Dave’s Body Shop

This place is great. We had our car towed to Cavallino’s and they tried to total out the vehicle and then buying it back from us. After getting recommendation, brought it to Dave’s and they were great. The price was fair, the insurance company didn’t total it out and it looks brand new.
And it was all done in less than the promised week. A++++ body shop

Don’t let the basic look of the place fool you, this is a Grade A body shop.
I needed to have new window sill, seal pieces installed on the driver’s side of our suv, so I tried going to our previous body shop on Old Middlefield. They told me they couldn’t do the work until after the new year. We were heading up to the snow and I wanted to get it done before we left, so I left there and pulled over to check Unilocal.Dave’s was the first shop that came up, and it happened to be directly in front of me. I pulled in, was greeted almost immediately and was told that they could install them first thing in tomorrow morning, and it would take about an hour. I showed up the next morning, dropped off the vehicle and the parts and walked to the nearby Starbucks. Sure enough, almost exactly an hour later they called and said it was ready. The job was done perfectly, quickly, and for a VERY fair price. I didn’t catch the name of the older gentleman who helped me and did the work, but if he is thee «Dave», he’s great, and so is his shop. I would definitely use Dave’s Body Shop again.
*I only had some new trim installed, so I can’t vouch for the quality of major body work done by Dave’s, but if the service I received is indicative, I’m sure the quality of all of their work is stellar.

I was rear ended and had to replace my bumper. I went to a highly-​recommended place down the street and their estimate was $ 1500, ready in 1.5 weeks. Dave quoted $ 475, ready in 4 days, and he got it done in 2 days instead. Can’t really ask for a better experience than that.

They do great work. Liem seems to actually care about my situation, and didn’t charge me an arm and a leg.
Quoted much lower than anyone else, and then wound up doing it even cheaper than the quote.

Pulled up for a free estimate and a nice man came out within seconds.
I had a few black marks and scratches on my bumper from turning too closely inside my own garage. nice.
He took a look at my bumper and asked if I would mind if he tried to erase the marks. He went inside to grab some things, came out with his supplies, got to work, and was able to rub off the scratches within minutes.
The Lexus dealership quoted me over $ 750 to fix the bumper and didn’t even give me the option of just getting the black marks rubbed off. perhaps this is common sense but there are people like me who might not know this.
He didn’t charge me anything! Honest, straight forward, quick and friendly service. He explained that if I wanted to completely fix the bumper, I’d need to get it taken off and then repainted but that would be too costly and could also not match the rest of the car.

Free estimates, free towing, insurance approval, foreign, domestic. I pulled out the front bumper of my Lexus, took it to Dave, He has worked on it and my Toyota truck before. I expected to schedule and appointment and come back. He said he could do it right then. I sat in his office and read a book. 30 minutes later, all done. I love this guy! Obviously knowledgeable, talented and fair.

I scratched the front part and bumper of my car so brought it here for an estimate. He said it would take three days so I dropped the car off on thursday so I can get it on saturday for work. It was ready by friday afternoon and he did excellent work. Definitely coming back here for future car related services.

The guy did a really nice job on my car. I highly recommend.

Don’t look for a fancy office or hours of conversation from Liem – just fairly priced, to-​the-​point, excellent repairs for your car.

I called Liam this morning and asked if he could install a new door handle on my fiancé’s Lexus RX350 that Lozano’s Car wash employees had broken off. I had received an estimate from Putnam Lexus where we purchased the car for $ 450 and four hours of time. I had researched on the internet and found that it should only take a 20 – 30 minutes with the right tools.
Liam quoted me $ 40 to install the part. He showed me in the computer that the standard rating is 45 minutes. I watched Liam properly install the part in 10 minutes, while carrying on a conversation with me. Liam is a very honest and conscientious person. When I told him what I had been quoted, he said he wouldn’t be able to sleep at night if he did that to people.
As people noted, the shop doesn’t look like much, but the quality and integrity is top notch in my book.
I will take my Tahoe that needs some minor touch repairs there in the near future.

Although theres not much ‘curb appeal’, this is an excellent shop. The side of my Prius had gotten swiped and I received a high quote from another shop. I stopped by Dave’s and Liem quoted me right on the spot and was much less expensive than the other shop. He agreed to start the work the following Monday. Liem did the work on time and as quoted. He even cleaned my (really dirty) car. I would highly recommend. I plan to go back with my wife’s car.

Shop with bare bones appearance, but the work and price was amazing.
I hit my car against the curb while parking which caused the front bumper to detach from the side and a part was dangling from the bottom. I got an estimate of 1000 $ to fix this from a neighbouring body shop (they wanted to refurbish or replace the bumper). Plus they wanted to keep the car for 3 days.
At this shop they fixed up the car in 125 $ in a single day. After the fix, it is hard to find any evidence of my crash with the curb.
Fully recommend.

I went to Dave’s Body Shop after reading such great reviews about their service. After losing the bottom of my bumper from pulling too far forward on a curb, I went to Dave’s to get an estimate on how much it would cost to put it back on. They fixed it right then and their and only charged me $ 40!!!
I would highly recommend Dave’s Body Shop! Great people and great service!

I don’t really write reviews, but Liem really did me a favor today. Everywhere else I went to quote me at least 3 times what he did for something I thought was quite straight forward to fix up. I told Liem I’d like to go for the cheapest options available and he did just that, and the bang for the buck is unparalleled. Take time to talk to him about what you want, and he will layout all the options for you. I like the fact that there’s a lot of room to discuss with him, so that depends on what you want, you can get a cheap or expensive fix.
I was skeptical, and you should too when shopping around, but I’m skeptical no more and will refer all my friends to Liem’s place.

Liam is awesome! Got three estimates for my car for somewhat minor damage after scraping and denting my car on a pole. Bedford next door wanted $ 1,500, Magnussins wanted $ 1,300 and Dave’s asked for $ 500!!! No brainier since they have 5 stars on Unilocal.My car looks amazing! Would never know there was damage. Thanks Liam!!!

Fixed two dents and a popped out window for 20 $ in about 15 minutes. Super super nice guy. I highly recommend!

I was searching for the highest rated auto body shops around mountain view/​palo alto and ended up picking out three shops that I would get quotes from. After the first two shops gave me quotes that exceeded my budget, I was not feeling great going into Dave’s to get my last quote. Wow I was wrong, after about 10 mins, Liam had quoted my car and at a price that was 55% lower than the two other shops. Obviously, I could not say no, so I told him to work his magic and left the car. However, since the quote was so much lower than all the others, I was still kind of nervous about the quality of work. Again, Liam proved me wrong. When he called to tell me the car was ready I was surprised to see that it looked better than new. This was a pretty bad accident, and I would be completely shocked if anyone would be able to tell that anything happened to the car. By far the best auto body repair that I have ever seen, and unfortunately, I have seen my fair share. A fantastic shop, I hope to not have to visit again, but if something does happen I know exactly where I can find high end service for a great price. Thank you Liam!
Pros:
Paint Matching Perfection
Dent Removal
Keeping pricing reasonable
Friendly service
No frills attached
Cons:
Sometimes its hard to understand him, especially on the phone
Can take time, but its well worth the wait
I will be recommending this shop. Liam was great to work with!

Good man and great skills

Don’t be turned off by the shop’s appearance. Took my car to another shop that offered some B.S. guarantee price or no guarantee price… One was 3x and the other was 2x Dave’s price. For reference the guarantee was their work was good for 20 years. First I hope I have a different car in 20 years. Second are you suggesting you will do a crappy job with the no guarantee?
I consider myself OCD and Dave’s work was immaculate at half the price. He has been around for many years and his guarantee is if something is wrong 20 years later and he is still in business bring it back

First of all, I read all the positive reviews here and decided to have the tailgate on my 4Runner painted at Dave’s body shop.
I had dropped a piece of wood on the tailgate which created a few dents and cracked the paint in a few places, so needed a body shop to fix it. I got three quotes from three highly rated shops and Dave’s came in at $ 600 — $ 200 below the other two quotes — so decided to give him the business.
I dropped off the car and picked it up again 3 days later. At first glance it looked fine and I drove off a happy camper, but on closer inspection I was really disappointed.
1) Masking tape was still left in a few places
2) There was running (built up) paint in a few places
3) One dent was not filled, just painted over and can still be seen under the new paint (quarter sized).
4) One rubber gasket around a panel was not correctly re-​fitted
I might be anal but I paid for a job to be done that wasn’t done right so am rating this accordingly. The quality might be okay if you have an old banger that needs to be fixed up but this is definitely not high end quality.
I guess you get what you pay for!