no but a lot will not use factory parts or new parts. and many take there time getting around to actually having work done on the vehicles.

The suck inherent in Lithia's Body Shop is not the fault of insurance companies.

crap work is of course the fault of quality control, but delayed jobs and crap parts are not always the fault of the shop.
I know most of the shop personally but do not work directly with them, most of them want there work to stand up and be noticed. there will always be hacks at any shop and sadly you only tend to hear about the bad.
I just want to shop to get a fair shake, a lot of what they put out there is fine with no problems and you never hear about that because people are far more willing to criticize than to praise.

The problem is, I have literally never met a single person that didn't have a problem. Everyone that's gone there has been unhappy. So you can say that "the negative voices are louder", but I think in this case, there are *only* negative voices.

If Lithia paint wants to get a fair shake, they're going to have to dig themselves out of the legitimate hole they've put themselves in. I know personally, I'd never take a car there. There are so many body shops to choose from, I've got no reason to take the risk. Now, if they want to paint my racecar for free... then I might give them a shot and let people know how I was treated... but with the overwhelmingly negative experiences I've heard about from people 1st hand, I can't see handing them my money.

I have also gone there. I got t-boned a while ago and that place does crapy work. Not only that but I got my BBS'S stolen and it seemed like it was an inside job. The manager there is a total tool. Dont ever go there!

Go drive by and look at their finished vehicles out front....20 to 1 you will be able to tell which part of the car was repaired.

so where do you guys recomend to go I need a repaint really bad. Any recomendations would be greatly appreciated....

I've personally had good luck with Concours over by the GSR, on telegraph st. I think. I've heard good about Coachcraft as well. I don't know if they do complete cars as far as painting goes though, but you could start with them. I'm sure there are a handful of guys on here that have had good experiences elsewhere too, I would try starting a thread in "off topic chat", seems that section draws a lot of views. Or maybe in general subaru discussion. I have had a bad experience with Diamond auto body on S. Virginia and S. Meadows so I would recommend staying away from them as well.

thx

I took my car in to get a quote on a forearm sized dent in my left front panel near the wheel well and they quoted me $1300 or something like that... I didn't think I could fix it myself but lo and behold, the other day I simply reached in to a spot which I thought was previously inaccessible and popped it out... I'm glad I didn't pay my $500 deductible to get it fixed...

Concours is expensive so I would only go there if the insurance is paying. They do fantastic work though. At least from my experience.

Im paying out of pocket so the word expensive scares me away! Someone at my work told me to go to spray craft....

Kustom Kreations in Carson City ,NV did a fairly good job. B+ (05)

Preffered Auto Body in CArson City , nv Does an awesome job A+. (07)

both time insurance paid for it and i didn't bother to look at the pricing, (sorry)