By chance, does anyone here recommend a decent body shop repair for accidents? Looking for a friend (not a Lucid), preferably close to the Daytona Beach/Tampa/Orlando area in Florida.
By chance, does anyone here recommend a decent body shop repair for accidents? Looking for a friend (not a Lucid), preferably close to the Daytona Beach/Tampa/Orlando area in Florida
You *have* to use a Lucid-approved body shop, from what I understand. Is Windermere Lucid-approved?Would you recommend the repair shop you used? USAA is steering me towards Windermere in Winter Park.
Out of curiosity I checked these out on the internet. Lots of bad reviews. But, caveat, I have not had occasion to do the same thing elsewhere so maybe those kinds of reviews are endemic to auto collision centers.Thanks for the advice, Borski. I contacted Lucid & they provided the following list of "recommended" (they do not "approve" apparently). Does anyone have experience with any of these? Thanks in advance.
Countach Auto Body
111 San Lorenzo Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33146
(305) 443-1468
Dayas Customer Autos
6650 Kingspointe Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32819
(407) 781-1414
Fantastic Finishes
900 Stinson Way # 1, West Palm Beach, FL 33411
(561) 790-4090
Thanks for the advice, Borski. I contacted Lucid & they provided the following list of "recommended" (they do not "approve" apparently). Does anyone have experience with any of these? Thanks in advance.
Countach Auto Body
111 San Lorenzo Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33146
(305) 443-1468
Dayas Customer Autos
6650 Kingspointe Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32819
(407) 781-1414
Fantastic Finishes
900 Stinson Way # 1, West Palm Beach, FL 33411
(561) 790-4090
My car was delivered with a couple of paint flaws which were noted on my delivery docs. Most notably the hood had to be totally repainted. Although I took delivery in Tysons Corner, VA, I primarily keep the car in south Florida. My car wound up at Fantastic Finishes in West Palm Beach, and I can't say enough about this shop. Lucid came and picked up my car in an enclosed flatbed to the body shop. I got a Polestar from Hertz for a rental while the car was in the shop. A few days after my car was taken to the body shop, I paid an unannounced visit. I was blown away with the facilities. They work on nothing but very high end cars. Rolls, Bentley, Porsche, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, etc. Apparently they no longer work on Tesla since Tesla reduced their hourly payout rate. Since Riviera Beach is the main distribution hub for Lucid East coast, there were a few Lucids there as well. A couple of them had been involved in extensive accidents, ouch!
Sorry to be so long winded, but I highly recommend Fantastic Finishes!!
OMG, I didn't realize your car was totaled. I guess that happened after we met up in Brunswick in December.
Apparently they [Fantastic Finishes] no longer work on Tesla since Tesla reduced their hourly payout rate.
I'm having the same problem. USAA told me I could take my car to fantastic finishes but I would have to pay the $14,000 difference between the two estimates. I told them that that wasn't acceptable and that I expected them to identify a quality body shop that had done at least one Lucid and I would take it there and let them haggle. Fortunately they agreed. I live near Jacksonville Florida and told them I would be willing to drive to Atlanta or even farther to assure a quality result but they have yet to identify a body shop with any experience with Lucids.That's right. In fact, I had a bit of a battle with my insurance company about sending the car to Fantastic Finishes, as their labor rates are $155 an hour compared to the $120-130 that the insurance claimed was the prevailing rate in the area. However, the volume body shops that are in most insurance company networks won't make the investments in training and special equipment that are required for work on Lucids, which are low-volume business for them at this point. Thus the shops that handle Lucids tend to be shops that specialize in high-end cars.
While we were still proceeding on the assumption that the car was reparable, I finally told the insurer that I would send the car to a shop in their network, but that it was up to the insurer to see to it that their preferred shop could procure the needed repair parts from Lucid. Once the claim administrator found out that Lucid would not sell the parts to non-certified shops, he relented.
Ultimately it turned out that a stressed structural member (called a horseshoe because of its shape) through which the front axle passes was deformed a bit beyond the allowable tolerance for repair, there was no option but to total the car.
I'm having the same problem. USAA told me I could take my car to fantastic finishes but I would have to pay the $14,000 difference between the two estimates. I told them that that wasn't acceptable and that I expected them to identify a quality body shop that had done at least one Lucid and I would take it there and let them haggle. Fortunately they agreed. I live near Jacksonville Florida and told them I would be willing to drive to Atlanta or even farther to assure a quality result but they have yet to identify a body shop with any experience with Lucids.
Great process. I will attempt to follow the same. I am halfway there. When USAA told me I could receive a check from them then take it to a body shop of my choosing, I pointed out that their website stated that their process was for me to select a body shop and then they would negotiate with the body shop rather than me. At that point USAA agreed & also agreed with me that any body shop they recommend must have repaired at least 1 Lucid. She agreed that was reasonable & provided 2 names. So now I just need to keep USAA in control of the repair negotiation process. Thanks so much.....
Both fenders passenger side scraped to the metal, 5 panels. Plus both wheels to be replaced.