Doh!! Any good experiences with a body shop in central Arkansas?
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Doh!! Any good experiences with a body shop in central Arkansas?
Anybody had good experience with a body shop in or near Little Rock? I need to have some medium-sized roof dents and deep scratches repaired.
While momentarily on auto pilot driving to work this morning, managed to accomplish the genius stunt of hooking handlebars of two bicycles mounted on top of my MCS bike rack to the cast iron, height-warning bar at the entrance of the parking garage. DOH!! Talk about a glorious and shining moment . . . if MCS was any less than 5 years old, probably would've died on the spot for hurting her, but slowly have become accustomed to fact that my beloved daily driver will inevitably suffer over time.
OEM, bolted-in, roof rack held up remarkably well (fortunately, the roof did not peel back like a sardine can), but bikes, bike rails and roof sustained damage. Guess I know where any extra $$ will be going for a while . . ..
While momentarily on auto pilot driving to work this morning, managed to accomplish the genius stunt of hooking handlebars of two bicycles mounted on top of my MCS bike rack to the cast iron, height-warning bar at the entrance of the parking garage. DOH!! Talk about a glorious and shining moment . . . if MCS was any less than 5 years old, probably would've died on the spot for hurting her, but slowly have become accustomed to fact that my beloved daily driver will inevitably suffer over time.
OEM, bolted-in, roof rack held up remarkably well (fortunately, the roof did not peel back like a sardine can), but bikes, bike rails and roof sustained damage. Guess I know where any extra $$ will be going for a while . . ..
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Ditto on "Big" Joe Stewart's - as far as I'm concerned, they set the standard in MINI body work, and have shown through for me on some complex repairs a few years ago. Just hoping to keep the work closer to home this time.
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Welcome to the club. Did the very same thing but used my garage door. Worst part is my sunroof was open so the sound effects were great. I called Roadshow and got there recommendation. They said use the BMW dealer in Little Rock. I did and after 1100 bucks, I think it looked great. They did forget to plug my clock in though. Good luck
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BDBMCS and FlynG, thanks for the recommendations for Halters! I may go to them if I cannot find somebody trustworthy a little closer to LR.
Took the bikes to Arkansas Cycling today. Front shocks on Trek will have to be replaced and some question whether front forks on other bike can be "bent" back into alignment (good ol' chromoly steel) or will have to be replaced. Wheels may be bent, but it's hard to tell whether they just need to be re-trued. Fortunately, we're just recreational/family cyclists at this point, so models are low-end Trek and Diamondback MTBs - nothing too irreplaceable.
Took the bikes to Arkansas Cycling today. Front shocks on Trek will have to be replaced and some question whether front forks on other bike can be "bent" back into alignment (good ol' chromoly steel) or will have to be replaced. Wheels may be bent, but it's hard to tell whether they just need to be re-trued. Fortunately, we're just recreational/family cyclists at this point, so models are low-end Trek and Diamondback MTBs - nothing too irreplaceable.
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Welcome to the club. Did the very same thing but used my garage door. Worst part is my sunroof was open so the sound effects were great. I called Roadshow and got there recommendation. They said use the BMW dealer in Little Rock. I did and after 1100 bucks, I think it looked great. They did forget to plug my clock in though. Good luck
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