A & B Auto Body

Very friendly, professional and knowledgeable staff.
A gem for the neighborhood.
Great service and good price.

I took my girl friend here and they completely took advantage of her. She told me that they even switched out her battery (and left an old faulty one), drove her car around and she was sent a parking ticket by the city. They her that they needed to keep her car for a month (outrageous). She is a young woman and I think they thought they could take advantage of.

Una verguenza!!! Shame, this place sucks so bad.
They even got my friend a parking ticket because they were driving her car around without her permission and even replaced her battery for a bad old one.

Don’t paint your car here unless you want to paint it twice or if you don’t really care about quality they leave over spray all over the car including trim and windows they didn’t take off the emblems correctly, drips cheap price if you don’t mind having a half ass job done.

Very nice owner, but he constantly kept pushing the due date of my car to the next day. First it was supposed to be done on a Wednesday or Thursday. I went with Thursday thinking that extra day would give him more time. Called up the place, and he said he would have it on Friday instead. So I called on Friday, «oh sorry, won’t be done until Saturday.» He finally calls me on Saturday to tell me of the problem he had with my car and says, «there’s going to be an extra charge because of a problem we found when we opened your car.» But, he said he would wave the charge, and have the car ready on Monday at 5pm. So I call on Monday to see if the car will be ready at 5pm, nope, won’t be ready until 7:30 pm. Ok, fine, at this point I have some where to be at 6, and plan on getting my car after. But I wouldn’t be getting my car because he calls me to let me know it won’t be ready until Tuesday at 12, so I show up at 1, and it’s still not ready, «give me an hour and a half» He says. I come back later, and I’m sitting here waiting for my car 3 hours after it was supposed to be ready thinking that my presence might hurry it up. I have tons of other work that needs to be done on my car, that would have been handled here, if they would just have some integrity as to when the car woulr be done. He could have told me «the car will be ready in 2 weeks», and I would have understood that time frame. But no, for some reason, He just kept stringing me along, and I am not a happy customer.

Was extremely displeased with service i took my car in to get painted 3 weeks ago ago although the price was cheap 450 i was assured my car would ready in 5 days. Come 5 days later my car wasnt ready giving the business owner the benefit of the doubt he told me 1 more day. 1 day turned another and that turned into 4 days which turned into another week. all with the shop saying it would be done. I am still car less. stay away ftom this shop unless you dont mind wait for almost a month for your to get painted.

THIS PLACE IS AWESOME!!!
I had an accident that damaged the drivers side of my brand new Ford Fusion Hybrid. I had taken my car to many different shops around Pasadena, Alhambra, and Monterey Park. I had been estimated $ 5,000.00-$ 9,500.00 from the Auto Body shops I visited, then I decided to give these guys a try. Its funny because my uncle lives very close to them and I have passed by so many times and never thought to stop in. Well I am absolutely glad I did. They came out and gave me an estimate within 5 minutes, And it turned out to be less then half of what the cheapest of the others charged. In my opinion if you get into an accident get an estimate from one of the auto shops in Alhambra, and once you get your insurance check bring your car to A & B. You will be glad you did. It may take an extra week, but it is very worth it. They saved me so much money I did not hesitate to bring the workers lunch a couple times, they appreciate it too. I highly recommend their services. This place truly is a diamond in the rough.

I was searching for reviews but couldn’t find any so here it goes.
This is based on my former neighbor, who had his wife’s entire car (late-​model minivan) painted, all dents fixed, for $ 1000 ($ 500 deposit; the rest when done) in Aug 2008. He was extremely pleased with their work.
I am in West Hollywood and they picked up the car and returned it a few days later. Based on Google Maps (
)… it is a rundown area, but it beats going to Mexico. (He drives a lot and had his share of accidents.)
I plan on using them for a minor bump on the side of the car (a small 4-​door) after getting a $ 450 estimate from one place in Hollywood (recommended by a friend, after using them for years), and a second estimate of $ 1200 from Network Auto Body Inc (highly recommended here).
From BBB:
C+ Ratings: A good rating. We would expect nothing less than a satisfactory business transaction, but read our full report to determine if you have any questions or concerns.
1 complaint (the past 36 months): «Refuse to adjust, relying on terms of agreement.»
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Edit: I took my car in late March, 2009 and although they fixed the dent for less than the others ($ 250), I believe they created another dent, perhaps from a tool or another car.