West Coast Auto Craft

Chris says he has video and pictures of them working on my car, yeah sure why then didn’t he show it to the California Burea of Automotive repair agent when visited by him RE the complaint I filed due to him stealing 7,500.00 from me and not doing any work to my car. I have sued him and the company, West Coast Auto Craft as have many many others due to his stealing ways. He gets these updates removed from Unilocal,but the truth is out there just search. You would not want to take your car to this shop, I have two witnesses who will testify he did no work to my car and in fact damaged it. Chris is nothing but a lying thief, not one word that comes out of his mouth is the truth. He has stolen well over a year of time that I could have enjoyed my car. He knew I had waited 3 years for my interior to be done and he promised a very quick turn around so I could enjoy the car, nothing but a lie, this update is because he texted me Sunday to tell me he is filing Bankrupu y and many people will lose their money, I have the text, This is an absolute horrible place to take your car so don’t. learn from the guys he has ripped off, don’t be next

I have read all the post… and for Chris to defend himself is wrong. Chris is a habitual liar and doesn’t pay his employees on time and owes monies consistently for work performed, hence high turn over employee rate. 90% of employees are off the books, never allowing a paper trial. monies from cars are used to cover projects of one vehicle to another to be completed and misappropriated from car owners that paid for their vehicle in good faith.
anybody can write reviews… true. however, if you are thinking of doing business here, you should check the records at Sonoma County Superior court before hand and see how many law suits that have been filed and are still pending. BEWARE THIS BUSINESS WITH CHRIS MIRANDA!!! He is really good at lying and promising and NOT delivering on his words.

Chris delivered my car and it looks great. The color is what I wanted. I have a couple small scratches that will buff out chis is going to send his guy out when I’m done with the car I’m sure I will have a few more scratches.
When I went to the shop I was able to see the quality of some of the other cars and they are amazing, mine was there for paint and body it’s going to be a driver not a show car. Now that it’s home I think Chris gave me a show quality paint job.
Here is a picture of it in the garage I will post pictures of it outside in the sun when it’s done.

I hired this shop to get my car painted and on the road. After email communication expressing interest The next day I was told they had a hole in their schedule and could pick up my car the following day but a sizeable deposit would be required to start immediately. Foolishly I wrote this dishonest man a check. Then the nightmare began, lies, wild excuses, no answers to my calls or texts. Months and months with no communication. finally as others have I demanded my car back, however promises of returning my money since no work was done did not happen. Numerous promises to return my money yet it has not happenned. My money was used for something else. Subsequently I did some homework on this individual (which is easy to do and you should, you’ll be surprised) to find he is not someone you’d want to do business with. Many other people have been ripped off by this company. All of the law agencies know him. Read the Unilocal reviews including the ones he has had removed, read the google reviews and the kudzu reviews, you will find out that this is not a place to take your pride and joy. I cannot emphasize strongly enough as this post will be taken down, so all I can say is do not do business with this shop.

Chris just delivered my 1966 MGB, and I am really impressed with the results (see photo). As most car guys know, black is easily the most difficult color to work with. Despite the abundance of difficult curves on the MGB, the black paint looks amazing. The paint is beautifully applied, and polished perfectly. There is one small run, and when I reached out to Chris, he was more than happy to address the issue. While he was willing to address more immediately, we decided it would make more sense to take care of it when I complete final assembly, just in case there are any other touch ups needed. I will be bringing my T-​bird to West Coast once this project is wrapped up. Needless to say, I am a happy customer.
As in many of my reviews, and in the spirit of full disclosure, I like to summarize both the good and bad, so here you go:
The «Bad»: The project took a little longer and cost a little more than anticipated. Communication was not great (but not awful either.) That said, welcome to restoring old cars; there is a surprise around every corner. If you have ever stripped a «clean» old car, you too will know there is always something unexpected. Just watch an episode of Overhaulin’ and you will see what I mean.
The «Good»: WCAC came to my house to evaluate the car and they picked up and delivered. While the communication was not great, I have found Chris easy to work with and generally a pleasant car guy. As mentioned above, the car looks fantastic (which is, of course, the point in restoring a car.) Chris was knowledgable about the car, and was able to discuss some of the factory build issues of the car (such as the alignment of the hood at the corners, which is perfect now.) He even helped me locate an affordable chrome shop for the bumpers.
Overall, it was a great experience. As with any old car project, you need to remember there will be surprises, and because of this, things never go exactly as expected. In short, expect the unexpected. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to send me a note via Unilocal

Fellow Unilocalers, past clients and the like. Please be truthful with your reviews and share your true experiences. Don’t write a 5 star review if everything wcac says is and was a lie. It doesn’t matter how your car came out of it was delayed months and over budget. Because of people like you many many more have been screwed over. I regret every aspect about my deal with them. I had to hound Chris almost every day for 14 months for an 8 week job and was still left with crapy unfinished work. Now I’m out 11,000 because of a payment issue and 6000.00 in unauthorized charges. Only 5000.00 of work was done. I only got that invoice because I called the bureau of auto repair and Mark loveless made his supply the paperwork Other than that he never gave me one doc. I have to go to my credit card to try to get a refund. I’m not surprised though. Wcac has over 26 judgements in Sonoma county alone. Check the counties records site under west coast auto craft
According to other restoration shops I now need to start over on my project. Apparently no shop will touch his Crack head body guys work. Epoxy to fill two emblem holes that weren’t noticed in the body stage, damaged my rear glass with a DA sander, got over spray on my brand new paint wheels, didn’t weld on trim retainers after doing a patch panel, incomplete welds on patch panels, a complete interior destroyed by sanding dust because windows were left open, improper rust removal or lack there of. Do you what happens when you paint over epoxy and it gets heated, it expands at a different rate than the metal and that spot raises. First off, how can a shop of his «caliber» repair vehicles this way. How the hell do you miss that? He says this type of work doesn’t happen in his shop. Well it does and he buries cars in filler and primer. Two gallons of primer per priming to block out a car. Shops that use my primer type said that 1 gallon is plenty for three wet coats before blocking. He’s probably just stealing my material for other projects, let’s not forget the parts I supplied and never got back. Door hinge rebuild and a front end assembly bolt kit and My polishing compound
He doesn’t communicate at all. I have to call from Internet phones so he answers my calls. I have over 22 pages of texts just to get a color change Won’t tell you when your car will be done. Lies to your face about where your car in the process saying its two weeks away from paint (ask for pictures of your car. I guarantee you won’t get any). Most of the cars aren’t even in his cloverdale shop, there in a dirt lot. Go up to cloverdale and look at his white board with all his clients. They aren’t in his shop. I don’t know where my car was for over eight months (asked for an address and he wouldn’t give it to me). Lies and says his kid has cancer or is filming a tv show… Bullshit. YouTube ain’t shit.
My car was never to be worked on in cloverdale, his plans were to sub contract my car out. He didn’t tell me at my home that my car was going somewhere else to be worked on. He doesn’t even sub contract work right. I was obligated to drive to Sacramento to pay American stripping. The person who subs out the work is supposed to pay. Not me, He quoted me One thousand dollars to blast my whole car. I get a text saying «I estimated 1k for blasting and priming because the paint was gone. It came out to 1700» I got this after everything was done. Illegal according to the BAR. Saddest part was the work order Chris gave Brain@ American stripping said to only blast the exterior. Chris had him charge me 700.00 more and didn’t even do the cowl, jams, or even get out all the old seam sealer. 700.00 in Chris’s pocket.
Chris is so delusional and wants money without showing progress. Then when you question him about doing nothing he starts to swear, threaten you and act like your the problem. I have no idea why he is still around. Check this guy out. Read his reviews. Check for his 20 plus years of being in business online. You won’t find shit.
The only thing Chris knows how to do is bullshit you. Don’t believe the hype and the smooth talk. He has no following and is not a master in his craft.
Chris comments below the reviews like the customer is the problem why they are not happy and that you can’t make everyone happy. Wrong answer. You can make every customer happy. You just need to follow through with what you say and promise. Why don’t you give your side of the story on why these customers are un happy. Stop lying to yourself. Lastly but not least please don’t believe these positive reviews. They are not truthful. I contacted half of them and they said they had to threaten Chris with pulling their car to get it done. Not to mention that all of them ran severely over the estimate time.
I have meet and spoke to over 10 people who have the exact same experience. Do yourself a favor and pay someone else. Sure as hell don’t pick a body shop hours from your home. Go somewhere where you can just pop in.

The biggest mistake I made in my life was to trust Chris and West Coast Auto Craft to work on my 1966 Nova. Chris came to my home and gave me this line of BS about what he could do to my car and how great it would look, so I hired him. I gave him a sizable deposit and he took my car. After about three months he called me and said he was making good progress on my car and needed more money, I sent him more money. After eight months i made the 1 ½ hour trip to Santa Rosa to check progress. When i got there i found my car buried in a corner behind 5 — 6 other cars and very little done to it. I had $ 10,000 invested at this point. I knew something was up and questioned Chris about it. All I got was more BS about how he was moving his shop to Cloverdale but would make progress on my car… After another six months past and very little progress on my car I filled a complaint with the Bureau of Automotive Repair. I got my car out of there and took him to court along with the findings from the Bureau of automotive repair. I won a court judgment against Chris his wife and West Coast Auto Craft for $ 7500. I am still trying to get the money they owe me. I am one among many, many people they have ripped off. Do your homework read all the reviews even the not recommended reviews and other websites reviews for the full picture.
WARNING! WARNING! STAY AWAY!

Do not part with your cash here. Phoney deadlines, excuse after excuse as to why the project isn’t completed. Promises of 6 months, lead to one year then two and counting. We have a substantial sum invested here and nothing to show for it. Do not reward this unscrupulous business unless you want to end up in court.

My project car is a 1966 Ford Mustang coupe. I was looking for a good quality mid level paint job. I had been to about 5 body shops around the bay area to get quotes and received prices all over the place. To be honest only about half the places I went to seemed interested in working on an older car and none of them really gave me enough confidence to move forward. That’s when I saw an ad for West Coast Auto Craft and I gave Chris a call to discuss my project. I emailed him some pictures of the car and he got back to me very quickly. We discussed my budget for the paint job and he said he could work with me at my price point. After our discussion I was set to go.
My car was already stripped ready for paint, no glass, no trim, no bumpers etc. I was planning on towing my vehicle to get it painted but Chris came down and picked up the car in an enclosed trailer two days after we talked.
When Chris dropped off the car the quality of the work was beyond my expectations. The car was painted a deep red which looked great with a beautiful clear coat. I know Chris does a lot of show quality classic cars but that’s not what I was building. I wanted a good quality paint job for a driver car and that is exactly what he delivered. Chris worked with me to deliver what I wanted at the price that I wanted. He definitely takes pride in his work and his passion for classic cars is shows. I definitely recommend you give him a call — you’re car will be in good hands.

Do amazing work… I had my car restored by them. Took a little over a year but looks amazing.

Chris restored my 1965 MG within budget and considering my budget (less than $ 10,000) to a level I never expected, perfection! If you are in a hurry then restoration is something you should schedule when you have more time. You can’t rush this and wouldn’t want anyone to if you care about your car and want it done right.

Chris and the team at WCAC built my 69 Camaro, the silver one with black stripes. I can’t say enough about the quality of the work and the creativity of the design. I told Chris what I was looking for and he took it from there. He produced a rendering showing me his ideas. Once I saw it I was in.
The metal work, body work and paint are amazing. Pamela did a fantastic job on the interior too. The custom touches are noticeable yet subtle and timeless just like I wanted. Chris even went above and beyond spending his own time on specific details which can be rare for owners of shops this size. He even put his own tune on the engine which now runs better then it did from the engine builder.
Chris really knows his stuff and walks his talk. I’ve referred a couple clients to him already. My car and the other award winning cars are proof of what I said above. You can’t argue with all the awards.

Chris is a master at what he does, but most importantly, he truly loves car guys and offers great customer service. He helped me color match single stage paint to my classic Porsche. He took a few hours out of a busy Saturday to spend time with me, mix the paint and he didn’t even want to take my money. What an absolute gentleman, selfless and I think, just liked hanging out talking about cars, planes and more. I’ve seen all his current projects and the shop, truly amazing. If you are thinking about a car restoration, customization, whatever it might be, Chris and his guys know what they are doing. The metal work alone on some of these cars will make your jaw drop.