Earl Scheib Auto Paint Body Collision

They’re not there anymore. The building is closed and empty. Does anybody know where they moved?

Great job, good price, kind service. Also very quick turnaround. I will return!

So, I take my poor little 1995 Honda to Rich and I am extremely satisfied with his work. Nicely done for the price I paid. Thanks again Rich!

I was shopping around paint shops and was getting overpriced estimates for my ’94 BMW that i had just bought. The car had peeling paint and dents all over the front and back end. I was ready to fork over nearly $ 1500 of my well earned money to fix her up when i tried this Earl Scheib location. The gentleman, Rich, told me straight. It was going to take some work but that he could do the job for under $ 1000. I took the gamble and came out lucky with my new car looking just as it did when it was built. The dents were non-​existant and the paint a candy apple red and shiny from the extra shine coat i could now afford. He had the trim around the windows fixed and the car was washed!
Ill be recommending this shop and Rich to my folks and friends who want a straight answer and an honest job done.

so I was told my car was going to be painted right… VERY wrong… too bad i can not give them no stars! first off, they took longer than they told me, second, when my car was done, they did not clean anything inside, so i was stuck cleaning out all the sanding dust in my car. they also used my car to make a few trips as i put a full tank of gas in my car and wrote down the miles before i gave it to them and it was 19 miles added. they just cleared my trip to make it seem like i did not know. the worst part of this experience was they left a nice bubble on my hood about a good 6 to 8 inches big. so now when the weather gets hot, the paint bubbles up BAD! went to talk to rich the owner and he told me, and i quote! «we are about production, NOT perfection»… what do you say after that??? worst people EVER! i was referred by an old painter friend of mine and he got a nice looking raccoon eye right after i picked up my car. so we are even. a shame these «painters» can make money the way the work is done. oh, and i totally forgot, they sprayed my windows and totally forgot to spray the WHOLE bottom portion of my doors… way to go! went back to talk to rich and he some what offered to fix it, but with his attutitude, i had him give me paint and took it else where. paid more for the extra work but it was my bad not even looking into this crap hole before i had it painted there. better off using a spray can outside in a dessert! no kidding!

TERRIBLE!!! Worst paint job ever!
Where do I begin? I was having my car fully stripped and repainted. The owner, Rich, told me he would personally oversee my job. Yeah right… I stopped by the shop a few times to check on progress only to find a broken headlight and areas they had clearly missed. The end result was a crappy paint job with obvious «orange peel» effect, bumps where dust got under the paint, and overspray everywhere.
I called Rich several times to try to make it right and he blew me off. He told me I had too high standards. Rich is a sales guy trying to drum up business when he should be paying more attention to quality of service.
Yes, they are cheap and you ultimately get what you pay for. But if you look around you can find a body/​paint shop that will provide a much better result for only slightly more. Save yourself the disappointment and avoid this place.

I have an 87 integra. The paint on it was fading when I first bought the car from a private sale Jan of 2000. 11 years later, the paint looks a lot worse. I was going to be on vacation for a week, so I figured it was the perfect time to roll the dice.
So, the original plan was to do a lot of the prep work myself since I know how bad these earl schieb paint jobs come out. But, after half-​assing the $ 50 paint job a few years ago, and being very busy, I never did any prep work. I’m also not very good with «aesthetic» automotive things (i dont have the patience or artist touch to make the prep work come out right, I like working under the hood) so even if I did some prep work, there woulda been a lot of effort and more money for potentially little gain. So, seeing as part of that paint is coming up, and my car isn’t looking that great anyway from the botched $ 50 paint job, the saggy pumpers, dents, rust, and missing or peeling trim pieces, I figured i didnt have much to lose for their «bad» paint job. At least the car would all be one color! Bedsides, I don’t know how to fix rust, or dents.
So, I told the guy, remove the old $ 50 paint, fix a dent I have in my hood, repair some of the rust by the rear windows (both sides!) and to paint it close to the blue that it is. He said «sure, and we have a blue that’s really similar to the color of your car already… I think you will like how it comes out.» I also asked about the peeling trim pieces. He only offered to remove the rest of the coating, then paint it black. So, with all that, I’ll be paying like $ 700– $ 900. (i dont remember what it was, lol)
A week later, I return to get my car (I just got the car back today).
Over all, it looks better than what she did before. They fixed the dents and seemed to fix (or maybe just hide) the rust. However, they forgot to strip and repaint the trim like we agreed… so in 2 weeks (when the paint fully cures) I’ll have to take her back there for them to finish the job. I havent seen any signs of over or under spray, and the orange peel isn’t too bad IMO. Its not a perfect paint job, but over all, I am satisfied with the outcome so far, I’ll just see how the paint job holds up over time. They seemed to take some pride in their work, so I wouldn’t mind going back to these guys again for them to repaint beater, or something. I’ll do my best to take care of this cars paint in the mean time. I cant wash the car or apply any chemicals to her (like wax) for the next 2 weeks, so I plan to leave it in my garage untouched during that time. Then I will return it to them, so they can right their wrongs! After that happens, I’ll update this review.
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so i got the car back with the trim done. Again, it was done good enough for the price, but not perfect. There is still a lil evidence of the old rubber coating on the trim pieces, but unless you are up close and looking for it, you wont see it. So, i would def go back to these guys again. For the money spent, i was very satisfied.

My 2000 VW car hood paint was flaking off and I was tired of having a car with a sad looking hood. So I decided I needed to get this fixed. First I went to 3 auto body shops in San Mateo to see what this would set me back. All three came in around $ 600 to $ 700 to strip the paint, prime it, and then repaint it and it would take 3 days. I couldn’t justify spending that for a 9 year old car that I probably only keep for a couple of years. So one of the body shops recommended that I go to Earl Scheib and just get a quick paint spray and be done.
So, I called Earl Scheib twice and left messages never to get a return call. I realized Scheib and Maaco are the Walmarts of car paining and service and quality would probably be low. I finally drove to the shop and decided I would just find somebody to look at my car. When I got to the shop, there were no cars in the back and the manager was hanging out in the office. Needless to say I was a bit worried that they guys were not in business and I was skeptical.
The manager came out told me they could sand and repaint for $ 200. I was sold and they could take the car the next day, hence an empty shop. I was still pretty worried that I was paying for and getting a pretty cheap job. My expectations were low, but gotta be better than my car now.
I dropped my car off in the morning and they said it would be done that day. Sanding, three coats of factory paint, and a clear coat. Gotta say I was still skeptical. That afternoon I came wondering if the paint job would look like cans of spray paint done by a teenager.
I was very surprised to see my car in the lot looking like it did years ago. The paint job looked good and it matched the rest of the car. For ¹⁄₃ of the cost I now have a car that looks good, but only warranted for a year. They guys left some masking tap around the hood, but all in all I am very happy with Earl Scheib and proud to drive a car that looks normal again.

So my old car used to be red, then I decided to paint it with a couple of dozen cans of rustolium spray paint to silver. Then when I decided that looked bad, I started to sand it off. That looked worse. Then I took it to Earl Scheib and painted it yet another color (metallic blue). They did a decent job. They had a bit advertized on their website for $ 300 for a paint job. It came to $ 325 after taxes. They got overspray on my windows and mirrors, but when I sprayed my car, I got A LOT more overspray on my windows and mirrors and headlights and taillights and license plates, and… you get the picture.
Learn from me. If you want a mediocre paint job, go to Earl Scheib. Not great, but they get the job done, have lots of pretty colors and it will save you $ 80 in paint from Orchard Supply. Or I will paint your car for a couple of beers. You decide.
No haggling. I like it. What you see is what you pay. Good.

We brought my husband’s car here for his Christmas present. He has a tendency to buy cheap, beat-​up cars to drive around infrequently. His most recent, a 1986 BMW that cost him $ 300. Rear damage, cracking leather on the dashboard and elsewhere. Fading, if not deteriorating, paint on the top surfaces of the car.
I consulted a friend who actually knows a thing or two about cars and asked him about what a paint job would cost me. The answer: «It varies.»
It sure does. Getting estimates at several auto body shops, it varied from $ 5000-​$ 6000 dollars. I’m sure these folks do a good job — they take off all of the parts that don’t specifically need paint.
Maaco and Earl Scheib are a different animal. They will cover up /​tape over the parts of your car that you don’t want new paint on. You can pay anywhere in the range of $ 300 to $ 1200, and you will get what you pay for.
We decided on the Silver package, (2^nd from the bottom) which guarantees the paint for 3 years and cost us a bit over $ 500. The work was efficient and the service professional. The beat-​up BMW looks much prettier now, and the rear damage actually less noticeable now that there is new paint covering it rather than rust. There were very tiny spots where it seemed like the old paint may not have been taken off completely. We pointed out these bumps and were given some extra paint for touch-​ups in case it comes off in those spots. We did not notice paint in undesirably places, such as on the windows or anything.
We are very happy for what we got based on the money spent.