Continental Auto Body

This place is great. I was rear-​ended and pushed into the car in front of me, so my back bumper was destroyed and my front bumper was messed up. When I got the car back I was so pleased. I had been afraid the color of the new bumpers might not match, because the car is an unusual silver color, but it was perfect. Jose at Continental was great to work with and handled all the contacts with the insurance company.

My girlfriend’s car had a leak somewhere, such that its interior was getting flooded with water. Problem is, my girlfriend and I couldn’t locate the leak.
We took it to Continental, they found the leak (in the taillight), and fixed it promptly and beautifully, at a fair price.
Half a year later, the car is still leak-​free. We couldn’t be happier :)

jose and the crew were professional, kind, and punctual. their services were affordableand they turned my smashed up car back to its original beauty. no fuss/​no muss. good price and they were even understanding with my delay in picking up the car. they did not charge me storage fees. how cool is that. two thumbs up.
lifitng as i climb, lee

I should have written this review a year ago, but better late than never, right? I was just sick after running my nearly new Mazda 3 against a pillar in a parking garage (yes, my spatial orientation sucks). There was a large dent and significant scratch marks on one side of my beautiful little car. I took it to three different places, and all of them either wanted to run some kind of insurance scam or charge me an astronomical amount (or charge the insurance company an astronomical amount). I was close to despair when I happened to go by Continental Autobody, which is right around the corner from me. What could it hurt? I went it, and Jose’s estimate was nearly half of what I had been hearing. I paid them cash (which probably didn’t hurt), and the job was done very quickly. People, you could not tell that the car ever had touched the pillar. It was truly like new. So no, it does not get any better than this.

I had a fairly minor accident that messed up the bumper and fender of my Fiat. My insurance company seemed very eager to direct my business to a particular body shop, but their eagerness turned me off, so I decided to check out a few places in my neighborhood. When I met Jose at Continental and talked to him, I realized that he’d fix my car and save me my deducible. I love doing business with local people who do quality work, so when I got a call from Missouri to book me at the shop my insurance company wanted me to use, I made the decision to take my business to Continental. It turned out that my policy had no rental car reimbursement. NO PROBLEM! Jose loaned me a very nice Jetta. Seriously! Who does that? In the end, including the use of the Jetta for 3 days, Continental saved me more than $ 600! Here’s an example: my little fog light was pretty scratched and the insurance company paid to have it replaced. Jose said he felt confident they could buff it out and save me the money. He did. I cannot see the scratch at all. When I went to pick up my car, one of the guys was polishing it, and I mean meticulously, not just a gratuitous swipe here and there. It looks better than when I bought it! These guys truly rock. I’m stunned to have discovered such honest and generous people and I’m extremely grateful for all their help.

I took one of our company trucks into them, they were great! We will be back!

Needed work doing to a damaged hood on my honda pilot and stopped by to get an estimate. Ignacio handled this very well. He found an after market replacement, had it painted the following day, then called me to let me know it was ready to install. I took the car back and waited while they installed it. The paint matched well and it looks great. The price was below other local shops and the job was well done. I would use them again.

Just recently had some aftermarket parts put on my Mini Cooper S (JCW aerokit), and after getting 5 different estimates from 5 different places, Continental came in the lowest. To be honest, I was a bit worried but after reading the Unilocal reviews, I thought I’d give these guys a try. Man, am I glad I did!!!
The workmanship was top notch, and Ignacio was extremely helpful throughout the entire process. I was traveling on business in Asia while the project was being completed, and he was kind enough to forward me the pictures to show me the progress. Couldn’t be happier with the results!

I felt I got a fair deal. Went through an insurance claim, and was looking for a place that did quality work. Someone had keyed the passenger side of my Subaru — all four panels. The main guy was out sick the week I went to drop things off, so I worked mostly with Jose. The original guy said he was going to arrange a rental with Budget a few doors down, but they didn’t have a reservation. No big deal since they had plenty of cars (but a huge line).
Overall, I am ok with the work done. I am a bit sad that the dark gray paint isn’t as lustrous as the original paint, but what are you gonna do when you have to get your car repainted. It will never be good as new. The paint is one of those pearlescent dark grays, so probably a bit difficult to match exactly.

My impression of this place:
I had a scratch and a minor dent on my car.
I had one non-​insurance job done, jose seemed to be disinterested and wanted to charge the insurance initially. Obviously for a small job like this I didn’t want to charge my insurance and the price that was finally quoted for non-​insurance job was awfully high.
I would not go to this place again.

It’s always bad to have a car collision, but the friendly guys at Continental Autobody made my life much less painful. They did an excellent job to repair my car to the condition even beyond my expectation. They are very professional and careful. I would definitely recommend this body shop. For more details, you can leave me a notice at Unilocal

The best car maintenance experience I’ve had
Very personable, drove me to work, kept me up to date on my car and…
They did fantastic work, I got my car back and it was in the best shape that I’ve ever seen it. I went in hoping to get a major dent and a few scratches cleared up and now it honestly looks like I have the worlds only brand new 2005 Toyota Corolla. They went the extra mile, detailed my car, fixed more than I asked, cleaned up my interior etc.
Good guys, great service

I absolutely love these guys. I had my car hit while shopping over Christmas at a Mall. No insurance from the other driver, so I was on my own… Continental Autobody & Paint Works took care of everything for me from contacting insurance with the bid, to getting the insurance company to accept the bid and then coordinating payment. I was so impressed…
Thanks Arturo and Miguel for making a negative experience a positive opportunity to work with real professionals!

Best price, fantastic service, friendly, knowledgable staff.
I had a fender-​bender with an SUV, which barely scratched their car and trashed the front of mine. I had stupidly dropped collision on my 2003 Honda, and so had to pay for it out of pocket. Continental gave an estimate that was $ 500 less than Gillman and the price came out at almost exactly the estimated cost.
The guys I dealt with were very friendly and professional. They even cleaned my car inside and out! Vacuuming up all the dog hair must have been quite a job — my car now looks almost as good as it did the last time I had it detailed.
Completely impressed with Continental.

Best price in 5 shops I went to. Friendly service (I got a ride after I dropped my car off!) and most importantly, great, great work. I just found my body shop.
PS if you’re looking to get your carbon fiber re-​cleared this is the spot. Affordable prices and good work. My carbon fiber trunk and hood look brand new!!!

I have had more cars painted and prepped by Jose, Arturo and Nacho over the years from my first review and these guys are awesome as ever. I spent 4 years pouring my soul into a truck for my father which was same make and model as what he taught me to drive on 35 years ago. Then handed it over to Jose and crew for custom paint. It took best in show in its first car show which was in South Georgia — now for a 69 Chevy truck to take best in show in the south is a serious accomplishment with tons of competition so i think that speaks for itself with the quality of work these guys do. I have since also had my own truck custom painted and they will also be doing my next project which is getting close to the paint point. This is a recommendation from a custom car builder. They have painted or worked on my RSX, Evo, Chevy Truck, Mazda 4X4 and next my custom classic 1974 Civic.

I just want to say THANK YOU!!! — to Jose and the rest of the crew that worked on my little Miata! We will be bringing the rest of Fleet Narvaez to you guys for any future body work … totally recommend them to any one needing auto body repair!

These guys get TEN stars out of five. Anyone who has known me for several years (and has seen me drive), knows that I am no stranger to auto body shops. I’ve dealt with a bunch of them, in two countries. Never, never, have I seen a level of professionalism, quality, customer service and efficiency approaching what I got from Arturo at Continental Autobody & Paint Works.
This was the second time we needed a body shop in the past year. The last time, my wife’s car was keyed or scraped, and this time I scraped my own car while parking in a tight space behind a truck. On both occasions, Arturo patiently and effectively took care of the paperwork, provided a LOANER free of charge (I know it’s not always available, because it’s his private car!), left the car looking better than new, and even detailed and waxed it and left the interior looking newborn.
By the way, check out his current Customer Appreciation Offers (
). I’ve never seen this kind of generosity ANYWHERE.
As long as I live in the East Bay, I will always use and recommend this shop. ¡Gracias, Arturo!

Years ago I banged my mini van into a tree and dented the side panel. Plus, after years of cars bumping into my bumper, there were zillions of pings in the paint. I brought my mini van to Continental Autobody for repairs. They did a magnificent job repairing the exterior so that it integrated perfectly with the rest of the car. It looks new again. They also took the time and trouble to detail the inside.
I highly recommend their work and their professionalism.

Shopping for an autobody repair quote without insurance is stressful at best. I compiled 4 quotes — ranging from $ 4000 – 1700. Continental gave me the lowest estimate, so I decided (not surprisingly) to give them a try.
The greats:
1. I was very impressed with the thorough estimate Arturo put together for me, checking to find used doors etc… really putting time to give me a thorough estimate.
2. The car looks like brand new — repairing a massive seemingly helpless dent which involved the entire driver side.
3. The staff is VERY friendly and professional — even when they were working overtime to finish my car they were so friendly to me.
4. Fast response to questions and inquiries throughout the process, even via email.
The not-​as-​great:
1. Final cost was $ 300 more than estimate — BUT this is still significantly less than any other estimate I found.
2. It took longer than the original time estimate — but only by a couple of days — and I was pretty lax about following up on it in general (I would guess that had I been really tenacious and stressed a need for a particular time, they probably would have bent over backwards to accommodate)
I would recommend them to my friends and family.