ATL: who do you guys go to for collision?

i use noman @ buckhead or edgewood collision. he is a friend of mine. another member just took his testa their and i think he was pleased. from my friends in the biz, magnum is the best.

 

Bo Pirkle. 770-939-6982 He's the most experienced and his work has won many concours awards.


Who told you he can't do heavy hits? He's pieced two cars together to make one - which won first place in a NATIONAL FCA meet.

 

I saw that 328 before and after and it was an amazing transformation. Bo currently has his own 550 that he pieced together that looks as new now

 

I saw that titanium 550 he was driving, what a beauty. So that was a salvage car???

 

I saw that 550 at your church show Frank, and I thought the paint was terrible!!!! Others also commented the same!

 

What part of the car didn't you like the paint?

Bo didn't paint the entire car as he likes to leave as much original paint as he can get away with. You may have been looking at the original paint.

I was not at the show, so I can't comment about what might have been said.

Whenever it comes to comments, one always has to consider the source to determine if there are any underlying reasons.

 

Drivers side, terrible... I was not the only one talking about it!!!

 

Well, the statements that it looked sooooo good like new , must have been stated by a blind man !!!!!
The paint was definitely NOT original !!!!

 

I asked what panels were you looking at? fwiw, I haven't seen the car. Also, some original delivered paintwork has not been flawless - blend lines, milky look, orange peel, etc.

 

I believe Aluminum and Carbon fibre damage is replaced in sections, and not repaired.

I think what you might have heard is that Pirkle is not a factory authorized repair facility.

 

"...like new..." paint on a Ferrari is fair at best...just stop be a dealer and look at a new one outside in the sunlight yourself...not in the showroom lights...when Bo does a complete repaint on a Ferrari he will ask the owner "...do you want it like it left the factory or do you want a good paint job...I have used Bo for paint and body work on several of my cars...Ferrari's, BMW's, Honda's and more...and have always been well please with his work. In fact he is repairing hail damage to my wife's Honda as I type...

 

Does Bo do the paintless dent removal stuff too?

 

My money's on Bo, he plods along, but ends up delivering a great finished product. No one is perfect, but he's about as close to it as you get.

 

He has someone that comes in to do it as needed...the hail damage on my wife's car is too bad for that...Bo counted 127 dents on the roof and hood...

 

Sorry to hear that - You can replace the hood, but the roof? Bondo? Did you have a glass sunroof?

 

Again, the paint on that 550 is NOT original and it is TERRIBLE! I can't speck about his other work, but the 550 is one of the worst paint jobs I have ever seen on an upscale car !!! Sorry if there truth upsets you !!!!! Others that were in attendance made similar comments and it was even pointed out to me by another person at the show who knows paint!!

 

Having trouble contacting your buddy to find out what panels were repaired? LOL!

 

Bingo! A competitor 'nuff said.

 

I don't remember you being there Back marker!! I'm just stating facts. I have nothing to gain or lose. I could care less if bo does good work or not. I'm just telling what I saw and the conversations that took place and it was not a competitor. Good Grief!
What did you see??
I have nothing else to say on the subject.
Good name, you must be pretty slow !!!

 

I know you were NOT there!!! DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a funny guy !!!!!!!!

 

Come on guys! How the Hell does a thread started about which paint/body shop people use turn into this? I went back and looked at #7 & 11 and I didn't see where you said that you were there. I also didn't see where F355Bvc said you were there (please post # where he did and I'll stand corrected). Bo has his cheerleaders out there and I'm sure he does great work as do many others do. Does it really matter what part of the paint doesn't look good to someone? It's all a matter of personal taste and acceptance of level of work IMO. If irt doesn't look good to someone than that's that, they don't like it. Just like the person who thinks a 355 or a 308 or even a toyota looks like crap, to each their own. If F355Bvc says that something looks like crap to him who's to argue? That's the way it looks to him. Thank God this world isn't made up of people who think exactly the same, it would be very boring.
As Rodney King once said "can't we all just get along" or something like that.
Enough is enough, I'm going to dinner now.
Walt

 

For what it's worth. I saw that testarossa that was repaired at Buckhead collision and it looked fantastic. I'm no paint expert but I can tell when something looks funny and I thought it looked perfect and the color match was spot on. Also they did his work in about a week and refinished the wheels while it was there. All of the work was flawless.