# Request body shop referrals in Northern Virginia

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/request-body-shop-referrals-in-northern-virginia/90864>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 10, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/request-body-shop-referrals-in-northern-virginia/90864 "2015-08-10T15:23:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![I\_mSean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/87869e/32.png) [@I\_mSean](https://community.cartalk.com/u/I_mSean)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/request-body-shop-referrals-in-northern-virginia/90864/1 "2015-08-10T15:23:26Z")

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Hello,  
I need to take my car (Mini Cooper) to a trusted body shop in Northern Virginia. I have used a mechanism, referred by this community, and have been very pleased. Any referrals that you can provide on body shops in Northern Virginia would be greatly appreciated!  
Thank you.  
Regards,  
Sean

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/request-body-shop-referrals-in-northern-virginia/90864/2 "2015-08-10T17:19:59Z")

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The best references comes from friends and family. It’s doesn’t matter what make or model the car is because sheet metal is sheet metal.

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/request-body-shop-referrals-in-northern-virginia/90864/3 "2015-08-10T17:25:13Z")

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mechanism ? I assume you meant mechanic, if so he would be the first person I would ask for a body shop referral .

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/request-body-shop-referrals-in-northern-virginia/90864/4 "2015-08-10T20:57:11Z")

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Yelp has ratings for body shops.

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**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/request-body-shop-referrals-in-northern-virginia/90864/5 "2015-08-11T04:06:50Z")

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Rays Auto Body in Vienna. They are a bit on the expensive side, but did very nice work. This was about 5 years ago, they did some work on my dads car.

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**Author:** ![jdmere](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jdmere/32/3002_2.png) [@jdmere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jdmere)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/request-body-shop-referrals-in-northern-virginia/90864/6 "2015-08-11T23:35:22Z")

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I used to have good luck with Vienna Auto Body.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/request-body-shop-referrals-in-northern-virginia/90864/7 "2015-08-12T01:10:13Z")

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If Laurel, MD is not too far out of the way, I had insurance work done at Gerber Collision and Glass. Since it was insurance work, I don’t know about price, but the repairs were excellent.

You don’t say where you live or work, so Laurel might be an option (or might not).