[konradsa]

Hi,

unfortunately, my wife was involved in a car accident today at no fault of her own. She is okay, but there is significant damage to the front, hood, and passenger side of our 328i. The car has been towed to Piscopo Bros Auto Service in Morrisville, PA, but I would like to get the work done at a body shop that has experience working on BMWs.

Does anybody have a recommendation in the Trenton/Yardley area? The closest BMW dealer is Princeton BMW, does anyboby know if they do body work or who they usually refer clients to?

Thanks

[hemi to e90]

in before the mac attack people chime in

[AddictedToBavarian]

Seriously ^. As if there were no other good body shop in the world.

I'm sure Princeton BMW refers customers to body shops. In Princeton, on the corner of 206 and Cherry Valley Rd there is a body shop that always works on very nice high end cars and foreign cars. Check them out.

[konradsa]

Originally Posted by hemi to e90

in before the mac attack people chime in

Sorry, I am not familiar with that, please explain.

[konradsa]

Originally Posted by 328xi0wner

Seriously ^. As if there were no other good body shop in the world.

I'm sure Princeton BMW refers customers to body shops. In Princeton, on the corner of 206 and Cherry Valley Rd there is a body shop that always works on very nice high end cars and foreign cars. Check them out.

Really, I pass close-by this place every morning on my way to work, but never noticed a body shop there. Do you happen to know the name?

[AddictedToBavarian]

Originally Posted by konradsa

Really, I pass close-by this place every morning on my way to work, but never noticed a body shop there. Do you happen to know the name?

Seriously? Unless I'm thinking of the wrong intersection, but I doubt it. Think as if you're coming from Princeton heading towards Burger King, Wawa, etc. On the intersection of 206 and Princeton Ave/ Cherry Valley (if you're at the light) there is a shop on your right. Across the street from Exxon. Google Maps says it's Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Wow, am I totally off? Lol. If I figure out the name I'll let you know.

[mjsbmw]

I would clearly recommend MAC as well. My 2nd choice is Lee's Garage in West Long Branch, NJ if you want to stay in state. Excellent shop!

Mark

[konradsa]

Originally Posted by 328xi0wner

Seriously? Unless I'm thinking of the wrong intersection, but I doubt it. Think as if you're coming from Princeton heading towards Burger King, Wawa, etc. On the intersection of 206 and Princeton Ave/ Cherry Valley (if you're at the light) there is a shop on your right. Across the street from Exxon. Google Maps says it's Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Wow, am I totally off? Lol. If I figure out the name I'll let you know.

Well, usually I come down Princeton Ave (which turns into Cherry Valley) from Rocky Hill and then I turn right onto 206 using the jug handle, so I don't really see everything around the intersection.

[konradsa]

Originally Posted by mjsbmw

I would clearly recommend MAC as well. My 2nd choice is Lee's Garage in West Long Branch, NJ if you want to stay in state. Excellent shop!

Mark

Btw, does anybody know how this works with the towing? The car already got towed by the company that the police called, and I am sure the insurance company will claim that was my free tow. But I am actually glad they only towed it for a couple of miles, since that guy did not tow it on a flatbed, just put the car in neutral and lifted up the front wheels (since there is damage to the front, one front wheel is not spinning freely).

[konradsa]

Originally Posted by 328xi0wner

Seriously ^. As if there were no other good body shop in the world.

I'm sure Princeton BMW refers customers to body shops. In Princeton, on the corner of 206 and Cherry Valley Rd there is a body shop that always works on very nice high end cars and foreign cars. Check them out.

Hey, I just stopped by a body shop this morning that looks pretty nice. It's called Branning's Princeton Auto Body (http://www.branningcollisionscenters.com). Can you confirm that's the one you were referring to? Thanks.

[wrickem]

Intergity Auto Body on rt 31 in Ringoes shouldn't be too far from you either. They do all of the work for Flemington BMW and Flemington Porsche's cars and do really great paint work.

Originally Posted by hemi to e90

in before the mac attack people chime in

LOL

OP- let me know if I can assist you and send one of our flatbeds.

-Derek

[blackpixi7]

I live next to Yardley, I considered MAC but they were just too far away. I took my car to Charlie Allen's on klockner rd in Hamilton, they did great work for me.

[Tommy-G]

I am from NJ and know most of these shops you have mentioned. Princeton does not have their own shop.

We would be more than happy to help you as Derek said above and the tow can be explained as well. Give one of us a shout if you're interested in more info.

[konradsa]

I just spoke to Princeton BMW, and they said all their body shop work is done by Rob's Automotive and Collision in Hamilton. Anybody has experience with this body shop?

[blackpixi7]

Originally Posted by konradsa

I just spoke to Princeton BMW, and they said all their body shop work is done by Rob's Automotive and Collision in Hamilton. Anybody has experience with this body shop?

They're that place on the corner in the old Patterson Chevy parking lot, I don't have any direct experience with them but I do see lots of BMW's in their lot, 5 series, m3's...

[sickem]

Originally Posted by konradsa

Hey, I just stopped by a body shop this morning that looks pretty nice. It's called Branning's Princeton Auto Body (http://www.branningcollisionscenters.com). Can you confirm that's the one you were referring to? Thanks.

this must be the one he's referring to. across from the exxon station on the other side is a vw dealership with a lot of audi's...there's also Calhoun on 518 on the right side if you're headed away from 206, I took my nissan there once for a quote but I ended up not getting the dent fixed...so I can't speak to their work.

[konradsa]

Originally Posted by blackpixi7

They're that place on the corner in the old Patterson Chevy parking lot, I don't have any direct experience with them but I do see lots of BMW's in their lot, 5 series, m3's...

Thanks, waiting to hear if anybody has some good or bad experiences with them. While I would prefer MAC, it's pretty far away, and since this garage always handles Princeton BMW customers, they should be pretty experienced when it comes to repairing BMWs, so they are another contender.