A1 Auto Paint & Body

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  Alex Spangler
7 years ago
Don't walk, run away from this shop.Firstly, they took over 3 months to paint my car. I would call and ask him every week and he would always give me the same answer "it'll be finished by the end of the week."When I finally got the car back, the paint job was absolutely horrible. There are literally pieces of grass in the roof of my car. There are countless runs, bubbles, bumps, rough patches, and cracks. If I could give the paint job a rating itself it would be a zero. I could have done a better job myself with a spray paint can and some sand paper.Also, when I received the car back, I noticed that my $300 subwoofers and amp were missing from the trunk. I asked him about it and his answer was "someone must have broken into the car and stolen it." As consolation, he agreed to pay half of the cost but told me that they don't take responsibility for anything lost or stolen from the car.I have absolutely nothing positive to say about this shop. It was a fairly cheap paint job at $1500 but the quality of work is horrible. I wouldn't pay the guy $1 to do it again. It looks worse than before in my opinion. I regret ever stepping foot in his shop and will never ever recommend him to anyone.Please stay away.

  Office Admin
6 years ago
I really wish I could give this place zero stars for the work and quality they put into my car. This rating is a little late but hopefully this helps others to stay away from this shop. I sent my car here about a year and a half ago to get some frame work done after my father gave them great reviews for a paint job they did on my mothers car. It soon turned into a nightmare with these guys. They quoted a time of a few weeks, after a month and a half of them having my car that I was currently paying a loan on, I called and they told me they ordered the wrong part and that it should be ready within the next couple weeks. The guys that work there obviously don't know what they were doing because they ordered the wrong part pushing back the time at least four times. At one point, my dad even had to go out to pull-a-part to saw off a panel of a car to use with mine because the owner was "too busy". NINE months later, I finally got my car back and it was almost triple the price that I was quoted AND GUESS WHAT? The frame work was still not fixed. Now here I am, no company is able to do an alignment on my car, not even a mom and pops type shop, all because it is still so severely misshaped. On top of it all, I am going through back tires every month and a half due to the frame. These guys are absolutely terrible and just put a hole in your pocket. I'm telling you guys, beware of them!

  I A
6 years ago
Tom and Red did a fantastic job painting my Toyota Tacoma. They exceeded expectations in every way: price, convenience, hospitality, communications..and of course, painting. They removed all rust and dings, and completed the work sooner than expected. I strongly recommend A1 to anyone needing a high quality paint job at an affordable price.

  Rodd Price
6 years ago
I had came across this shop after doing some research and calling various shops around Columbia who were booked up with work for the spring. I had a Camaro that had been sitting in another shop for over a yr due to various issues with the owner and just need a Prime and Painting for finish the work. A1 had various ads posted on Craigslist with pics of their past work so I gave them a call. The owner came to Columbia and picked up the car and took it back to Winnsboro. I followed him out to his shop and looked at other projects he currently had going on and met the staff. We had a minor discussion about a bad review that was posted and he was very forthcoming and even showed me the car in question and I was satisfied with his side of the issue and moved on. The car was painted 2 weeks later and once the work was started the owner stayed in contact with me daily with pics and texts of the work in progress. I sent him a check to pay for the work which including adding an aftermarket spoiler which required minor mods to get it to fit. Needless to say I was well satisfied with the job and will prob follow up with him soon for some other work. A1 was very professional and did the work in a timely manner in my case. Keep up the good work A1. I m a satisfied customer.

  Gary Conn
5 years ago
This is a fantastic body shop! I come from Lexington SC because these guys really know their stuff and do the impossible. I have had my Mazda Miata and Ford Mustang worked on and repainted here and the results each time were magnificent! Give these fellows a try...you will love the results. :)

  S King
7 years ago
Horrible shop. Even worse owner. They kept my 72 ford 3 times as long as promised. They threw away vintage parts. They put my vintage parts on another truck and then wouldn't get them back. I had to find parts to replace the garbage parts they put on as a replacement. The worst part is they acted like they were doing me a favor. The paint had to be touched up twice and it still isn't good.

  jason edwards
7 years ago
I wish I could give no starts. Don't let this place paint or do body work on your car or bike. They did a horrible job on my custom chopper. runs, chips, and worst of all left everything half done. bolts were falling out of my bike as I was riding it home. Run away people!!!

  Matthew Righter
7 years ago
Worst paint job I have ever seen. Kept pushing the deadline and when it finally was done there was runs, orange peel, over spray. They SUCK. Don't know how they are even still in business. Huge waste of money.

  Laura Darden
4 years ago
We were very pleased with the work we had done on our Toyota Sienna Van !!We brought it on a Friday and it was done Sunday afternoon!!Thank you Tom !

  Jim allen
2 years ago
Said my car would be 2 to 3 weeks. Had it 3 months. Paid for in full and won t give car backService: PaintingService: Painting