Miata Mailing List: May 1995, Message #5
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   From: mbooth@cts.com (Mark Booth)
Subject: Re: Repair bill:  $9534.78
   Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 08:03:28 -0400

At 3:33 PM 4/29/95, David Walker wrote:

>Conclusion:  The stories we share "It will never be the
>same."......sometimes it's actually better.

Last year, a member of our club (SOCALM) lost control on a wet road and
ended up rolling his '90 Classic Red A-package down a soft embankment.
Neither the driver nor his wife was seriously injured (seriously shook-up
though).  The Miata actually faired pretty well too.  The soft top was
pretty ripped up (top was up due to the rain), passenger side window broke,
both outside mirrors were history, MAJOR dent in front driver side fender.
Other than that, the car had mostly cosmetic damage (lots of scratches and
minor dimples in sides, hood, etc.).

Upon my recommendation, the owner took his car to a local "restoration"
type of auto body shop.  The type of place that specializes in restoring
fine motorcars (Jags, etc.).  Well, after a bit of bargaining with the
insurance company (they baulked at the $9K repair estimate), the car was
repaired and repainted (every single panel) at the restoration place.
These guys took their time to do it RIGHT!  They actually REMOVE things
like side lights, trim and even the windshield before painting a given
panel.  No tell-tale paint on the trim at this place!

I had a chance to see the car (both before and after) and I gotta say that
this place did an AMAZING job.  I wouldn't hesitate to take my Miata to
these folks.  In fact, since my front end (bumper, hood and fenders) is
already a mess of little tiny rock chips (not to mention the dent in the
hood from the flying diet coke can), I plan to have this place repair and
repaint my front end.

The place is located in San Diego (Santee) and is called AUTOWERKS.

Mark - '92 B Classic Red, MCA, SOCALM, Team Voodoo, Team Clearwater