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04-02-2007, 06:05 PM
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| | | How do you find a good body shop....
A couple of months ago, someone smashed in the side of my Xterra with a hammer or something......(It happened to a couple of cars no my block) I made the mistake of ignoring it, and now its full of rust. I'd like to take it to a body shop, but have had no luck here in Brooklyn. There is a body shop on every corner and 2/3rd of them dont speak english. How can I find a good body shop.....
Here's a pic of the damage.  |
04-02-2007, 06:13 PM
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04-02-2007, 07:09 PM
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| | | That looks bad, what's all the brown? Rust? Say it aint rust!
Good luck with the search. |
04-02-2007, 07:44 PM
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| | | The way I found the best body shop in my area (ok, it is an hour and a half away, but it is worth the drive) is on my GTO forum. Join a New York specific car forum, or a big Nissan forum and look in the regional sections, they will know. Or if there are car shows in the area, or you see a good looking car you can tell has had work done and ask them is another good way to find out.
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04-02-2007, 07:44 PM
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| | | Yep, it's rust. I know. It pains me to look at it everyday. I've been to about 20 body shops. 15 didnt speak english. I looked at the remaining 5's work in progress, and it all looked terrible. They were eyeballing paint colors. |
04-02-2007, 09:20 PM
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| | | Just because they don't speak English it doesn't follow that they don't do good work. Did you get a look at the cars they were working on? If you have a friend that speaks the language that can translate for you and they do good work, then why not??
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04-02-2007, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by thespeakerbox A couple of months ago, someone smashed in the side of my Xterra with a hammer or something......(It happened to a couple of cars no my block) I made the mistake of ignoring it, and now its full of rust. I'd like to take it to a body shop, but have had no luck here in Brooklyn. There is a body shop on every corner and 2/3rd of them dont speak english. How can I find a good body shop.....
Here's a pic of the damage. | Maybe local yellow pages?
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04-02-2007, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by FloridaNative Just because they don't speak English it doesn't follow that they don't do good work. Did you get a look at the cars they were working on? If you have a friend that speaks the language that can translate for you and they do good work, then why not?? | I tried to understand them as best as i could, but no luck. They werent understanding me. I asked many times to see what they are working on, but none would let me in their shop. I'm gonna try again this weekend. |
04-03-2007, 12:15 AM
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| | | I have had good luck in joining forums where people have had work done on high end vehicles.
I was looking for a place to take my wife's SUV to and read up on some M3 forums and found some great places.
Good luck! |
04-03-2007, 12:47 AM
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| | | is your willing to spend the money, a dealership is gonna be the way to go | | |
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