Are body shops actually good enough to get body lines back to normal? I have a 97 integra and on the side of the vehicle there is nice sharp body line and mine has a few small dents right on the body line.

Now, when ever I can get my car's body fixed and painted I just wanna know if any good body man would be able to actually get that body line straight and at the right angle?

Mines on the rear quarter so it's not like they can hammer it out and all that. I'm sure they can get do a decent job but will it be perfect?

 

A good body man can definitely get it straight IMO. I've been out of practice for a few years but back when I worked in a body shop I could get a body line to look pretty perfect at all angles. Just keep in mind you get what you pay for.

 

Yes. Easily. All the guys at my shop get the lines perfect every time, if they dont, then we send it back until they get it right.

 

anyone that knows what they are doing can get it right, my favorite was reshaping the wheel arches, i took pride in the fact i could actually do it

 

you will hear expensive shops always say this " you get what you pay for"


guess why, because skill don't come cheap.
any good body man can make magic happen, i wish i had before and after pictures of 69 rs ss camaro i did... with time and money anything can be fixed... even if the idiot owner does not want u to replace to quarter panel... ok im good now ive vented.

seriously tho, yes a good shop will take ur car far beyond what the factory ever did.

 

Amen, I'll try and upload pictures of a FJ40 that we did, had sentimental value to the owner and he had DEEP pockets, we did full body off resto, soda-blasted frame, cut out any rotted metal and replaced with new, cut new glass, it came out absolutely amazing I still see it driving around town turning heads wherever it goes.

We were also doing a 65 GTO that I saw after paint and looked amazing, LOTS of time and money went into it, but the car got done properly and it shows.