Bauer Auto Body & Paint

After my accident I asked for recommendations on where i can take my car to get fixed. I took my car to Bauer, and was impressed by the great service, they fixed my car at a great price. The workers were very friendly, i definitely will bring more customers in!

This is an excellent body shop. They do very clean work and most important they are very honest. Danny is one of the nicest guys I’ve met and he made the whole experience very easy for me. He earned my business for life.

i got into an accident and we decided to settle outside of insurance. i got a very low estimate for parts and paint. got the car abck with no complaints from me or the person i hit, Thanks Bauer.

I was referred to this shop by a friend and had a wonderful experience. Teddy and Danny were helpful and did a beautiful job with my car. Id recommend this place for sure.

I was referred to Bauer by a gal friend of mine, who said that they were really cheap when they fixed her slightly dented bumper. Mine wasn’t a simple dent – instead, there were a group of dents between two side doors, which required both doors to be repaired and re-​painted. I was promised by Teddy, the old man owner, after he flirted with me for an hour inappropriately, of course, that he would take care of it for less than half the price of a large, professional collision shop. With confidence, he promised that I’d have my car back like new in 3 days.
As I waited for the rental car company, Teddy told me how attractive of a woman I am and talked about how he used to work in the fashion world and how he’s been through 5 wives. He made me feel uncomfortable for at least a half hour, but I endured because I was happy with the low, low estimate and his seeming confidence about being able to fix my car «no problem».
I finally got picked up by the rental car company, and off I went. The job ending up taking 5 days, and no one from Bauer was able to pick me up at the car rental place. After taking cab and meanwhile getting probably 5 phone calls from Teddy asking where I was and when I’d be there, I came to pick up the car.
The first thing I noticed was that the paint was flat, not metallic, like the rest of the car. The second thing I noticed was that the door handles were not attached correctly and were clearly outside of the grooves on the doors. The third thing was that the doors could not even be opened from the outside. The fourth was that there were 200 extra miles on my car when my car should have been being worked on, not being taken on joyrides. The fifth was that I had a different passenger side mirror with «objects may be closer than they appear» on it, when that wasn’t there before and when my mirror had nothing to do with the job. I can only assume they broke it while taking the front door off. And the final cherry on top was that the entire center console was rooted through and everything in it was turned upside down. What were his workers doing going through my stuff when they should’ve been fixing my freakin’ car?
I asked what happened and said I was disappointed and that I wanted it done right. Teddy said he’d fix it and take care of it and asked me to bring the car back and that he’d «throw in» my rims to be buffed and polished for free, as well as getting me a car rental. He said it would only take one day to fix.
I spoke to several people, who said there was no way that job would take one day, especially to repaint it, as they would have to strip it and start over. And, my gut told me not to take it back there.
I instead took it back to the large, professional body shop to get an updated estimate on fixing Bauer’s horrible job. They said they’d figure out why the doors couldn’t open and would fix the handles and the paint, as well as the rims. The next day I got a call from them saying that the last shop completely messed up the doors, especially the back one. They said that VW’s have complex engineering, and it was obvious that Bauer had no idea what they were doing and forced the parts onto the vehicle. They couldn’t believe how many broken parts were inside the door and it took them an entire day just to get it off. The guys at this new shop have certification and training and I should’ve taken it there to begin with. I’m sure I’ll be able to write a nice review of their shop once they fix the monstrosity of a job that Bauer Auto Body did.
My final words are that you definitely get what you pay for. Lesson learned. If you have a tiny, simple job and you don’t care about your car OR being inappropriately flirted with, then Bauer’s inexperienced and uneducated workers can probably fix it cheaply and you can blow off his stupid comments. For anything beyond the simplest dent on a bumber should be taken to a professional collision center and you should stay as far away as possible from this ridiculously HORRIBLE shop. This was the worst experience, from Teddy’s flirting, obvious ignorance about different types of car engineering (he has a FASHION background for Pete’s sake) to the fact that his workers completely messed up my doors and didn’t even know it. They couldn’t understand what I was talking about when I asked to have it done right, and they actually shook their heads in disbelief. Well now I’m waving both arms and screaming to everyone out there to stay away from this auto body shop, espcially if you’re an attractive woman!

Was referred by my brother. My whole family goes here for all our body work. Clean, honest, and great work! Why go anywhere else when you can have the job done at a reasonable price and reasonable time.