Please recommend auto body in south bay near Campbell

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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 03:37 PM
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Please recommend auto body in south bay near Campbell

Got frontal damage from 20mph hit, airbags, some frame damage.

Please recommend an autobody who is trustworthy, will do good work, fair priced, can deal with frame and airbags, willing to work with a case that's possibly not covered by insurance.

Prefer Campbell/west san jose area if possible. But definitely south bay.
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 03:59 PM
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I have had good experiences with Prestige Auto on Winchester in Campbell, but I did not have frame damage. They have painted my entire driver's side and replaced my front bumper and windshield from two separate incidents.
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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just dropped off my wrx at apex autobody in sj today. they are downtown off of 280.
very good pricing and great work.
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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2nd for Apex Autobody. I'm sure Ave would recommend them, too. They work on both our cars all the time.
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 04:45 PM
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2nd for Apex Autobody. I'm sure Ave would recommend them, too. They work on both our cars all the time.
Is this the one?

http://www.apex-autobody.com/
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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Yeah that's it. I've never gotten work done their before but I have taken my car looked at after being backed into by a honda odyssey. There were only a couple scratches I decided not to fix since it was my girlfriends family friend but Apex gave me the lowest quote by far. Very easy to deal with and I know alot of I-club members have gotten body work done at Apex.
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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Yes that's the place. The owner, Paul, is a really chill guy and has a bunch of older GC/bugeye posters hanging in his office. He's worked on 2 of my cars and has done nothing but flawless work. A month ago my suby was sideswiped pretty bad all the way up the passenger side and it looks amazing now after Paul worked on it. Pics per request if you'd like, but you get the idea.
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 07:17 PM
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Just a heads up -
In a lot of cases if the airbags deploy, the car is an automatic total for insurance
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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my car is actually there right now. if you drop by you will see them installing a wide body onto my car.
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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Yes that's the place. The owner, Paul, is a really chill guy and has a bunch of older GC/bugeye posters hanging in his office. He's worked on 2 of my cars and has done nothing but flawless work. A month ago my suby was sideswiped pretty bad all the way up the passenger side and it looks amazing now after Paul worked on it. Pics per request if you'd like, but you get the idea.
Ah... so he's a subaru guy?

How about his experience with frame damage and airbag stuff?
Old Sep 21, 2010 | 07:42 AM
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Heard good things about these guys...
http://www.yelp.com/biz/michael-js-body-shop-san-jose
Old Sep 21, 2010 | 08:24 AM
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DO not go to Arseen.

Heard good things about these guys...
http://www.yelp.com/biz/michael-js-body-shop-san-jose
I've had an okay experience with these guys too. Pretty friendly, so-so prices.
Old Sep 21, 2010 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by chimchimm5
Ah... so he's a subaru guy?

How about his experience with frame damage and airbag stuff?
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Not sure how he Is with frame damage. It wasnt totaled?
Old Sep 21, 2010 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by ipozestu
DO not go to Arseen.

Heard good things about these guys...
http://www.yelp.com/biz/michael-js-body-shop-san-jose
my window doesn't roll up properly after taking my car to these guys.
Old Sep 21, 2010 | 09:43 AM
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car care auto in campbell, not sure what their rates are though cuz both cases were through insurance(frame damage both times :-( ), but amazing job nonetheless. It's off of dell basically between winchester and 17

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