St Louis Auto Body Inc

I’ve been a regular customer at this business for 10 years. The owner, Dave, has helped me with even something as simple as changing a windshield wiper… which I couldn’t do myself because of my carpal tunnel. They are honest dudes and they do great work at extremely competitive prices. I trust them so much that they are –always– the first place I turn to when I’m having trouble with my car. And they have always gotten the job done within 24 hours. Top notch establishment. Can’t recommend ‘em enough!

I had a busted rear window in my 97′ Nissan 200sx and I couldn’t find a replacement that didn’t cost an arm and a leg. Then I talked to Dave and he was able to replace the busted window at ¹⁄₃ of the price i was quoted by other businesses.
I also had to get an estimate there on the same car and he was more than fair with his estimate. I would recommend these guys for any body work you may need.
They are fast, dependable and very affordable!

I love these guys, professional and reasonable. Very friendly and excellent work. Plus they have a A+ rating with the BBB!!!

I brought my car in for a complete exterior clean up and repaint. Picked up the car and drove it home. I tried to use the sunroof and it was working incorrectly. It wouldn’t open or close as it should. It was removed to be painted and worked fine before. I turned around and talked to Dave. As soon as I mentioned the sunroof he said he didn’t know what was wrong it. He knew it wasn’t working correctly after the reinstall, but didn’t mention it to me when i picked it up. He also took no responsibility for it not working. He said he thought the motor was bad (which it wasn’t). I left somewhat amazed and shocked.
Once home I gave a thorough examine of the car under light. I found paints runs on the hood, rear, and a small spot that was bare metal (missed when painted I guess). All very noticeable. I returned the next day and Dave agreed to fix the paint. When finished, there were still some issues on the rear and with the bare spot. Again, all very noticeable. They agreed to fix it, and the third time they did.
Overall the painting is average. I still see minor dents that were not smoothed out that should have been based on the estimate. The sunroof ended up costing me close to $ 700. That’s with using used jaguar parts. Probably the reason they didn’t want to take responsibility for breaking it. The place that made the repair afterwards believed that it was broke when St. Louis Auto Body attempted to remove the sunroof panel. He also stated that its not as easy as just removing screws.
To top it all off, when I planned to pick my car up after the third painting they put it outside in the rain. I called when i noticed it was raining, concerned about water leaking in the car from the sunroof. Dave assured me it was fine. Sure enough, when I picked it up, the back floor was wet from water linking though. I don’t know why they would’ve even put a newly painted car outside in the rain like that. Regardless it leaked because of a missing part that allows the water to drain to the sides. It was removed or broken off (as told to me by the eventual repair shop). Again, no problems before St. Louis Auto Body! Definitely no leaks!
Either way, I received a mediocre paint job, a broken sunroof, lots of time lost having to properly get the sunroof repaired (not as easy as you’d think) and wait for repainting, and an additional $ 700 for their mistake. As well as being told something unethical in regards to the sunroof.
Dave was very friendly and nice. He was fairly priced against competitors, but that went away once the sunroof broke. The paint job was worse than what I’ve seen from Maaco who painted an old truck I had. However, Maaco is priced way less. I basically got a subpar paint job for a professionally priced service. Obviously i won’t use them again. I originally chose them for their price as well as the fact they had two good reviews. My mistake. I won’t ever use them again, and will not recommend.