Major Repair & DiagnosticsFound first. Then fixed.
Quoted for your car
Warning lights, leaks, noises and the big jobs: gaskets, suspension, engine removal. We find the cause first, tell you what it is and what it costs, and repair it once you say go.
Major Repair & Diagnostics
Quoted for your car
This work isn't sold from a price list. We look at the car, tell you what it needs and what it will cost, and you decide.
- What sets your price
- Your car, its condition and the exact product you choose
Starting prices are the lowest a service costs. Your price depends on your car, its condition and the exact product you choose, and is confirmed in a written quote before any work begins.
- Held to the standard of our own showroom cars
- By appointment only, never a drive-up line
- A written quote for your car alone, before any work
- Starting prices posted on every service
What we do.
- Diagnostics
- Gasket replacement
- Suspension work
- Engine removal and other heavy repair
Quoted for your car
Found first. Then fixed.
What moves the number.
Every job is quoted for the car in front of us. These are the things that decide the figure.
What changes the price
- The car, and how much has to come apart to reach the fault
- Parts: availability and price vary widely on exotic and vintage cars
- What the diagnosis finds, which can't be known before it is done
- Related work that makes sense while the car is apart
Good to know before you book
- Diagnosis comes first and is its own job. Until the cause is found, any repair price is a guess, and we don't quote guesses.
- Heavy repair can uncover more once components are removed. If it does, we stop and call you before going further.
- Lead times on parts for rare cars are outside our control. We'll tell you what we're told.
Add to the visit.
Booked together, it's priced as one job.
Pairs well with
A starting price is where it starts.
These are exotic, luxury and vintage cars, and no two of them are the same job. Here is exactly how a starting price becomes your price.
Starting prices are the lowest a service costs. Your price depends on your car, its condition and the exact product you choose, and is confirmed in a written quote before any work begins.
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A starting price, then a quote for your car
Every starting price is for a smaller car, in good condition, with our entry product. From there, we quote the car in front of us.
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The car sets the price
A long-nose V12, a wide-body with vents and aero, a 60-year-old car on its original lacquer: none of them price like a daily sedan. Size, the complexity of the body, the materials and how much has to come apart all go into the quote.
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So does the product you choose
Films, coatings, tints and vinyls come in very different grades, finishes and thicknesses, and the difference in cost between them is large. Tell us the exact product you want, or let us recommend one; the quote is written for that product and no other.
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Condition decides the work
Two identical cars can need very different hours. Oxidation, deep scratches, old film or tint, earlier repaint work and heavy soiling are only clear once the car is in front of us, which is why we look before we price.
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You approve a written quote first
After we see the car you get a written quote for the work and the product agreed. Nothing starts until you approve it, and if we find something that changes the job, we stop and call you before going further.
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Honest about results
Some marks can't be removed safely, and old, thin or repainted finishes behave differently from new ones. Where there is a limit or a risk we tell you before we start. Times are estimates, and prices don't include sales tax where it applies.
Your car. Your price.
Two minutes here gets you a real number for your car, not a guess off a menu.
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Tell us the car
What it is, what you want done, and the product you have in mind if you have one.
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We look it over
In person, in good light. Condition is half the price and it can't be judged from a form.
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You get it in writing
A quote for the exact work and product. Nothing starts until you say yes.
Rather talk it through? (385) 437-1523