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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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Recommendations for scratch repair in NorCal

So after a long day at work last Friday, I was walking to my car in my building garage and noticed a 2 foot key mark on the driver’s door.

Anyone recommend a good body/paint shop in Northern Cal (Bay area)? Anyone have similar work done and $$$ impact?
 
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 12:55 AM
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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Call Luis.

He is amazing and worked wonders on my 360 as well as some other members' cars.

He gets an exceptional rating from me.

The best I have ever encountered.
 
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Without seeing how bad are the scratches, it might not be a bad idea to go to a proper body shop for an inspection.

Take a visit to Mathews-Carlsen (formerly owned by Carlsen Porsche) bodyshop at Palo Alto, and ask 'Paul' to take a look of it.

http://mathewscarlsen.com/

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Thanks for the insight.....called Luis. He mentioned coming out for an estimate....seemed very nice.
 
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Thanks for the insight.....called Luis. He mentioned coming out for an estimate....seemed very nice.
He's very nice and he's a magician.

His work is incredible!

I can attest to it!
 
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Luis just finished working on my car couple hours ago. Nice guy and A+ work
 
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Costs? Labor / Materials? I know this is relative to the job.....
 
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Costs? Labor / Materials? I know this is relative to the job.....
Cost will really depends on the amount of work is needed. Luis has everything he needs in his mobile van.
 
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Luis just finished working on my car couple hours ago. Nice guy and A+ work
I told you that he's a pro and a very rare find.

My paint is very unusual and impossible to match. He did it 100%!
 
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Got a quote from both Luis and my dealer (P dealership) and the dealer was quite a bit lower???

Would of thought the opposite.......(given the p dealer overhead, paint booth, etc...).
 
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Originally Posted by jwroth93
Got a quote from both Luis and my dealer (P dealership) and the dealer was quite a bit lower???

Would of thought the opposite.......(given the p dealer overhead, paint booth, etc...).
If your concern is price have your dealer do it, beacuse your dealer is having a contractor do it!

If quality is a concern you'd be foolish not to have Luis do it.

Your choice. I know better and that's why I have Luis do my work.
 
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I need a guy like Luis in So Cal. Anyone?? If all else fails, I suppose I can make the drive up to NorCal!
 
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Yeah I agree, need someone like this in SoCal.
 
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Yeah I agree, need someone like this in SoCal.
Luis is the master and he is incredible.

If you could truck him to LA he'd do a lot of cars!
 


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