Hey guys just wondering if anyone knows any (actual) good bodyshops in the South Florida
area???

Me and my Monte had a pretty bad run in with a Toyota Tundra and my hood and driverside fender is all messed up. No hard feelings, no insurance was involved...

Im purchasing a hood and a fender, and now that i have my parts, I need a GOOD bodyshop to take to, considering the horrible body work on other peoples cars ive seen down here... I really dont trust many of the bodyshops down here, so maybe somebody knows a reputable bodyshop that wont charge an arm and a leg???

....thank you and i will be posting pics of the crash this week....

 

We have a member in Myrtle Beach if you wanna take a drive :P

 

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So yesterday im leaving my house, when a car pulls up and it has a advertisement for a bodyshop magnet on the door. A man steps out and asks me if I need my car fixed. Obviously i said yes, and asked him where his shop was, when he responded that I was looking at it. Apparently the man drives around in his little toyota with all the tools in his car to do bodywork.

He offered to fix my car right then and there in my drive way for only $450 (and thats including the price of an aftermarket fender he can locate for me) !!!

I had already bought a new hood for the car, (original, black, off a 2001 monte for only $200).

He said all he needed to do was pull the frame, put the parts on and that he could paint whats needed using paint in his trunk (and he would match my paint using the codes on my door).

So, my father thinks its a great idea, considering the ridiculous prices that bodyshops charge for jobs.... he says the man can AFFORD to charge that little because he doesnt have all the expenses of a body shop, or maybe hes desperate for work who knows...

I argue that its too good a deal, and that the job wont probably come out as well as if i would take my parts to a bodyshop and have them handle it....

So, what do you guys think? anyone ever dealt with a situation like this?

I have also uploaded pics of the damage:

 

I wouldn't do it. I hear so many stories from customers coming in here to see if there is a reputable shop that we can recommend. They say that a guys showed up and offered to do the work really cheep and then left with thier money. I would go to a shop that has been established and has insurance. Many times things get broken or lost and the shop would have to pay for them. Otherwise, you will end up paying for it later.

Something he said kinda stuck right now. He said that he will pull the frame.With what? His teeth? If he plans on using a tree or something,then there is no garantee that its goig to be straight. I know a few bodymen like that and all they do it elongate the holes just so they can SORTA line up.

But its your cash and i know that its expansive to get something fixed.

 

Well.... i forgot to add... the bodyman showed me this (i believe pneumatic) tool/ machine in his trunk that he uses to pull the frames of cars to make them straight again... He also said i dont pay him until the work is done...

one thing that i found ify was that he was willing to paint outside in my driveway...shouldnt any painting be done in a secure room without any debris???

 

unless you want dirt and fisheyes in it.

 

You get what you pay for.

 

sounds like a gypsy scam to me. my friend had someone do something like this on her car and it looked like total crap. your def better off going somewhere and having it done right. if there painting the hood and the fender your going to want the panels all blended to match so it doesnt look like its two different colors.

 

Im not calling those guys back it was just WAY too good to be true

Im gunna go exploring and see what some bodyshops are goin to charge...

and after i get a fender and those darn blacked out headlights my Monte can look good again !