Hawley Auto Body & Paint

Great staff that really cares about making sure you get the best service! They did an amazing job working on my car and matching the paint perfectly. Wonderfully ran, and if I ever have to get anything done on my car again, will defiantly go here.

Great service & work by Don (owner) & his crew. Great & very fair prices. Don also runs the very good self serve water car wash place next to Hawley’s auto body repair… another outstanding offering. Great work Don, you’ve well deserved /​earned my 5 star rating!

Nice people, but had to take my car back 3 time — only so they could detail it and not fix the paint issue… I guess they thought that would take my eye off the issue. Poor job on matching paint on my X5.

Hawley’s provided good advise on how what to do with my car and they did a very good job (paint the front-​end, touch-​up, and buffed out the rest of the car). They went the extra mile and I’m very pleased with the work.

went in to get an estimate for bumper repair, gave me one on the spot. very helpful and courteous.

This place is really really great. They took me after hours and fixed my car up in no time and charged a fraction of the amount that other places would have. Definitely no better place to go. They even fixed a couple other things and didn’t even charge me. I am so thankful and will definitely be coming back for any repair I need!

On my recent birthday, my son surprised me with a restored shiny Red 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible. He knew I had a passion for that type car as I had one dating his mother in one back when I was 23 years old in 1968. Needless to say, I had to sell it back then after returning back from Viet Nam as we needed the money. Really missed driving and enjoying my car since then. My son knew this as I told him two year ago how his mom and I had so much fun driving around in it. So, as a birthday present on March 16^th, 2015, he had found one in Florida and had it delivered to my home in San Diego. Great story. Now, I needed to find someone to help me keep it in shape and made quite a few calls around SD. Most wanted me to call back next week to make an appointment. Not Don Hawley! Just talking to him on the phone, I knew I had found the right guy. I told him the story about my car and he quickly said, bring it right over and we’ll take a look at it. I knew again, that this was my guy as his crew, one by one, kept coming over to look at my car and really took an interest in it. Don had quite a few suggestions and I could read that he is a very honest guy. I would highly recommend Hawley Auto Body & Paint if you have any doubts as to where to go. I guarantee you, once you talk to him, you’ll be convinced too.

My 01 Ford explorer sport trac had a problem with rust on the body where the hinge for my front passenger door is. Driving down the freeway was a noisey experience and sometimes the door didint completely close on the first effort. I moved back from another state where I had friends who were excellent ford mechanics. I’ve never owned a vehicle this long and I hope to never own another one, it’s a truck. If you’ve ever owned a truck, you understand. Plus it’s reliability has been throught the roof, amazing. What? It’s a Ford! Anyways after two months of getting references and not willing to trust any of them, fear of being ripped off. I went to Hawley for an estimate. I live not to far and they have been in business a long time. I was more than happy with the estimate (extremely happy,) and the work. If your a woman, they wont rip you off. They are very busy and it may take awhile to have someone speak to you about the vehicle, but it’s worth it. One thing I would point out, they’re not going to coddle you. If they say that your vehicle will be ready by Friday before 5pm, then just call at that time, comfirm its ready, and pick it up. That was my experience, not saying it happens all the time. my vehicle was ready when they said it would be. Very Happy all around. I will return.

They have fixed several of my vehicles and always done a outstanding job. There are several body shops closer to where I live but I keep going back to this location.

So I usually never write reviews unless my experience was either terrible or above and beyond excellent, but rest assured my experience fell well into the latter category. I have an older vehicle, 1971, so when I got into an accident I shopped around for a body shop not only good at what they do, but also one with experience with classic cars because it takes a little more finesse to get the body lines and paint just right. I had read some pretty good reviews on here already and did a bit of research but little did I know, Steve and his crew were willing to go above and beyond to make my car like new and have me leave nothing less than a satisfied customer. Not only did they do beautiful body work on my vehicle and just nailed the body lines and paint, they also threw in a couple freebies such as greasing my locks and touching up a bit of rust I had behind my doors to keep it from getting any worse. And they did it *for free*. They even pulled out another dent I had on my other door from the previous owner for only an extra $ 120 out of pocket and they pretty much painted my whole passenger side and even blended the new paint in with the old paint almost seamlessly. I gotta hand it to the boys at Hawley: they do mighty fine work and personally, I wouldn’t trust anyone else in the San Diego area to take as much time and care with my vehicle as Steve did during the time they had my baby. Rest assured, when it comes time to do the rest of my body work, repaint her, and redo my interior I’m taking my car to these guys AND YOU SHOULD TOO.

I’ve taken my vehicle to Hawley on two occasions over the last five years. The first time my insurance company recommended them, and the second time I paid out of pocket. The professionalism, customer care, and attention to detail are first rate. Both times my car came back flawless and like new. Steve was attentive and courteous every time I spoke with him.
When I picked up my car last week, Steve notified me that he did some extra work that I had declined for free as a token of appreciation «for being a teacher.» I would have rated Hawley five stars regardless, but this generosity speaks volumes about the customer service they provide. After two encounters they’ve gained a customer for life.

I got pulled over by a cop for not having a front license plate, I went into Hawley’s because its fairly close to my house and didn’t know what to except, hoping they could put it on for a cheap price. I went in, talk to Steven who was really nice and definitely professional. When he first took the car towards the back, he notice that I didn’t have a side mirror on the driver side (someone hit it when it was parked on the street) and offered to replace it… for free. for free? Yes, for free. He also notice that my car was pretty dirty, he actually washed my car for me. So he put on the front license plate, replaced my driver side mirror and washed my car for me, all within 15 mins and all for for free. Steven was a super nice guy and down to earth, I will definitely come back here and recommend this place to anyone!

Super knowledgeable and really friendly. My car was there for a while because of things out of their control. So they helped me out with another project on the car to make up the length of time. Again super friendly and just good people. Will defiantly recommend.

News flash: Still lacking in integrity! Thanks, Steve, for the continuation of your un-​truths (OK, we won’t call them lies) in your response. Don’t believe any of it. The day after I posted my 1-​star review, I got a 20-​minute call from Steve. After lots of back-​and-​forth about who said what and yadayadayada, the bottom line was that he would pay me the $ 240 that I paid Jaguar Specialists to have the sunroof fixed, if I would take down my review. OMG, how unethical can you get!!! So, now they get minus-​1 stars (if I could do that on Unilocal) from me! DO NOT GO THERE, PERIOD.

Very friendly and helpful staff who went above and beyond for me after a fender bender resulting in paint damage and a half off side view mirror. My knowledge of car repair costs are limited and they could have easily taken advantage of that but instead they took care of my problems on the spot and for a great price! Definitely will be a repeat customer.

Had my front bumper stuck under my grill and head lights but no damages on bumper, they took care of it for me and didn’t even charge me, I was blown away, I’ll deff take my car here for any problems. They were so nice and loving.

A great business. I am so glad I found them to replace my L/​F mirror. The dealership was going to charge $ 180 for the mirror and $ 180 for labor. I got the whole thing completed for under $ 120 at Harleys. Not only did he have a 2 day turn around on the part but he had one of the guys put on a make shift mirror to avoid me getting a fix a ticket. He could have did the business transaction and let me part my way but he cared enough to go beyond. I’m a new customer for life. Thanks Steve

Fast, quality work at a fair price. Only place I will take my 1970 nova to get work done

My car had issues. I was referred here by a friend. Great place. Friendly, no BS. They get the job done right.

I’ve been meaning to write these amazing guys a review for a long time! As a woman, auto body shops are intimidating. I have «take advantage of me» written across my face. Not here! I was shopping for quotes for my bumper. Their quote was $ 500+ cheaper than two other local body shops. They got the job done in a timely fashion. I did have to rent a car and the rental place is walking distance! Don’t go anywhere else! Feel good about supporting good honest people who work hard to please their customers.