Sid’s Auto Body Inc.

I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.
Very pricey, very slow, and very low quality of work. Took 3 weeks to get my car back, upon return I automatically noticed additional damage, and the shop refused to take responsibility. Don’t get taken advantage of by this shop, look for mechanics who value their customers.

My lexus went in for what i thought was a simple bumper repair. After Sids got It apart they found the damage was much worse than what met the eye. It took three weeks for the repair to be done, the motor had to be pulled out, the suspension need to be taken off and a whole bunch of tweaking needed to be done. After my 3 weeks in the shop i went to pick it up, i got in my car started it and immediately felt and heard something not right. It was put back on the lift right away and it was noted a broken motor mount was missed. Needless to say i was upset about this because i wanted my car back and my rental was out of money from the insurance. Sids ordered the part and made sure i had a car to drive. They picked up what insurance would not pay for the rental. Something i was not expecting.
Why give them 5 stars after the whole ordeal? Although the motor mount was missed the rest of the repair was done the right way. Then the motor mount was fixed and the rental car taken car of by Sids. That goes to show me they care about the customer. That is something hard to find these days.
The car drives awesome and looks awesome! I would go back any day.

I went back because I found overspray on my vehicle. I contacted Jr. who promptly offered to take care of the problem and scheduled a time for me to drop off the car.
I bought it in this morning and within an hour they told me the car was cleaned up (from the overspray in the rear chrome wheels and rear bumper).
I inspected it and there were still traces of overspray in the wheels. (They removed it from the bumper perfectly).
They brought me out a second time to look and finally as I was rubbing my fingers along the wheels to feel the rough surface from the overspray, I ended up using their clay bar and spray and removing it myself. It took 15mins to do the 2 rear wheels.
Overspray sucks… it is super easy to overlook; especially because it’s almost invisible. In order to remove it, you must look closely and take your time.
End of the day, the repair itself was very good but the cleanup was not great. All their staff is very friendly and helpful. If you notice a problem, they will take care of it for you.

This place is great. They’d great work and the staff is very helpful and accommodating. Oh, and Sid’s the man!

Sid and his crew did a wonderful job on my car! I am very happy with the results and customer service is wonderful. (An added plus, they had my car ready in no time.)

Thanks Raymond, my jeep feels the best I’ve ever had it since owning. Y’all rock. Beth and the front desk girl really took care of me on account of a lost parking pass … Well they held onto for me .
Raymond your customer service is impeccable. I’m the most difficult person to deal with. Raymond is just the kindest, most direct, up front, nice, clear communication and great attitude even though I was having bad day, Raymond was in wavering in his dealings and attitude with me. I had to check myself for being an asshole. That’s how nice he was! Thanks Raymond !
The car itself feels smoother and sits higher and has a smoother ride than the day I test drove it. Amazing job thanks so much ! You guys I recommend to everybody. Thanks!

From the time I walked in the door everybody was tentative and friendly. Car was finished 3 days sooner than expected which was great for me. They contact me often through text and phone calls to let me know the progress of the car. Even got a car wash! Appreciate the fast and efficient work on my car.

Well I have to give it up to sids one gentlemen who stood out the most Bill. I was in an accident on the 8^th of Oct. In my 2015 Camry I was at a stand still on the 805 when was rear ended from another car doing about 50mph so yes my car was in bad shape. My car was taken in on the 9^th an was given an out date of Nov. 13^th I dealt wit Bill an I never had any problems he kept me updated every 2 to 3 days and answered any questions I had and he was able to get my car out a week early I would recommend this shop to anyone ask for Bill. I’m one satisfied customer!

I am changing my review to 5-​start. Just got my car back. Really good job done. Looks like Raymond saved the day for me.
I hope I change my review in the future when I get my car. But here is what is going now:
I dropped my car 09÷28÷15 in evening and I was told that I would have a quote by next day. The next day (09÷29÷15) at the end of the day I get call that they were unable to give me a quote. Now on 09÷30÷15 I get a call but no voice-​mail or email with a quote, as I was promised. Today I get a quote but that it will take 30 days to do a job which I think should not take more than 2 weeks. Till today 4 days after the car being dropped of, the work is not started all I have is a quote and my phone calls are going to voice-​mail. This is exactly another reviewer said. I hope I change my review in future.

Sid’s Auto Body was great! Raymond checked me and was very helpful in getting things taken care of (getting documents and information from the other’s person’s insurance company). Bob then took over and he gave me updates along the way told me about the parts coming in and the work being done. He called me up right when it was done and upon getting my car back, everything looked great, work/​paint everything seemed to be fine and my car was back to new! They came highly recommended from multiple sources so I am glad I was able to use them! Thanks guys

I just recently got my car repaired at SIDs. They work done was amazing — they had my car looking better than it ever had. Even better service!!! Beth is the best — she was so kind, and considerate. 6 stars for how she handled the extra supplement through insurance. If you want an auto body shop where you can get great results with amazing service, this is place!!!

Overall, it was a truly disappointing experience. The first time I got my car repaired by Sid’s the paint was bubbling afterwards. The gentlemen helping me swore up and down that the paint just needed to settle and it would be fine. Fast forward a year and the paint is chipping everywhere that Sid’s repainted during the repair. Since the paint was under warranty, I brought my car back in. When I returned to pick up my car, I came back to a cracked front bumper that was incorrectly installed and bowing out on the ends, right below my lights. Bob, Junior, & Sr. all tried to convince me that my bumper had always bowed like that and proceed to convince me of other incorrect information, just like the first time when I said the paint was bubbled. On top of that they also forgot to repaint the driver side door panel. Which is one of the spots they agreed to repaint initially. Luckily my parents had dropped me off and were present to make sure that I did not get taken advantage of. Being a girl they assume I’m naïve and don’t know what i’m talking about. I’ve never been more disappointed in men then seeing them also try to be-​little my mothers intelligence because they felt threatened by her knowledge of cars and unwillingness to accept their poor repair work. Working in customer service myself, I find it sad that my car sat there for four hours prior and no one had the decency to inspect it a little closer and take pride in their work. Instead, they were going to let my drive off the lot with a jacked up bumper because they did not want the inconvenience of having to repair it, again. These men truly showed their lack of respect and care for customer satisfaction.

I waited a while before writing a review for this very purpose. I had Sid’s do some work on my car after getting rear ended by a hummer in my 350z. When I initially saw the work I was pleased. But as I’ve been going through the past work, I’ve noticed quite a few things that either weren’t done properly, broken in the process of repairing, or completely neglected because it wasn’t seen in plain sight.
A few of these include my right rear wheel well splash guards improperly drilled, which I noticed cleaning my car one day, they tried drilling it at an angle because they put the wheel on before drilling the bottom hole, which looks horrible and the screws fell out.
Where my spare tire is, the foam, which is now broken, was improperly secured and missed fasteners to keep it in place.
Tools I kept in the trunk near the spare were dumped out in a bag where I kept a funnel and some ratchets (one of which I’m missing now).
The taillights are below par compared to my previous ones, which I assume were super polished to hide the scuffs and scratches.
There is paint residue in my trunk and the flanges on my rear trunk panel are broken and will not secure properly. (Still after the re-​work)
The license plate bracket it still messed up and was never replaced. Which is a part bought from Nissan.
As weird as it sounds, I forgot to mention that after the accident, my right window wouldn’t roll down. I notified the mechanic a day after the initial evaluation. Which I was told, I would have to prove that the accident caused it…
**October Rework Update**
I had the car reworked to fix the problems mentioned above… Turns out my car is in worse condition again.
My left splash guard is damaged and still not against the body.
My right window panel and handle are damaged, improperly installed, and scratched now.
My car had an ashy substance all throughout my car, and the cars exterior was dirty upon pickup.
They ordered the wrong parts and tried to have me drop the rental off for the extended time they would have to wait for the improper ordering of parts (3 extra days)
I reset my trip odometer to zero when I dropped off the car, when I picked it up it read .9 miles, not sure what it needed to be test drove for… (It didn’t)
THE WORST part of it all… I explained my busy schedule to the USAA representative Raymond. I told him I wouldn’t be available to pick it up until Friday because I work full time and go to school full time.
He told me he would keep me updated and that customer satisfaction was of the up most importance.
I had just got off work Thursday around 3:30 and had received a voicemail saying that the rental would not be paid for any longer and that I would have to take over the payments. The drive from work to the Enterprise was a 50 minute drive, a post inspection needed to be done, and I had to be taken back to Sids to pick up my car.
So of course I was late for class and you can tell the maintenance done to the car was rushed so they wouldn’t have to pay a measly $ 120.00 for the rental. Turns out, my car is in worse shape now than when I dropped it off originally.
I’m always skeptical about mechanic shop a for this very reason, and now what am I to do? Give my car to them again and hope for the best? I would give negative stars if I could, and will definitely be adding this review to all platforms regarding their business.

I need to have the rear bumper fixed on my Prius. The dealer told me that Sid’s did all their work and that is who they would send it to. While I was having the oil changed in my car my service rep took photos and sent them over. I received an estimate when I left the dealership. I made an appointment and scheduled the work to be done. From the time I drove onto the lot my experience with this company was exceptional. Junior explained all the work they were going to do, gave me an estimate on time of completion, and said he would buff out some scratches I had him look at on the side. So, two days later… I called Sid’s in a panic. I totally spaced out and forgot to ask that they take the $ 125.00 bumper protector off and install it on my new bumper. The protector prevents the top of the bumper from getting scratched when you are taking things in and out of the back. Junior told me it had already been installed on my new bumper! Oh, I was relieved. I went over the car when I picked it up and the work was immaculate and the scratched in the side were gone. I had NO issues getting Junior on the phone, answering my questions, calling me etc. I recommend this company without reservation.

GOOD LUCK HERE… This place is a joke, junior the manager handles your questions with answers like «we did a lot of free work on your car», when things are not fixed he says «we never looked at that».Then when you keep asking questions junior the big time manager responds by hanging up… This is the 2 nd time SIDS has screwed me and its the last, be warned if anything goes wrong don’t bother calling them they will just hang up. they get one star because you can’t give 0 which they deserve.

My 3 month old car got into a pretty bad accident and was taken to SIDS through the insurance company. My new car basically needed a whole new driver side, bumper, and both of my rear axels were snapped. I was very concerned my car wouldn’t look brand new anymore but SIDS did a great job. It took them about a month, which was expected, and bob kept my informed on the progress each week. They did a great job matching the paint (which I was very worried about!).
My alignment was way off when I finally got my car back, but that was done at big o tires down the street, so I can’t blame SIDS for that.
Overall I am very happy with them. They did a great job on my car and it still looks brand new!

I was really disappointed with them. I took my car here after a tree trunk fell on it. My luck with cars is unbelievable! Anyway. they have two stars because when I called them on a Friday, they let me bring my car to the shop even though they didn’t have time to get to it until the next week. I didn’t want it on my street where there tends to be some vandalism so I appreciated this.
They were nearly impossible to get in touch with. They never made the effort to call me and when I called them, I was lucky to get a call back.
Three weeks later I picked my car up. Here’s a list of the things that were wrong:
Paint is totally off
New scratch on the bumper
Somebody threw my full ashtray in the backseat (butts everywhere, gross!)
No emissions stickers
Hood seal cut but not replaced
Missing bolt cover
I took the car to another body shop to get their opinion before I went back to Sid’s. The very nice man there didn’t want to speak badly about somebody else’s work, but he did point out that on the inside, the paint isn’t supposed to be shiny. It won’t damage that car, but it just isn’t supposed to be that way.
They completely lack attention to detail. They obviously aren’t terribly concerned with customer service. They refused to fix the paint, claiming that that was as close as they could get. No, they could get closer, they just didn’t want to repaint it. I’m so upset that my car looks like this now. I took it back to them and they fixed the scratch and put the missing things back. They said they were going to detail the car because of the cigarette butt situation, but I’m pretty sure they just picked up the butts and called it a day. Either that or they need a new cleaning guy.
Save yourself the hassle and use someone else!

They went above and beyond the call of duty, resolving my pushed back front end on a 2002 PT Cruser. I would definately recommend this shop.
Update, now I’m not so sure, as I’ve had problems since, had the car looked at by another mechanic (who knew nothing of the history) and apparently it doesn’t look like the work was even done.

Body shops are just like hospitals, you should always know where a good one is but hopefully you’ll never have to visit one. Unfortunately I had to visit one recently but luckily it was a great shop!
What happens when a SDSU girl is on here phone and runs an intersection? Answer: I get t-​boned!
State Farm ruled she was at fault and willing to fix my vehicle and this was a certified shop. Ron looked the car over and 10 days later my 2003 Civic looked BETTER than before my accident. All the parts were OEM and the people at Sid’s did a wonderful job. Even left a little «Thank You» card on the dash when I picked the vehicle up. Very professional, car looks great and Ron was awesome.
Highly recommend this place.

I had an awesome experience at Sids. I called in and spoke to Ron to arrange a time to have my car examined. I brought my car in that day and he took photographs and ordered the replacement part before I left the shop. The part was at the shop the next day but I dropped my car off a few days later. Ron called the rental car company and they picked me up very quickly. I dropped off the car on a Wednesday and it was done by Friday morning. The work was great and my car looks like new. Ron was friendly, personable, and professional. The entire process was easy and simple.
When I got back into my «new» car, they place a couple mints on my dash along with a little sign thanking me for my business. With times being the way they are, «little» touches like that make all the difference. It showed class, which a lot of companies lack nowadays. I will not hesitate to take my vehicle back to Sid’s because I know that they appreciate my business and that the job will be done right.