San Carlos Paint & Body

People always want to find that car repair place where you can actually trust them to do good work and charge a fair price. Its like looking for the holy grail or a unicorn. Can you ever find it? Well this is the place, and George is your guy. We’ve had 3 fender benders in the last 3 years, where the fiberglass bumper on one of our BMW’s was scraped up and had to be repaired and repainted. Each time he gave the best price, did the work as quick as anyone, and the car looked like new afterward. He’s been in San Carlos for around 20 years, so I imagine his shop is paid for and maybe that’s why he can charge such fair prices and still do great work. I’m just speculating, but not sure how else someone can always beat the competition on pricing and still do great work. Though being a family run business must help, and maybe he just isn’t greedy and values the business he gains from positive reviews. I will always go back to this place for future needs.

San Carols Paint & Body repaired my 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider for much less than other local body shops’ estimates! George and Grady are a pleasure to work with and they had my car looking like its cute self again. I was so pleased with the results that I have returned since then for repair on my Prius. Highly recommend this shop!

I highly recommend San Carlos Paint & Body. George (the owner) has very fair prices, is trustworthy, they do great work and have great customer service. I took my car in for some repairs to the body and paint. The final price came in under the original quote, the car was done when they said it would be AND they even cleaned the car inside and out. The car looks brand new again. Love this place and was happy to support a local SC business.

The only thing better than George Brahy at SC P&B is the amazing combination of George and his son, Grady. Having recently been in a series of small fender benders, I’ve learned something about most repair shops: they don’t actually repair anything. They just charge you a crazy amount of money to replace whatever parts are damaged. George and Grady are the exception to this rule. After receiving an estimate somewhere north of $ 5000 for a dent in my hood and a cracked grill in my Audi, I went to SC P&B. George fixed my car for $ 1600 and it looks perfect! What’s more, George noticed that my glove box lock was broken from a previous break-​in. After telling them that another repair shop estimated that replacing (not fixing, of course) the box would be $ 1200, Grady forged a replacement for the broken piece on the spot and fixed the box good as new. For this, he charged me ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Why, because trying to fix the box was something he found «fun».
This father-​son team is exactly who you want working on your car. They are speedy, honest, and deservingly proud of their expertise in their craft. I only wish I could give 6 stars!

Outstanding experience with George and his team. Took my Mini Cooper there for a rear bumper/​fender paint touch up after a small accident. Scheduled in for service quickly, flawless execution and outstanding attitude and customer service.
Vehicle was returned to me on time, cleaned inside and out looking like it just came out of the showroom.

After looking at Unilocal reviews for local body shops, I went to San Carlos Paint & Body for an estimate to fix up previous paint work done by another shop that has since cracked and chipped. George gave me an estimate but advised me to go back to the other shop to see if they would fix their work — even though it had been @ 7 years since the work was done, George said if it was his work, he’d repair it at no charge. I took his advice, but the previous shop would not «warranty» the work as they have new owners and wanted quite a bit more to do the work than George. I went back to George, and because we are planning to sell the car soon, he advised not to do the work but sell it as is, as we would not recover what we were going to spend upon sale. I was blown away by George’s honesty and looking out for the customer vs making a buck. In the future if I need body work, I am absolutely going back to San Carlos Paint & Body!

After a fender bender in the morning I went into San Carlos Paint & Body for an estimate on the bumper repair job. George, the owner, was exceedingly friendly and did the estimate in a just few minutes and I was on my way to the next two shops.
What really struck me about George was his honesty… the other two shops were exceedingly more expensive and I felt like each of them were trying to «upsell» me and scare me a little about the damage.
After insurance came I was relieved to learn the damage would take only a few days to fix AND that I could work with my body shop of choice. Of course I used San Carlos Paint & Body! The shop did a wonderful job with the repair and sent me home with a freshly cleaned car on top of it.
Although dealing with damage to your car is never fun, this was a great experience and I would highly recommend this bodyshop to anyone!

Short story — my truck spun out at 15mph during first rain of season — guess going slow doesn’t do much good. Truck got crunched a little on driver’s side. My truck is old but still has life and I needed it working and presentable. My mechanics at Bob and Kevin’s (super great dudes) recommended San Carlos Paint & Body. The owner was super nice and reasonable and got my poor truck looking good again! Wonderful service, very reasonable prices for expensive work, and I would definitely, definitely recommend this shop to anyone.
Also, I realized when I got to the place that this was the same shop that painted my first car 18 years ago — and they did a wonderful job then, too! You won’t be disappointed here — they do great work :)

We are satisfied customers. These guys have been great. Terrific customer service. They do a super job too!

We needed work done on the rear end of our car. George & co. provided a reasonable estimate, were courteous and clear about everything that needed to happen, and did high-​quality work in a short amount of time.
There were absolutely no surprises. And we know where we’ll go if we ever need more body work done!

My boyfriend and I both were victims of car vandalism. We each had our cars keyed and tagged multiple times. We moved to San Carlos and were both looking to have our vehicles touched up. I wanted to support a local auto body shop and San Carlos Paint & Body was the first to pop up. My boyfriend just took his car in last week and I picked it up the other day. George is friendly and does excellent work. His pricing is fair. He even attempted to get some dents out of the side doors of the car and thought he improved them but wasn’t able to fix it completely, he did not charge us for that labor. I will absolutely be bringing my car to him when I get mine fixed.

San Carlos Paint & Body did a fabulous job at a very reasonable price and I was astonished at the excellent results. I highly recommend them. The employees are exceptionally nice too. They worked on two of my cars — a Porsche Carrera and an SUV. They did an excellent job on both.

We are delighted with the work we just had done at San Carlos Body and Paint. George was wonderful to deal with, from the first phone call enquiring about their services to pick-​up after the job. We had a deep scratch on our van, caused by my own bad driving. Their work was flawless. You could not tell any damage had been done! They were very flexible with scheduling the job and the price was very fair. I would definitely use them again!

This is the second time we have used San Carlos Paint. Mini Cooper got hit and now looks good as new. Then I was going to just ignore the damage done to me by a rear-​ender but George took my old van and did a complete detail of the inside and out and charged me less than the insurance paid for just the bumper. Neighbors asked if my 12 year old car was new — it looks it.

I recently took my car in for repairs at San Carlos Paint and Body. We worked with George who is not only knowledgeable about his craft and a really nice guy, but also very easy to work with. His estimate was slightly lower than a couple of other body shops, but the main reasons we went with him instead of the other shops, was because he made us feel so comfortable, and he came highly recommended by Bob and Kevin’s Auto Repair (another local business that we have been going to for years and trust implicitly) .
I am very happy with the work that George did on my car, and it was done a day earlier than promised — quite a pleasant change from other body shops where it always takes a a day or two longer than the original estimate.

The idea of going to a body shop was very overwhelming. As though it wasn’t enough already that my car was damaged, now I had to find a place to get it fixed and try not to get screwed over in the process. I went to Nielsen’s (great mechanic in San Carlos) to be sure everything was mechanically sound. They said it was all body damage and gave me two business cards, one of which was San Carlos Paint and Body. I took my car to them, and when I dropped it off, George was extremely helpful, kind, and knowledgeable. The shop is run by George and his son, Grady. They immediately felt like family. The shop is clean and service is great. Throughout the process, San Carlos Paint and Body went above and beyond to be sure my car was taken care of and repaired to look like the day I bought it. They seamlessly worked with the claims adjuster, and it was so easy to trust George that I didn’t feel like I needed to be present for the adjusting. My adjuster called me after the appointment, and he was shocked at how fast the job would be completed. George even replaced my windshield wiper (which needed replacing prior to my car was damaged). The work was great, and the process was easy thanks to the guys at San Carlos Paint and Body. If I ever again find myself in the unfortunate situation of needing body work on my car, I will gladly to take my car back to San Carlos Paint and Body.

Thankfully I don’t need this service often, but boy, am I glad these guys are here when I do. This is an honest, family run business. They truly care about you and take great pride in the work they do. I’ve had two BMWs repaired by this great body shop and will never go anywhere else. They took care of everything, towing, rental car, etc. Thank you San Carlos Paint and Body!