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I was recently in a accident in NW Florida, where a truck cut across my lane and impacted my front right quarter panel/headlight/bumper. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good place to get the damages repaired. I have USAA Insurance and if I use one of their approved shops they will warranty the work (I can use any shop if anyone has any suggestions, it just wont be warrantied)...basically I am just wondering if anyone in the area has heard of and/or used any of these shops and has anything to say about them. Thanks

Downs Collision Center
Bayside Collision Center
Downs Paint & Body
Professional Collision Center
Coastal Body Works
West Florida Paint & Body
Pine Forest Paint & Body
Sandy Sansing Chevrolet Inc
Factory Spec Collision Center
Emerald Coast Collision Repair Inc
Miracle Strip Body Shop Inc
Chucks Auto Body Specialist

RLSebring

I'd go with Sansing. I believe they would be the least amount of BS.

I live here in Pensacola and rebuild a lot of C6's but I haul mine to Orlando for my own reasons. When checking early on I was not impressed with many of the shops, even the ones that I knew the owners. Most have never worked on a Corvette.

With the dealer it's easy enough to watch them, you have OEM parts with no questions and they do a really good paint job.

Just my .02 worth. Good luck with whom ever you choose.

fleetc

I personally recommend Emerald Coast Collision here in FWB. My wifes Acura was backed into a few weeks ago and they did a great job repairing it. Plus, my son in law is one of the body guys there. (wonder why I selected them huh...)

GEOSURVEY

Don't be so sure about that. I took my Silverado into my local Chevy Dealership for body work after an accident and they put an after market front quarter panel on my truck.
I could have stopped it if I were watching them better but I trusted them to do a good job, guess I learned a good lesson.

davidstake

I can vouch for Emerald Coast Collision Repair. They repainted my side view mirror on my 2010 GS. On my way home from Museum delivery, 10 miles from home in Fort Walton Beach, some kids threw a paintball from their oncoming truck and ruined the paint on the mirror. They matched the crystal red metallic perfectly, and had them paint the rear lip spoiler while they were at it. Obviously, I didn't have body work completed, but have heard good things about them. Not only that, they are one of the very few shops araound that will even touch a corvette. Miracle Strip Paint & Body is the best shop around IMO, but they will not work on new corvettes.

SCoach

I just had some very disturbing thoughts about what I would have done if this had happened to my car. They better be glad it was you and not me.

davidstake

SCoach - Yea it was about 1:00 in the morning and my fiance was with me, so I was a little hesitant to chase them down. I really didn't know what had happened at first. There was just a clear liquid on my driver side window, so I assumed it was just a water balloon. So I pulled into a Tom Thumb and discovered the damage to the mirror housing. Trust me, I was plenty PIST about it. It's probably a good thing my fiance was with me, because I WOULD have gone to tracking them down. My fiance called the police and had them go look for them, but never found them.