SF Bay Area body shop recommendations

[penguiNET]

Was in a parking lot...stationary, 3rd in line to exit...some lady in a Q5 pulls in, take a sharp turn and runs into my car.

scratched my left headlamp and the front end on that side. https://imgur.com/Lm4tzcV

2019 RS5 sportback just delivered 4 months ago. Custom wrapped paint protection film (actually took a lot of the damage but punched through in certain areas) ruined.

I am beyond incensed.

Please send me your recommendations for auto body shops in the SF Bay Area (I'm in SF).

Thanks

[zxsuxr]

They are factory certified for Audi repair
https://www.europeancollision.com/

[underboss24]

Janssen Place Autobody in Newark, CA did a good job on one of my cars. Insurance will cover the clearbra.

-Underboss

[superswiss]

That sucks. I can highly recommend the BMW Concord Collision Center. They are an Audi Authorized Collision Repair Facility and they happen to be a certified XPEL installer, so you can get everything done in one place. Audi Concord uses them as their goto body shop. They took my old RS5 there after somebody in the shop got too close to my car with a piece of equipment and damaged one of the fenders. My PPF also took most of the damage, but punched through in one place. The BMW Collision Center fixed the fender and redid the PPF. I had the edges custom wrapped and they redid it exactly the same way. Later on I also had a lady in a parking lot while I was stationary kiss my rear bumper. Again, the PPF took most of it, but punched through in one place. They were able to polish the damage out and then redo the PPF for the rear bumper. They did such a great job that I took my C63S to them to install XPEL. They are very good and very busy. They do much more than BMWs. They even do Ferrari's etc.

[the4siswickid]

Barsotti's in San Ramon, while North Bay is literally one of the top Audi Rated shops in SF Bay - 5 stars on pretty much all reviews.
i've had THREE Audi's repaired by them for various issues, but the most extensive of which required an almost complete rebuild of the interior.
I had just purchased a 2008 S6 - 18K miles.
Dealer said there was no issues with it except some scratches on the bumper, etc., which they agreed to fix.
The place they sent it to originally, did such poor work - and tried to fix it 3 additional times, that finally they sent me to Barsotti's.

They dug into the car, with overspray all over the hood, doors, fenders, trunk, quarter panels, etc., and what they found underneath ended up costing the dealer $28K in repairs for misrepresenting the car.
Barsotti's found significant "non-frame" damage, and ended up having to pull the ENTIRE interior out, including all factory clips and the headliner, seats, etc., reapply the rust protection from the factory, strip all body panels down to the metal, re-prime, repaint to exact factory spec (it was a custom color), etc., etc.

It took 2 MONTHS (they are NOT fast, but they are absolutely detailed).
Car went in with several rattles, came out with not a single one, they re-aligned the vehicle, because it had been up/off lifts so frequently they wanted to be safe.
I visited the car weekly, they had wrapped every component of the interior with plastic wrap for protection, did NOT re-install the original headliner (opted for a replacement), replaced ALL clips with factory new, etc. Much of the interior hardware that connect interior panels to the body were completely replaced to ensure an OEM fit - this is why they take so long.

They will honor insurance quotes without changing their methods because my other two cars were insurance claims, versus dealer paid and there was not a single issue.

Ask for Lars.

I'm serious - I would drive from Nevada to NorCal before I would let another shop touch my car.

[penguiNET]

Thanks everyone for your recommendations! @zxsuxr, @underboss24, @superswiss, @the4siswickid

Hope to get my baby back to new soon. Just cosmetic damage (other driver ran into the ultrasonic "fog light" housing and the carbon fiber trim over there too), so it's not gonna be too bad I think.

Appreciate all the recommendations and personal experiences!

[QuattroMobb]

Panel Craft Berkeley Works on TST cars and 034 cars