Platinum Auto Collision and Paint

I brought my Jeep here to Platinum on a recommendation from a friend. The new owner Eugene Young has a positive attitude and casual style that makes you feel welcomed. He explained everything involved and provided a detailed estimate. His attention to detail is commendable. He also took care of some other annoying scratches I couldn’t buff out myself.
I could not have been more happy with the results!

Wow, what an experience. The precision workmanship and superior quality was second to none when they took care of my Ferrari 360. The quality added with the premier customer service was amazing.

I had a great experience with my car’s body work in 101 Collision Center this year. This store was referred by my friend, who also had a pleasant experience there and recommended to me. I know it sounds like the same as all the other reviews. But they definitely take care of you, not like some other stores, which mess with your car and not to fix it later. (Heard a lot of stories from friends)
They also helped me with my communication with the insurance company, so it can give you a peace of mind while you might still being panic from whatever happened to your car. Also, they make it fast and easy for you to understand, so you feel like there is a good transparency from the store side. The people work there are very nice, the owner is a very kind person and his manager Kei is always helpful and a problem-​solver. The workers there are nice and humble. They gave me a great service and helped me with all I need.
My most satisfied experience with body shop in the U.S. (I am a foreigner), feel like I am not alone and have friends support here! Definitely recommended. A big Thumb up!

101 Collision Center ROCKS! Sam, the manager, is just beyond outstanding.
He is kind, generous, emphatic, and honest. He was just awesome both times. He did his best to solve my problem quickly, well, and charging me a super honest price. His team is great. The mechanic who worked at my car was outstanding. I could not recommend them more.

I gave them 2 stars because the work was fine and they are nice people, but they were not good on follow-​through. Just to get an estimate/​schedule an appointment I had to call them back multiple times. Was told to bring my car in at 8 to meet the estimator and then get a rental car. I arrived on time to be told he wasn’t in until 9:30, then I had to call at 11 and again at 12 to get an answer. Rental car wasn’t ready until 4pm. Price also was more than the initial estimate, and they said they would attach a license plate to the front bumper but didn’t do it. Maybe this is how all auto body shops are, but I found it to be too much work on my end.

This place is fantastic! I was in a minor collision around 5pm, near the end of the day and was able to get my car repaired at minimal cost that same day. To my great surprise they were able to help me quickly with affordable pricing. I highly recommend this place for great service.

I went to 101 Collision because my daughter had her car repaired there twice and had a very good experience. I was not disappointed. They put my PT Cruiser back together after I crashed it into a post in a parking lot. The work was exceptional and they even did a few extra things which really went above and beyond my expectations. The place looks a little run down, but don’t be put off by that, it is a first class operation.

Let me start off by saying I really, really, really love my car. My honda prelude SH was my first car after graduating from college, and I still baby the hell out of it after 15 years now. All stock, paint as clear as glass, and an interior that is absolute perfection.
So you can imagine the sadness I felt when I crashed my car in September 2014. I rear ended another car on the freeway. I was okay, but my car wasn’t. The front end bumber, hood, radiator, AC condenser, headlights and hood were damaged. I think I was really depressed about the whole thing, and I thought about selling my baby for parts while I try to find another prelude SH, or similar. However, after several test drives, I came to the conclusion thought no one else loved the prelude as much as I do, and I would never be able to find another car as clean as mine. I decided to try and fix it.
I’d gone through 2 other local shops and got estimates, but decided to get at least a 3^rd estimate. Luckily I heard about 101 Collision Center on Unilocal.I checked out their website, read some of their testimonials and saw other people’s before-​and-​after pictures. I decided to send them an email to see if they were able to take a look at my car.
What impressed me the most about them was their customer service. Henry immediately responded and was willing to do an estimate at my home, since my car was not drivable at this point. He looked at the two other estimates I had, and walked me through his thoughts about what the car needed as well. He was even willing to tow my car to the shop for free if I decided to have him fix the car. Luckily, there was no frame damage so my car could be restored safely. Honestly, all three estimates were in the same ball park, and 101 is even a little bit further from my house. But everything I saw about 101 collision, and their great customer service at that point convinced me to go with them.
Henry kept me in the loop about how the repairs were going, and when I got my car back, my jaw dropped on how great my car looked. I met Ki at the Berkeley location and he was also very nice. He explained to me their lifetime warranty on their paint and body work, and told me that if there were any problems not to hesitate and call; they will take care of it.
The bottom line is 101 Collision Center made me love my car again. If you love your car as much as I, do yourself a favor whenever you get into an unfortunate accident, and give these guys a call. I swear you will not be dissapointed!

I’ve had my car for four years now and there was quite a few scratches & dings plus the hood had bird poo damage to the paint. Then, I messed up the side of my car trying to get into a tight parking spot so it was time to take it in and get some body work done. I picked 101 Collision because of the Unilocal reviews & I wasn’t disappointed. Kai walked me through everything with humor and honesty and in the end gave me back my car in great condition. He worked with me on price since I chose not to pay with insurance and threw in extras by fixing many of the little scratches in the general vicinity of the major work that I was having done. The top notch customer service like extending his shop car rental rate to me, paying for the extra days I had to rent the car because my car wasn’t quite ready on-​time and fixing my burnt out tail light for free is why I’m giving this body shop the 5 stars. Thanks Kai! I hope I never have to come back but at least I have you guys in my back pocket if I needed.

I had some scrapes and dents on my 2004 Nissan Altima that looked ugly. I am new to auto body repair so it was stressful trying to find a good honest not too expensive shop. The manager Ki (pronounced key) made the experience pleasant and brief. He did everything he promised, and a little more; my car was finished a day earlier. I now have a new looking car.

After seeing the incredible body work and paint job 101 Collision Center did on a Toyota I am a believer! They are super nice, totally expert and professional, and can handle insurance claims easily. Plus they delivered the car incredibly clean (they appeared to have detailed it completely!)
Suffice it to say they will be my go-​to if, god forbid, I need more auto body work done. They definitely will get my business for car painting. Fast too!

Someone bumped my car while it was parked on the street, and a dent made it difficult to open the driver’s door all the way.
Oceanworks II recommended this place and I just stopped in. Even though the shop was obviously busy, Ki was AWESOME and super friendly. He asked if I could hang out a few minutes and then got one of the guys to come and check out my car. We talked about the options and possible complications, and he said they could probably try and get the dent out and make the door functional in about an hour.
Seriously, 10 minutes later it was all done and the door worked great. My car is older (a 2001), so I didn’t care about the paint or anything like that, but no one will probably ever know there was a dent there once.
I would definitely bring my car here again (hopefully I won’t have to) and will recommend them to friends.
Yay!

I highly recommend101 Collison Auto Repair.
A friend referred me, and I’m a ‘Satisfied Customer’
The repair work was flawless, my car was repaired timely and professionally. Customer service was great too. My car looks brand new again!

Would not recommend this place. Took my new car here for scrape to my front bumper upon trying to enter my narrow garage. Gave the best price in the area. Dropped it off, but decided I wanted to try to just buff and wax out the scratch first before spending a few hundred bucks. Went to pick up car and found huge scrape along the rear bumper, which also displaced it. Scrape was a distinctive blue color – same as the raised curb outside their building. Manager did not admit fault – good thing I took pics of my entire car before dropping it off there! Reluctantly wanted to «do the right thing». Repair work was shoddy. Displaced bumper was carelessly pushed back in and scrape was cheaply covered over. Will never go here or recommend to anyone!

This place did great work on my car after I wrecked the front-​end, and at half the price of the many other places I received quotes from. The owner Steve is incredibly honest and resourceful. I had a couple of shops on the look out for a used silver hood and he was the only one that could find one. At first when I brought my car in we decided on a after-​market hood. A few days later he found a Subaru hood and took the price difference between the two off of my total.
I highly recommend this shop.

I’m a little hesitant to write a review for this place as they are right across the street from my own business but I feel my story must be told. I came to this place with a small dent and scratch on my driver side doors from some idiot in a parking lot hitting me (hit and run). Was thinking of paying the repair myself so I went to a few shops on my own. This was place wanted $ 1600 + to fix it. I then went to Anthony’s down the street (highly recommend based on his excellent customer service and packed shop as well as stellar reviews here on Unilocal) and he offered about $ 300 less. My insurance deductible was $ 500 so I decided I would rather go through insurance. There was some confusion between myself and my grandfather (our family company Discount Fabrics owns the car) and I took it to 101 because of poor communication that we thought AAA had recommended them, which in fact they recommended a business with a very similar name also on San Pablo Ave. After three days the work was complete along with a brand new road rash mark under the front bumper (color red so I assume they missed the driveway and went up against a red curb) and tons of over spray all over the side of the car (opposite of the work). I immediately took the car back and complained. Steve didn’t seem to concerned about it and said he would call me later. I came to pick the car up and he in fact had removed the red mark but still some scratches remained, it was so minor and low on the bumper I just said don’t worry about it as I was over the whole situation. I did however notice that over spray was still on the door handles, pointed it out and walked back to work for them to clean it off. I called later and he said it was ready, I came and got it and brought it back to work. As I was washing it to remove the dust from the shop I noticed there was still over spray on the passenger mirror both on the glass and shell around the mirror as well as small space between the mirror and door. I would never recommend this place to anyone! I will now be hand waxing all the spots where the shop should have already done, imagine if I wasn’t in walking distance from their place and had to drive back and forth. Clearly the person that preps the cars for pick up is lazy as hell and didn’t go over the car. If I pay $ 500 out of pocket for some idiot in a parking lot screwing up my brand new car I would expect it to at least come out as good as it went in. True they fixed the dent and scratch but the car isn’t in the condition it should be upon my picking it up. I have removed most of the over spray but will post a pic of the mirror glass (it’s a pain in the butt to get the spray off)

Got in an accident and damage my front bumper and busted my radiator. I have no insurance and every where I took the car to get a quote gave me an astronomical amount. I took my car to 101 and spoke with steve he worked with me on the price and understood what I was going through. It was my only car to take and pick up my kids from school. He said it would take a few days (which was fine because everywhere else told me a week). I was thankful that not only did he understand my situation but he also gave me a ride to the car rental office personally. Overall i am beyond satisfied with work done to the car as well as with the customer service.

Amazing place! I had a small collision the end of last week, took my car to two different places but they were way out of my price range not only that but were going to take a long time to fix it due to their busy schedule. Luckily i found this place !
Took the car in early in the morning took about 20 min for them to diagnose and tell me a price. Steve worked with me on a very reasonable price, cant thank him enough his a great person to work with and completely understood a persons daily struggle.
The repair was amazing I’ve never felt my car run this way ! Steve also took the time to clean my car and even washed it. Overall a great experience will definitely recommend this place!

My car was just involved in a fender bender and we decided to settle this privately. We chose 101 Collision Center in Berkeley. I am very happy with the job that was done. The job involved replacing a side view mirror and repairing a dent to the passenger side front door, including repainting that door. The job was very well done — you wouldn’t know anything had happened to the car. The job was done in a reasonable amount of time, at a very good price (cheaper than several other estimates I got).
Steve, the manager, was courteous and assured me that their work was guaranteed. He struck me as sincerely interested in taking care of his customers.
I was driven to pick up my car at 101 by my fiancée whose car had scratch on one door that she wanted to get fixed. Her regular mechanic told her she’d have to have it repainted. We showed it to Steve to get an estimate and he offered to have the scratch buffed out to see if that would take care of it. Sure enough, it looks much better now and we saved the cost of having the door repainted, which would have cost hundreds of dollars.

IT IS THE BEST SHOP I’VE BEEN TO SO FAR!!! AMAZING ADVICE AND SERVICE AT A REASONABLE PRICE.
I got rear ended by SUV last week and was looking for a body shop in the berkeley area and I found 101 Collision.
I gave them a call and the manager Steve told me to bring my car.
Drove in and met with Steve, he seemed young but he actually knows what he is doing took care of all the paper work and everything. They even dropped me off at the car rental.
I dropped my car off on tuesday and picked up my car on friday. Steve did a g reat job my car looked like the brand new car that I got few years ago.
Great customer service, Steve and his team did a great job. If I ever have to get any kind of work done on my car I’ll be definitely coming back to 101 Collision.
Thank you Steve.