Dreams Autowork

I recommend Kevin! They did a great job with my car including a detail. It looks brand new again!!!

great service, my goto shop in Alameda

These guys are the BEST… they try to save you money. Give good advice not like other shops where they tell you to change things that doesn’t need to be changed. Gives you good options and explains what, how, and if needed. I take all my cars there. They take good care of my cars… and washes it too!

Kevin and his team did a great job on my Leuxs is250. It looks just as good as it did before my accident. Thanks guys.

All I can say is, never again. Shits too pricey. $$ convince me they were going to get the real bumper. It’s a lil better„ but Should have just kept my old one and fix that one instead. It was still do able. But my car looks aight

I came here to get my car fixed after my fender was dented. Kevin was extremely friendly and explained everything that had to be done to my car. He gave me the estimate, told me to talk to my insurance company more, then come back. When I came back he told me how long it’d take to fix my car and I went on my way. When I picked it up, my car looked brand new.

Love these guys. Kevin does his best to work with you and they are fast. Highly recommended.

Heard a scratching sound under the car and found that a piece of the bottom covering had went loose. Came to Deam Autoworks to have a look. After waiting for about 15 minutes for them the staff to free up, they lifted up the car and remove the covering piece that was falling out. No charge and safe me the pain of crawling under the car. Would definitely come back here in the future.
Hint: some of the staff are busy and may not speak fluent English, suggest you go into the office and speak with the owner. May have to wait a bit as the staff cannot drop everything and service you. I waited for 15 minutes but it was worth the wait.

Stopped by at 1:22pm to get a quote for some paint work on my car that was hit last week. There were two men in the office and one by the entrance, however no one was able to assist. It was lunch time and they asked if I could come back in 15 minutes. I can drive to a number iif other body shops in Alameda or Oakland in that time. So I did just that.
One star for asking politely.

I’ve always been one of those guys that gets dragged along to body shops, mechanics and car dealers when my female friends have issues. After a few decades of that — and dealing with all the normal car issues of my own — you get a pretty good feel for cons and ripoffs.
So let’s start with this: Lame name and all, Dreams is the best (in talent and integrity) body shop I’ve ever dealt with … and I can’t begin to count how many body shops that includes, from coast to coast, over the past 30 years.
A few months earlier, I had been directed by my insurance company, based on my location, toward their «preferred» body shop in Oakland — a perfectly competent, ultra-​sterile shop in Oakland where you could have eaten off the floor of the garage and eight coiffed employees smiled and shook your hand when you came in to pick up your keys — and then sent you a 12-​page questionnaire to ask how awesome they were. But Jesus H. Christ — they came up with premium charges for everything, including parts that I knew couldn’t have possibly been damaged in a 10 m.p.h. collision. Yeah, the insurance company was picking up the tab, but I knew that was going to end up on my premium sooner or later (it was sooner).
So three months later, when some clown literally backed over the top of my hood on hillside terrain on a hiking trip, my insurance company recommended the same place. I told them ‘no way.’ And then I told them to send their adjuster to Dreams Autowork, the place that my trusted mechanic had recommended.
I admit that I felt a little bit out of my element when I walked in and heard Kevin, the owner, raising hell with one of his suppliers in Chinese over the phone. But I trusted the referral, and … Wow. The results were spectacular.
Kevin connected with the database for my insurance company, submitted pictures and ordered all the parts before I even left the shop. The next day, my insurance company had approved all the fixes. I was really sweating the paint job on my uniquely colored SUV — which was no longer in production — but the Dreams Team (ha!) nailed it – an absolutely perfect, assembly-​line grade paint job. And the whole thing came in under budget — and spectacularly under budget compared to the ripoff job of the pristine Oakland shop, which had charged my insurance company considerably more for significantly lesser damages three months earlier.
Moreover, when I asked the Oakland place for the damaged parts, they couldn’t produce them. At Dreams, Kevin took me to a pile in the back and pulled out my hood, which he let me hold and examine.
Within a few months, I’d returned to Kevin’s shop three times. My girlfriend backed her brand-​new Hyundai into a post — those things don’t have bumpers, and her quarter-​panel was thrashed. It was a holiday weekend; by the time her neighborhood shop on the Peninsula had given her a quote and lined up a post-​holiday appointment, Kevin had her car fixed — well under the budget her shop on the Peninsula had quoted. When she had a similar accident a month later (she’s beautiful inside and out, but not a great driver) and wisely chose to make the repair without her insurance company’s involvement, Kevin gave us an extraordinarily generous deal. And he did so again a few months later, when my car was vandalized and I didn’t want to involve the insurance company.
All in all: BEST-​EVER BODY SHOP.

I never write reviews on Unilocal unless I have something good to say (I don’t waste my time writing negative or so-​so reviews). I’ve known Kevin for maybe 4 years now. He’s worked on my old E30 BMW, my gf’s Infiniti i35, and my tuned Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. I used to go to this shop back when Joby was in charge 4+ years ago, but ever since Kevin took over, the service has gotten better (and I noticed that with the Unilocal reviews). I feel like Kevin focuses much more on detail, and he cares more about the work being done.
I keep going back to Dream Auto, and each and every time, they provide fantastic service! If they don’t think they can do it, they’re straight up and tell you where else to go. I’ve gotten A LOT of work done at this shop and I’ve saved thousands by coming here (they charge much less than dealerships or other auto shops). Out of the 20 times I’ve been here, only one time was I dissatisfied, and they rectified the situation free of charge. I would highly recommend this place, especially if finances are an issue, and you want high quality service!

Amazing work and super friendly service. I could not be happier with their work, I continue going to them because they simply do amazing work and care about their customers, I can not recommend them enough to friends and family. Very affordable and understanding of their customers, I just really am pleased that I found a place that doesn’t try and rip you off.

I was 400 miles away from home helping my sister move from Orange county to Alameda when I realized my front bumper appeared to be coming off. I took my car in and Kevin explained that the clips securing the bumper had broken due to everyday wear and tear (driveways, curbs, etc), bolted it down and had me on my way in a matter of minutes. I was fully prepared to pay but when I asked how much I owed for the repair, Kevin simply wished me a wonderful day. I will definitely return if the need arises in the future.

‘Twas a nightmarish day before the fourth of July, I had one hour to get to work and a severely damaged front wheel, a completely destroyed tire from hitting garbage/​cement on the hwy. Two neighboring repair shops refused service because they’d rather close early.
Panic stricken, I walked into Dreams Autowork. They were swamped! I nervously explained the situation. The manager, Kevin, expressed they didn’t specialize in wheels, as they’re a body repair shop, but agreed to look at it anyway right then and there. Within minutes they switched my spare with one of the rear tires to ensure a safer commute. We took a quick spin around the block to assured the alignment wasn’t ruined. I was prepared to pay, but Kevin kindly wished me a happy holiday! Anytime I need future body work done, Dreams Autowork is the first place I’ll go.

Fast and reasonable. They even patched up my car so it could be safely driven before repair. Also, they fixed an unrelated cosmetic problem with my car at no extra charge.

Fantastic job! Kevin and the staff go above and beyond. I have gone to this place many times (yes, my red hot prelude goes through a lot of mishaps), and his recommendations saved me a lot of money. Not only that, I feel like I get a brand new car every time I get it back. I never got a problem getting my car back on time, but I can see how getting it late could be common when they get busy. They’re definitely not lazy though from my experience… My fiancé recommended this place to me and they haven’t disappointed neither of us. — satisfied customers.

Very nice work, they did a lot more than expected :) Fast repairs, it took only a week to replace a fender, repair a bumper and paint most of the car. Kinda hard to understand sometimes but I highly recommend their work.
About the other reviews, you might have to call to keep them aware you’re waiting but they finished on time and gave me my car back bright and shiny.
Thanks guys, especially Kevin.

they use to do great work when the old manager was there, he would do the best he can to take great care of you, they take forever to work on your car though. another negative thing is you have to bother them, they don’t have time to keep you updated. the new management is pretty weak, rude people, and do lazy work sometimes.

BLEH! You have to hunt him down if you want to find out what’s wrong with your car because he never calls back when he says he will, then you have to keep calling to find out it’s going to be one more day… one more day… he still hasn’t ordered the part, he forgot you existed, he forgot that was your broke-​down car sitting there in his garage, etc. We took our car there twice, both times he had it for almost a week, and both times we had to take it back because it wasn’t fixed [the second time we went to another mechanic].