H & I Automotive

After someone backed into my parked car, I brought it here based on the reviews on Unilocal and other websites. I wasn’t disappointed. They did a wonderful job on the repair. After several weeks when I eventually got out of the city and managed to get my car up to highway speeds, I found a shaking that seemed to be coming from the restored region. Paul spent a significant amount of time with no added price attempting to track down the origin of the sound. He never was able to describe the cause, but it has seemingly gone away. I highly urge this body shop and would go back again if I’m ever unlucky enough to desire their services.

I went wanting an estimate on repainting an area on my car with some smudges/​scratches. The owner came out looked at it and said he might be able to just buff them out and save me $. He brought his buffer and within minutes the scratches were gone. He charged me NOTHING. Class Act highly recomended

H & I is a fantastic shop! They really took care of weird issue with my Prius that no one else would deal with. They gave me a quote over the phone, guaranteed they would fix it, and they did exactly that. They seemed very knowledgeable and were super helpful. Yuchu was great! We will use them again.

I had to repair and repaint a scratched up quarter panel as well as a bunch of dents and dings all over the car before I sold it. The repair took 2 weeks and I scheduled my appointment a week before that.
Paul was helpful and super knowledgeable. He took the time to explain all the minute technical details that were super interesting and helped me understand a repair process what I was paying for.
Who cares how they look from the outside? It’s a damn auto shop. The car came back looking perfect and I’m glad I found them. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ would recommend.

Used these folks for repair of my Subaru STI. Needed some structural repair to the body after a gate closed on the back hatch. Nothing crazy, but more than a door ding.
They got my car in there the following Monday (came in on a Friday afternoon) and out that Thursday. Looks like new and the price was reasonable. I would certainly recommend.

I called this shop after someone hit my parked car. The other party’s insurance was to cover the damage.
When I first showed up, the lady told me that the estimates given by the insurance company were off. Could I come back in a week? They would call the insurance and figure out the estimates.
A week later, as I was driving to the shop, they called me and told me they hadn’t yet got around to contacting the insurance company. Could I come back in another week?
A week later, I called in, and she said… you guessed it: «could you come back in a week?»
That was my experience. I took my car elsewhere.

Did an awesome job. Super helpful and informative. Nice people. They even cleaned and vacuumed my car and my cat was BAD. Very grateful to them and their advice as I use my car to deliver food. I would recommend them to anyone.

Man, we weren’t covered by our insurance for what happened to us… and the quote given to us by other shops was over 2 grand! Well, these guys did a great job, fixed it all, got the car up and running, for probably a grand less than anywhere else. Honest and communicative ALL the way. She wasn’t even sure if they could do the work and said that maybe we could try someone else, but really, we couldn’t afford anyone else. We told them we weren’t covered, they promised us a deal, which they gave us! Love this place, any body work that you may need, trust these people! I do!

I love these guys. Always willing to help and give good advice. I just needed to get a dimmer switch and was recommended to go to dealer in Fife for good Infiniti service. I’ll try it.

I love these people. They were so nice, quoted me a repair for ¼ what another autobody shop quoted me, and they got the job done on time, at the estimated price, and done well. They’ve made a loyal customer of me.

They fixed a big scratch along the passenger side of my SUV that occurred when my SUV was side swiped while parked. They did an excellant job of painting and the SUV looked like new.

I’m glad to find an auto body shop that I can trust. Paul and his wife have take care of both of my cars over the last year. They fixed a dent in my wife’s Accord and touched it up with some paint, then fixed the splash guard under my Camry that had come loose. They did excellent work. I trust them and they won’t try to upsell you on anything. I live all the way in Shoreline and take my cars here and nowhere else.

I had these guys do almost a full re-​paint of my Audi A3. They did exceptional work. I was worried going in with how the job would turn out — I’m pretty picky about paint quality. Those worries proved to be unfounded. It is virtually impossible to discern the difference between their paint job and a factory paint job.
I’d definitely use them again for any paint work.

I tried getting a quote for a repair and the woman (very nicely) said they were too busy to take my business. I asked for a quote now as I could wait a few weeks for the work to be done, but she said no.
I did have a repair done here before and it was quick and cheap.
Hopefully next time they’ll have more capacity…

Don’t listen to the moron who said their shop wasn’t clean enough for him. Do you expect car repair to be clean work? The people at this shop went above and beyond for me. Especially Paul and Yuchu. They even gave me a free A/​C charge because my car happened to be there. They also got me original VW parts when my cheap insurance company wanted all aftermarket parts. Even my adjuster recommended them and they don’t work with bad repair shops. My car came out looking better than the day I got it! Literally, the new VW grill was beutiful… plus they wash it inside and out before returning it to you, no scratches or dings. I would use them again God forbid I’m in an accident again. «Body shop was dirty…» PLEASE. lol

I visited H&I to repair damage to my 2013 Volvo. I drove up, looked in, and drove off. The garage is very dirty. There are beat up cars and car parts in disarray throughout the garage. I am not sure how they can restore a car to original condition in the space. This may be the ideal garage for the consumer with an older car they are trying to get a little more life out of at a bargain price. But I cannot recommend this shop for any high end car owner looking for a clean shop.

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I got told to come back in two weeks the other day when I called. I was frustrated, and assumed it was because my job was so small, and wasn’t worth their time. I received a nice message from one of the owners explaining that this was definitely not the case. I ended up going somewhere else, but would still highly recommend these guys. Clearly, they care about their customers being happy.
***EDIT****
I had great luck with these guys in the past when I had an issue with my bimmer. They checked out my car and gave me honest advice and pointers on how to fix the damage on my own. You don’t get that everyday… Now I’m driving an old beater, and I tried to book an appointment for an assessment on some recent damage, but got told to come back in 2 weeks?!? Something tells me if I had dinged my Porsche it would have been a different story. TLDR; honest service, super booked, bring in your fancy car, take your beater elsewhere…

Great service, trust-​worthy recommendations, fair price, and quality work. Paul took the time to assess the car, explain what he would do and why, and came up with an approach to complete the repair that literally saved me a lot of money compared to other quotes received. (Others obviously did not hesitate to say that I needed a much more labor intensive repair when writing their quotes).
I am so glad that I found this location on Unilocal.
I would definitely come back, and would recommend H&I to anyone.

After getting rear-​ended in January I took my car into another shop in the area. The other shop had been great with a past accident (involving a different car), but in this case the shop was in a contractual agreement with the insurance company of the car that hit me and I didn’t feel that I was getting an honest and thorough assessment from them. That’s when I decided to come to H&I. I wanted a second opinion from a neighborhood-​based shop that came highly recommended by a friend. H & I exceeded my expectations!
Yuchu and Paul have a great deal of integrity and care and concern for their customers. They were prompt in their replies and they provided the service that I was not getting at the other shop. Not only did I get my bumper fixed, but they also touched up some other issues that were not associated with the accident… get this… free of charge! I was pretty astonished that they went above and beyond. My 2007 car nearly looks like I drove it off the showroom floor again.
I enthusiastically recommend H&I. Thanks, Paul & Yuchu!

Super fast service! Dropped my truck off with the Geico Express team here on a Wednesday and it was ready Friday! (Only needed a new bumper and small side panel though.)
The only negative if you are reading this from a Geico point is I took an hour to drop it off and get the rental car! The rental car process took a while since they had to find a car including tax under $ 30 I wasn’t going to pay the extra amount. One nice thing was they had a truck ready for me to rent if I needed it (since I have a truck) I didn’t need it just wanted their cheapest car.
The workers of the shop were all nice and great to work with.
When I picked up my truck Friday to my surprise it had been washed and cleaned really good inside and out! They did a better job than the guys I payed to clean it a few months ago.
I’m impressed, hopefully I won’t need their services again, but if I do I would use them again.