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Hello members I am in need of a decent shop or individual that can do some quality body work. My 99 was recently hit on the rear quarter panel and a little bit of the door. I have gotten a few estimates around $1100-1400 which I belive is a bit pricy. If you guys know anyone or a good shop you would recommend please let me know. I am in Denton but willing to drive to the right place. Thanks in advance!
Mark Lam at Lone Star Collision in Wylie. 214-668-0179 or 972-442-5075.
Ask Gator Bait or mk2tmr2
He's done work for several Miata enthusiasts. Rogue was the go-to guy but sadly he's moved on to other employment. :(
My car isn't completed yet (custom work not collision repair), but I've been very happy with the attention to detail and care that has gone into the project. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them based on the progress so far.
Rogue (aka Steven)
the best but it may take a little bit of time.
$1100-1400
For a qtr panel (replacement?) and work on a door sounds like in the ballpark. Good body work isn't cheap. Unless you are supplying parts I would expect to pay that much or more.
On my last miata I had a very similar accident on the driver side rear quarter panel, the door wasn't affected, but I needed a tail light. Quotes were in the $1500-1800 range, so your quotes seems about right to me.
It's still a good idea to get peoples opinions though, even if it still costs you like $1300, you want it done by a shop that will do a great repair. Nothing worse than spening over a grand and not being happy with the end result.
Good luck!
That's what KenO always says about midget hookers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dustin1824
Mark Lam is the guy. I have used him for years! Tell him Gabriel send you. He is a honest guy doing good work!
I work at Details Ltd, independent collision repair shop in Addison. Good work is not cheap. Seems like every week we get a customer that is in need of "fixes" because of the quality of work done by their "cheap" shop. Also, there may be unseen damage too, almost always is, that will increase your estimates. Ask about color sanding, flex additive, and blending into or respraying adjacent panels. Do they tape or remove trim? All of these things cost money and contribute to quality.
Good luck.
Bob_mx5 definitely knows of what he speaks!
BTW Bob, pm'd you.
I've heard some very good reviews about Details Ltd! Definitely find a shop that knows what they're doing and cares about the quality. I've seen too many repairs that were really poorly done.
Thanks for the kind words. Because Details is independent, we work for the customer not the insurance company. Quality is the driving factor in our shop. Ron and Justin fight every day with the insurance companies to get approval to fix it right, not fix it cheaply. Insurance companies want the cheapest repair bill to pay. If that means after market parts or recycled parts, then so be it. For us, it's last resort not first. We also use only Glaserite paint and wet sand/color sand every car..be it hyundai tiburon or 911 ( both in the shop now).Quote:
Originally Posted by whoosh
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Mark Lam results....
They installed the Z06 intake. Fabricated custom bosses for it to mount to and modded a dress plate to fit around it.
http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/q...pskymtqe6z.jpg
And a frontal shot...
http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/q...psw48noien.jpg
Wow, I have no idea Mark does fabrication too. Good looking car!
I really liked how he did the intake bosses. I was just going to order the FM kit pieces, but they fabbed oem looking bosses like it was designed to have that intake. The front bumper cover was a POS fitment wise. They cut it into sections and reformed it to make it fit correctly. Also added a bunch of material to the backside for strength and necked down the fog light holes to be used as brake duct intakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by gabkwong
Mark is really a nice guy! I love to give him my business to help out the little guy. You can never get that kind of attention in a big shop unless you have a big budget.
Since Steven didn't have the time to fix my car, Mark was the only other person I trusted to do it right.
Interesting bumper choice. Never seen the NC1 grille on a NA.
+1. That front bumper looks great in my opinion. Makes the car significantly more aggressive looking::rock::Quote:
Originally Posted by whoosh
Thanks...more aggressive but subtle was the goal. Its the Adore/Grinder by Autokonexion. Fit was complete crap out of the box. It's a testimate to Mark's work that it is as close as it is. He's going to take care of some alignment issues that came up after driving it the last few days (the roads around me do a great job of flexing the chassis), but should be a quick fix prior to Kellers tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by TexasStig
He does alignment too? Wish I know!
I think he means bumper alignment.
Correct. I could address it, its just the drivers side edge at the wheel well came loose after driving some, but would rather Mark check it out just to make sure there is no issue since he had to reinforce all those mounting tabs. Did I mention the bumper was complete crap out of the box? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by driftdevil
I've seen others bitch about the fitment of that Autokonexion bumper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gator Bait
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