[ba] FW: [urq] Paint questions for Bay Area listers...

[Buchholz, Steven]

... for some reason I thought this question was posed to the bay area group
... seeing that was not the case I thought I would forward my response there
for further comment.  Please be sure to include Jon's e-mail address
explicitly if you have any replies as Jon is not on this list ...

Steve B
San José, Kaleefohnia (USA)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buchholz, Steven 
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:36 PM
> To: 'Archibald, Jon'; 'urq at audifans.com'
> Subject: RE: [urq] Paint questions for Bay Area listers...
> 
> 
> ... I don't have a lot of experience, and that I do have is a 
> bit farther south than you request ... but I've had work done 
> at Anderson-Behel Body Shop on Aldo Avenue in Santa Clara.  
> They did some very minor work on my urq and some more 
> substantial work on the first V8 ... I can't say enough good 
> about the quality of the work that was done in both cases.  
> With the V8, I wanted to see if I could get them to take care 
> of some of the issues with the nose of the car that were not 
> related to the accident which were being covered at my 
> expense.  The guy I was working with spent a bunch of time 
> with me exploring the options, and the end result was a car 
> that looks great and it didn't cost me a bunch of money to 
> get it done.  
> 
> They are pretty close to the freeway, so it may not be that 
> much of an inconvenience to go the extra distance ...
> 
> If you are looking for a shop that does an OK job at a more 
> reasonable price ... last November the other V8 got rear 
> ended by some person who did not have insurance.  The quality 
> of the work was acceptable, not perfect if you look closely 
> in one spot, but they did manage to match the pearl white 
> paint well, so that says a little about their abilities.  The 
> name of the shop was B&M Auto Body in San Jose ... if you 
> think this may be more in line with your cost goals let me 
> know and I'll get the details ...
> 
> Steve B
> San José, Kaleefohnia (USA)
> > 
> > Sorry for the non-specifically urq content...Can anyone 
> > recommend a good
> > paint shop in the Bay Area (preferably Oakland or SF)?
>