How do you find a good body shop....

[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.

[Nuke33]

That sucks....

[Nica]

That looks bad, what's all the brown? Rust? Say it aint rust!

Good luck with the search.

[greg'sgoat]

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.

[thespeakerbox]

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.

[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??

[supercharged]

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?

[thespeakerbox]

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.

[P1et]

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!

[scottgt]

is your willing to spend the money, a dealership is gonna be the way to go