
Originally Posted by BamBam
J-Dawg, how is their pricing..? I was initially going to use them for my mods but one of their customers sort of scared me off with his estimate on pricing for bodywork/painting.. I have seen their work at HIN and have to say it was very impressive. If the pricing is reasonable I would definitely consider them for the bodywork and painting for my ZR.
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Originally Posted by D@ActiveTuning
I wouldn't call it reasonable by any means, but their work is good from what I've seen. They quoted me around $2,000 for my Do-Luck, and they said the Veilside V3 (non-widebody, just bumpers and sideskirts) in white for another customer was around $2,600.
2K is exactly what I paid for the paint/install of my Vizage kit. If you figure the labor rate at between 80 and 90 / hour, and it takes one guy at least two days to do this, you're looking at around $1500 just in labor. Add primer/paint, etc. to that, and it adds up fast. I would imagine that Urethane should be a little quicker to prep and paint than fiberglass, but not 100% certain.
Man guys I had a buddy that did my vizage kit he worked at the hummer dealer in richmond, His boss busted his A$$ for painting after market stuff but we are just waiting on things to kool down some.
I payed him $500 to paint my vizage kit and also re paint my G35 wing
I payed him $500 to paint my vizage kit and also re paint my G35 wing
Originally Posted by D@ActiveTuning
Ughh more venting.
Got off the phone with D&V FINALLY got a hold of them. Glad I am not going with them...guy was being a dick on the phone. I have my reasons for thinking so that I don't want to get into. Owning a business myself, I can't believe how people run theirs sometimes. Side story, they said they were doing a VS Version 3 for $2,600 and that it would cost $2,000 for my kit. I stated that a widebody veilside is a shitload more work, and could not understand why mine would only be $600 less. He snapped back at me saying it's not a widebody. I said ok, well the VS Version 3 is a widebody kit. He said its the same one as blah blah (that guy with the flowers on his car) which is a widebody...so I said, yup, that's a widebody. Anyways, some smart *** comment later, and the convo was over with.
Called Century one more time and got the wife again. I think the husbands name is Hameed or something. Anyways I was asking to speak to him and got the vibe that she didn't want me to for some odd reason. In the end she said all he's gonna do is ask the body guy...so umm...yeah. Maybe I should just forget about the kit and do the big brake kit instead of dealing with all this stuff.
Got off the phone with D&V FINALLY got a hold of them. Glad I am not going with them...guy was being a dick on the phone. I have my reasons for thinking so that I don't want to get into. Owning a business myself, I can't believe how people run theirs sometimes. Side story, they said they were doing a VS Version 3 for $2,600 and that it would cost $2,000 for my kit. I stated that a widebody veilside is a shitload more work, and could not understand why mine would only be $600 less. He snapped back at me saying it's not a widebody. I said ok, well the VS Version 3 is a widebody kit. He said its the same one as blah blah (that guy with the flowers on his car) which is a widebody...so I said, yup, that's a widebody. Anyways, some smart *** comment later, and the convo was over with.
Called Century one more time and got the wife again. I think the husbands name is Hameed or something. Anyways I was asking to speak to him and got the vibe that she didn't want me to for some odd reason. In the end she said all he's gonna do is ask the body guy...so umm...yeah. Maybe I should just forget about the kit and do the big brake kit instead of dealing with all this stuff.
Man if somebody would just start dealing with after market work they would make a killing.
Originally Posted by PumpedVA
Man guys I had a buddy that did my vizage kit he worked at the hummer dealer in richmond, His boss busted his A$$ for painting after market stuff but we are just waiting on things to kool down some.
I payed him $500 to paint my vizage kit and also re paint my G35 wing
I payed him $500 to paint my vizage kit and also re paint my G35 wing
I know some people in woodbridge who do body work. But's its like at a house.... He did a full kit for my friends bimmer and it looked great.
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Originally Posted by D@ActiveTuning
Ok did some more research online. A lot of the BMW guys recommended Wagonwork Collission http://www.wagonworkcollision.com/pu..._us/index.html
I spoke with them, and so far they sound the most professional....so I'm leaning towards them now. They are selective with the parts they will work on though...so just a warning on that.
I spoke with them, and so far they sound the most professional....so I'm leaning towards them now. They are selective with the parts they will work on though...so just a warning on that.
But for aftermarket stuff, I don't know how much experience they have.
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Wow - guess I'm lucky my fiance's uncle has a body shop - I can just pull in there on the weekends and do whatever work I see fit. All i have to do is reimburse him for materials I use, so I think I've installed the front lip, side skirts, rear skirt and hood for about $120.00. 
Hey KCO...industry standard for automotive work might be 80-90, but for body work all the shops I know around this area charge 36-40 for autobody work.
Laww
Hey KCO...industry standard for automotive work might be 80-90, but for body work all the shops I know around this area charge 36-40 for autobody work.
Laww
Originally Posted by Laww
Wow - guess I'm lucky my fiance's uncle has a body shop - I can just pull in there on the weekends and do whatever work I see fit. All i have to do is reimburse him for materials I use, so I think I've installed the front lip, side skirts, rear skirt and hood for about $120.00.
Hey KCO...industry standard for automotive work might be 80-90, but for body work all the shops I know around this area charge 36-40 for autobody work.
Laww
Hey KCO...industry standard for automotive work might be 80-90, but for body work all the shops I know around this area charge 36-40 for autobody work.
Laww
Originally Posted by Laww
Hey KCO...industry standard for automotive work might be 80-90, but for body work all the shops I know around this area charge 36-40 for autobody work.
Laww
BTW, how are you liking the Turbonetics kit? I'm interested to hear from other drivers that have it.
THere is a shop right on rte one that has alot of high end euros there. It seems like a high Qty shop. I did see some aftermarket stuff coming out of there ... couldnt tell ya the name though
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Originally Posted by D@ActiveTuning
Where in MD? Wanna hook a fellow Z'er up
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Originally Posted by kcobean
Wow, I was not aware of that difference in pricing. That's interesting.
BTW, how are you liking the Turbonetics kit? I'm interested to hear from other drivers that have it.
BTW, how are you liking the Turbonetics kit? I'm interested to hear from other drivers that have it.
Seems to pull strong and steady all the way through the rpm range. Did you get all the issues with yours ironed out yet?
Laww
