Built-Rite Auto Body

Kirk is a great guy, great service, price and timely manner.

Took my car to Kirk and was really impressed with his competitive pricing, honesty and friendly personality. His work is quick and thorough, I highly recommend him for any of your auto body needs! You can tell he really cares about the relationship with his client more than the paycheck.

I had a wonderful experience here. Owner, Kirk, was very honest and kind and I could tell he genuinely wants to take care of his customers. I will return here for any other car needs and I recommend everyone else does the same. Thank you Kirk!

Knowledgeable, honest, and trustworthy… not necessarily the comments you hear about a body shop. Kirk really cared about my car as if it was his own, he was very honest, explained everything very carefully and gave me great advise! I am extremely happy that I found Built-​Rite Auto Body, although I hope I do not have to use their services often, I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for a good body shop.

I have used this auto body several times for minor dents and automatic sliding doors that stop working. I wouldn’t go anywhere else. The price is fair, the work is excellent and timely with a friendly staff.

I’m only giving 3 stars because my needs were really minor, and this is based on the friendliness and customer service I received.
I drove up to Santa Barbara for a get-​a-​way to write a final exam. When I got to my hotel I noticed something dangling near my left wheel. Upon inspection it was a plastic piece that protects from dirt getting from getting into some components. I have to say that although I love my Nissan, this is the second time in 4 years that a «plastic protective piece has come off.»
It was hanging dangerously close to my axel so thought best not to wait. Didn’t want to go to Nissan dealer just to get it removed because they would charge a huge fee to «diagnose it.» Since I already know what it was, I thought I’d find a body shop. I found this place from my trusty Unilocal.
Drove over, and showed the guy the issue and asked if he could just removed the last screw that it was holding on to by a thread. Not a problem. Told me to pull it in. He jacked up the car, removed it and asked if I wanted it put in the trunk. Told me I’d need some new hardware and then I asked him how much I owed him. He said nothing. He even gave the dog a treat.

Someone backed up into my parked car so I needed what looked like a front bumper and whatever else might have been damaged.
I called several AAA approved places but none of them did body work. Finally a 4 star-​rated place referred me to Built-​Rite.
The owner’s name is Kirk and he runs the place and will take care of you. He shows up pretty early (around 7am) so dropping my car off before work was no problem. He gave me a quote and went over EVERYTHING with me so I knew when I walked out of the shop what costs what. I got a call a few hours later with the inspection report. Turns out I didn’t need my reservoir tank replaced because it was undamaged so he recalculated my quote and updated me with the new price.
I dropped off my car Tuesday morning and he was done with it Thursday midday. I thought that’s a pretty good turn around time (not to mention the front bumper looks flawless)!
Also, someone with a trailer hitch backed up into me and dented my license plate and Kirk straightened that out without me even asking.
I was really scared because this place had no reviews but if you need car body work around SB, this place is THE place to go!