Supreme Bodywerks

I hate to admit it, but yes, I’ve been in one or two (ok, maybe three) auto accidents… :(However, every time it happens. I bring my car to Supreme Bodywerks. The owner (Dave) is awesome! He’s fair, HONEST, and does TOP OF THE LINE work. My whole family takes their cars to Supreme and we wouldn’t take them anywhere else. Check them out!

The first month I bought my car in 2005 I struggled almost nightly to park it in my not-​quite-​large-​enough-​for-​a-​real-​car garage. I scratched it against the chicken wire someone had wrapped the base in sometime in the 80s; I dented the wheel wells trying to negotiate the turn from the alley into the garage. Until yesterday, my car looked like it had been pulled from a junk yard and beaten with a bat. And it would have continued to look that way had some jerk not taken out my rear left taillight.
I’m pretty reserved about trying out new things when it comes to my car’s maintenance. I was ripped off by a few evil mechanics when I was still a naïve car owner and since then have been rather gun shy about trying out any unknown (to me) mechanics and bodyshops. But I was desperate. Unlike the other car injuries, the back light had to be fixed. And I couldn’t wait.
I found a place near me — Supreme Bodywerks — and gave them a call. Within ten minutes I found myself face-​to-​face with Dave, one of the owners, who told me how he would proceed. He could buy a new part or a used one (I opted for used) and he could replace my damaged bumper or just spiff it up (I chose the latter). It would be a one day job, something another guy had quoted me for $ 375. I hoped it would be less.
I dropped it off in the morning and at 4 pm, when I expected it to be complete, Dave gave me a call. It seems his guys had –oops– accidentally smashed the back window on my hatchback. He would find me a rental for the night and cover it for me, and if he couldn’t, he would give me his own car. He would replace the window the next day. I was annoyed at the inconvenience but appreciated his honesty and his lack of hesitation to do the right thing. He was a consummate professional in dealing with an easy repair gone wrong.
The fix was completed the next day and the car looked almost as good as when I bought it. They had buffed out some of the scratches, repaired both bumpers, and, of course, replaced the tail light and the window. I had never asked him to fix the bumpers, but he did, and I was thrilled. I almost teared up.
In the end, the repair came down well below the $ 375 I had been quoted by another shop. Dave sold me only what I needed and didn’t try to upsell me or convince me I needed something I didn’t. I’d go back, absolutely, and I probably will once I decide I am going to trade the old girl in for something with a little more verve.