Hi guys,

Unfortunately I need my rear bumper replaced. Over the weekend someone hit my car while it was parked I'm bringing it to Conicelli tommorrow for an estimate.

Anyone have any experiences with the body shop there? This seems to be a straightforward job, prep, paint and install and new rear bumper.

Conicelli would be ideal since I work about 1 mile away from them...

Anyone have any other recommendations for body work, in the Philadelphia area?

Thanks in advance,

-c

 

conicelli customer service is the worst i ever dealt with !!!!

 

Conicelli Honda repainted my front bumper for me, and they did a fantastic job. My car is NFR, so it's like a 3 or 4 stage paint process, but it came out perfect in finish and matching all other panels with no blending needed on adjacent panels. (Of course it probably should be noted that the only reason they repainted my front bumper was that one of their porters bumped into a wall while parking my car after they serviced it.)

Andrew

 

I used them once and had to fight with them not to cut corners. They did a good job, but it was a big hassle.

 

My sister's BF just got his 350 back from getting a scratch fixed. The car was scratched new when he bought it, so they said they'd paint the area and make it new. They did the following:

1. repaired the scratch
2. scratched the hell out of the edge of the passenger door and couldn't fix it
3. dimpled the rear hatch in three places when taking off the 350z emblem
4. put his rear windshield washer on wrong
5. dropped TWO drops of paint on his hood

Thankfully, the wiper and the paint on the hood are fine. I had my local bodyshop buff the paint off and you can't even tell. Other than the fact Conicelli matched the paint correctly, it wasn't a pleasant experience for him to say the least. It was like every time he took it there, it came back worse. This was all less than one month ago.

 

Thanks guys for all your comments...

aklucsarits,

did you post in the Phila SCCA forums about the license plate? i thought your screenname looked familiar...

hopefully the first batch of 100 plates will go soon, i'm waiting for something other than what's left.

-c

 

I just got an estimate to fix a few scratches, nothing huge. They quoted me $1400, I took it to my guy in Wilmington (union park honda) and they charged me $800. Union park does ALL of my work. Fred is the MGR, and they are 100% on point.

 

Sounds like typical dealer lack of caring


For high quality work (if you dont mind paying/waiting for a great caring job) try

Enzo Tecce
Et Autobody
5110 Umbria st
Philadelphia, Pa 19128
215-482-6888

Tell em Mike with the Silver S referred you He has done a few of our cars now.

 

Mike, every time I drive down Umbria St. I look for that place where it should be and I NEVER see it

 

Tell me about it. I've never seen a dealership screw up a brand new car like that. He was pissed for the longest time about the scratches and the damage. Fortunately, I've got a bodyshop I use that doesn't have their heads up their asses.