Vehicles & Servicing Best Posts in Thread: Vehicle Body Repair Shop

Hyundai was kind enough to send me a picture of there service fees posted on their wall. I've also included a receipt to show the additional charges not listed on the poster.

 

Not if you have a warrant with Hyundai. They have a chart in their service center they say must be followed or they will void your warranty.

 

If Hyundai (new dealership) is charging me 3k for an oil change I can't imagine what they would charge for body work if they had the ability to do so. I'd guess upwards of 30k. That would be a great deal in the West, but I'm in the Philippines.

 

My concern with many of the shops/businesses (not just paint shops) here is if I see weeds growing, old broken down rusted junk cars/parts sitting around, rusty buildings, flimsy plywood doors/bedsheets for main entrances, a business sign provided by Tanduay, or other such nonsense I'm going to assume that they are quite experienced and cutting corners and care very little about the fine details. And if they don't care about their own property I have very little confidence they are going to care about mine.

 

I bet you aren't going to be impressed. B'man seems to have the most "modern"and well maintained equipment of all the shops I visited. Looked like a fairly respectable shop in Small Town, USA. The rest, even though they may do a good job, have shops that look like they haven't updated in 20-50 years, and a few of them could be confused for a junk yard.

*Note: Years ago I had my Fireblade repainted (twice) at a paint shop similar to these less modern shops and they did a pretty good job both times. The shop had since closed but his family runs another one in the area (that I didn't visit). It would probably be my second choice if I were just going by the state of their equipment.

 

B'man was the only body shop I saw that had one of these. Not saying the others didn't, just that it wasn't out in the open for customers to see. This is why I'm leaning towards this place.