Whitten Brothers Body Shop / Bon Air, Virginia

Rating: ★★★

13 years in Business

New Car Dealers, Automobile Body Repairing & Painting

Address: 609 Research Rd, Bon-Air

Postal code: 23236

Phone: (804) 378-6700

Discounted Prices, All Parts Guaranteed

Categories:

Automobile Body Repairing & Painting, New Car Dealers

Payment:

master card, visa, discover

Open hours:

Mon - Fri 9:00 am - 5:00 pmSat - Sun Closed

Reviews:

Very Professional

Did not know then in the past. Had my card repaired from an accident in April 2011 and the work was flawless. They matched the paint perfectly and the trim pieces where an exact match.

I will be bringing my other body shop repair here because of their professionalism

michymct99 / 5/16/2011

DID EXCELLENT JOB FOR ME

AFTER READING THE PREVIOUS REVIEWS, I WAS SCEPTICAL ABOUT HAVING MY TRUCK WORKED ON HERE....HOWEVER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HAVING A HARD TIME USING A NEW COMPUTER ESTIMATING SOFTWQRE PROGRAM, THE SERVICE AND TIMLINESS OF WORK WAS EXCELLENT. MY TRUCK CAME BACK TO ME SPOTLESS, AND THE REPAIR WORK AND UPDATES ON THE WORK DONE WERE VERY HELPFUL.

bgray1231 / 5/5/2011

Great work, excellent communication!

By the time I read the negative reviews here, our car was already at this shop, so we decided to brave it. Glad we did! Whitten Bros not only did a great job on the body work of our 97 Honda Civic, but they were professional about calling us and keeping us updated. I got a call at least once a week just telling me whether anything had changed or that everything was on schedule. Ultimately the car was ready ju... view morest one business day beyond their original estimate. They handled everything with the insurance company---the check from the insurance company was sent for our total almost immediately after the accident. Great job, Whitten Bros. Although I hope I don`t have the need to use them again, I definitely will!

ldripps / 2/9/2010

I didn`t even get a repair

When I first got there the humongous guy at the counter was weezing from doing paperwork? Or he`d just crammed a few donuts down his throat. When he caught his breath, maybe a minute later he asked me what I needed. I had brought my car in for an Allstate insurance claim/appraisal. He told me it would be a while, like an hour and a half. I said I`d wait and no more than five minutes later someone came to help me... view more. That would have put me out should I have left and came back or had to wait the hour and a half. The car was ""totalled"" so they never did any work but they sure were slow and not very professional.

lowfre / 10/28/2009

Slow as Moses...

My car was wrecked for $10,000 in damage in November. Here it is 110 days later and the car is still being held up!!! The people at the shop are slow. Instead of tearing down the car and finding everything wrong in one week, they would do it a little bit at a time. When a part was on backorder, it would hold up the whole process. I ended up moving across the country while my car was in the shop, and now it has t... view moreo get shipped to me. They had adequate time to get my car fixed before I moved (55 days), but could not meet that deadline. I bought a $1400 beat up truck in the mean time for means of transportation.

On the up side they are waiving my deductible ($500) and the car looks great. They do quality work, but seem to have management problems handling the orders and scheduling maintenance.

I could not recommend this body shop to anyone unless they are willing to wait a very long time to get their car completed. I found out from a friend that another body ship in town did $6000 worth of repairs in 10 days.

stillwaitingformycar / 2/28/2008

Unbelievably slow!

My Chrysler was struck squarely on the rear wheel and sustained $3,000 in damage (not much considering the impact). Since there was mechanical damage as well as some minor body damage, I thought taking it to a Chrysler dealership would be the best choice since they have both a repair shop & body shop and should have many parts on hand for a 3-year-old car.

Wrong! They had the car for a total of 34 DAYS! G... view moreranted, the insurance company was to blame for 6 days since they took almost a week to get an estimate done. That leaves 28 days - four full weeks. Over that time, Whitten`s lack of communication was unprofessional at best. It was like pulling teeth to get any information from them, and when I did press hard for an ETA, I got a ton of disclaimers, qualifiers, and a wildly inaccurate date. They had to order every part they put on the vehicle (remember: 3-year-old Chrysler at a Chrysler shop!), they ordered parts 4 different times, each taking 5-7 days. On one order, some of the parts were on back order, yet I was told they had all come in.

The one conciliatory action they took was to cover 5 days on my rental car. Even with that, negotiating 5 extra days from my insurance company, and going with a much smaller and cheaper rental than the vehicle it was replacing in order to maximize my rental time, my coverage still ran out 6 days before the repairs were finished.

For the most part, the repairs seem to have been done properly. An exception is that the new tailpipe sustained cosmetic damage during installation -- annoying since it was one of the parts subject to a ""betterment"" charge. Only time will tell if the rest of the work holds up, but it should have been perfect given the time it took.

In short, if you have all the time in the world, an extra car sitting around to use while Whitten has your primary vehicle, and don`t care about being accurately informed of the work status, they may not be a terrible choice. Otherwise, go elsewhere.

kv3 / 8/17/2007