El Cajon Auto Trim Shop

These guys are fantastic. The owner is very nice, does stuff old school… Everything about this shop is ACES. Top– notch.

Went in today to repair a zipper on soft top jeep.
Sewed it on in record time and I was on my way.
Old school quick service.
I like it. Thanks, I will recommend.

I Was referred by a friend. This place is a small ma and pa type of shop. When I came to check it out to see if they could handle my needs I was pleased from the start.
This may seem odd but one of the things I liked first was that when I walked in there were materials and I would guess remnants of previous work. The shop gave me the feeling that they actually fix things because they love doing it. I’m thinking that had this shop had been brand new with massive floor space in the reception area that is super bright and sparkling clean I would have questioned immediately how much emphasis is put on the art of what they do. I can relate to the mind of someone that makes something look new again. It’s truly an art and you have to really know what your looking at to make it come out good. That takes me to the owner Mike Jones, not to be confused with the rapper. When i brought my car in he looked at the damaged seat for about 2 minutes then told me he could fix my seat. Told me how long it would take and exactly how much it would cost. I told him that I would bring it in the next day. When I brought it in everything played out exactly the way that he said to the «tee». I really appreciated the owners dry but yet get er done personality. He was straight to the point with tremendous knowledge of his craft. I liked the owners approach because it seemed like he loves what he does.
While I was waiting for them to repair my seat I sat on the stool in the reception area and started making small talk with the lady in the office which I mistook for his daughter. It was actually his wife! Oops. Anyways, the time went fast because they were very pleasant.
***This is how you tell that someone loves what they do and are there for their customers***
When he took my seat apart there was a loose switch which he said that he had to epoxy back in place. Rather than just put my seat back together with a problem inside that I would never see until it actually finally breaks, he fixed it for me. I’m thinking those are the things that ma and pa businesses do! They go above and beyond because they care. With all of that said, I would highly, HIGHLY recommend this company! I kind of wish I had other seat for them to repair so I can experience that Ma and Pa shop feel again.

Mike pulls no punches. What you see is what you get: with him, his work, and his shop. Did I come to make a new BFF, or bestie?! …hell no. Customer service is fine and to the point. The man is so good, he’s really busy, and that’s a testament to his scheduling issues. Now his final product is what I came here for: Restoring my F150
This brother delivered… And is great and not to mention extremely fair priced. Forget about going to TJ, these guys are right here in San Diego and treat you right. Restoring my beat up F150 they re-​created the original seat with OEM fabric, built up the padding… Replaced the hood liner with a new, and… Did I mention: A DAMN FAIR PRICE. They do buiseness the old fashioned way. i don’t throw compliments around, and don’t give my money away. They guys earned it all. And then some
Thanks Mike. You made my truck look, feel, and smell new again.
Oh almost forgot to mention; his detail guy scrubbed my carpets so well I didn’t have to replace them. (Which I considered)
So again… They saved me more money… and it all looks new. Couldn’t be happier

The owner needs to take a few classes when it comes to customer service. Grumpy as hell! Not to mention he told me it would take a couple of days which turned into 3 weeks for a simple TV cover. I highly do not recommend using these people. Thanks Unilocal!

Awesome job, super service. They stuck to their quote, no hidden charges and they did a GREAT job. They even finished early. It doesn’t get better than that.

The dashboard on my car has separated from the heat. These guys are fixing it when no one else would even look at it because of the air bag. This is the second time they have done work for me. Last time was to reupholster the seats in my Suzuki Samurai. Did an excellent job at a very reasonable price. Mike has been very helpful.

I had priced several places to fix or replace the door liner on my VW EOS. Years of cruising with the top down eventually found it’s way under the liner and slowly started lifting it up until it was no longer glued and was flapping in the wind.
I got several quotes to work on it. One place near my office changed the price three times on me and a second wanted to keep my car for half a day or more. Although El Cajon Auto Trim wasn’t the closest to my home or workplace, they came with a good recommendation. I called them up to see about getting a quote. Fortunately they were open on Saturday so I took my car down first thing in the morning and immediately, Mike came out, looked at my car, gave me a respectable quote in a matter of seconds and asked if I wanted them to get started on it.
Wow, fair price, no appointment needed and only had to wait a little over an hour. They not only didn’t have to replace the badly shrunk liner but fixed it to where it looks good as new.
I’ve only been there once but this is my go to place for trim/​upholstery work and I can highly recommend them.

These people are AWESOME!!! Their work was done well, they help you pick out fabrics, they can send out for custom embroidery. I saw another review where someone claimed Mike was rude. I haven’t had that problem and can only say that the shop is a very busy place and everyone has a bad day once in a while. Give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Their work far exceeded my expectations. I had my entire truck reupholstered by them and I refer friends and customers of mine to them every chance I get. They are affordable, friendly, fast, honest and do GREAT work. Do yourself a favor and don’t go anywhere else. You won’t have any regrets with this place.

I hear tons of great things about this business but when I called Mike was extremely rude on the phone to me. Bummer because I want to get good work but at the cost of someone being rude, not sure if we will take them the piece to re-​upholster now. Customer service… not their strong point even if they do good work.

Definitely 5 star service! I have an old Jeep Wrangler with a soft top. The zipper to my window busted. After calling around to various places I received either an astronomical quote to fix it or I was told «good luck .» I brought to el cajon auto trim and they had it fixed and back on the road in about 10 minutes for a fraction of Any other quote I received. Highly recommend this place!!!

I finally took my Jeep in to have the passenger seat cushion reupholstered. These guys never cease to amaze me! This is the third time I’ve been to them over the years (driver’s side seat cushion about 10 years ago and headliner about 4 years ago) and their work is impeccable. Their price and quality cannot be beat; don’t be fooled by the storefront, these guys know what they’re doing, they do it very well, and they stand behind the end product.
I dropped the Jeep off in the morning and had it back by mid-​afternoon, wishing I had asked them to redo the entire interior (Yes! Even the driver’s seat again, although it still looks good.) The leather and stitching are beautiful and soft and puts the rest of the original interior to shame. I will definitely be back to have the other seats done… sooner rather than later.

absolutely the BEST place to take yer car, truck, hot rod, convertible, boat for a repair, reupholster, update.
been goin here since the 80s for all my upholstery work, work for my clients, and vehicle windshield sunscreen covers –
just took my Toyota here t-​day for *snap on* and *velcro attached* sunscreens for front and back windshields and they were done perfect when I picked it up – ALL my vehicles have had, and now have sunscreens made by these folks — keeps em WAY cooler inside when parked on HOT summer days
call 619−442−9979 or drop in and tell Mike what you’d liketa have done and he’ll make it happen for you
my highest recommendation! known this fella a LONG time