I'm looking for a good paintshop - I live in the Bradenton area but I'm willing to drive as far as tampa, sarasota or even orlando if need be.

I have not decided if the whole car needs painted (black) or if only the hood, front bumper (new piece), and rear bumper do.

Thanks for any insight

 

Maaco Collision Repair & Auto Painting
2409 E. Highway 92, Lakeland, FL 33801 US
Phone: (863) 665-5644

Now i know what you're thinking, but this Maaco is very good! They are a sponser for the car club im in.. Here are two of the cars they did for us..
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If you don't mind coming to Largo (just on the other side of the bay from tampa) we got Fender Blenders. They do excellent work.

 

pontos does nice work there in bradenton off of 9thst I think. they painted a car for me once and it turned out really nice.

 

Those are good paint jobs... how much Cash did it cost??
My accord is some need of paint..

How long has the paint been on those cars too and do they still look fine./

I had the hood and bumper done at carsmetics on folwer ave here in Tampa.
Im pretty **** about paint work.. paid 500 for the hood and 350 for the bumper. They did a good job...

 

Tropical Auto Body shop. Behind hooters in Bradenton. I had them repair my car after someone hit me and they have done some work on my 70.

If you go there ask for Mike Davidson and tell him Pete sent you.

 

will he know you pete?

 

Its prob been about 4-5 months now, i forget what they paid, think they were around a grand.. Maaco out there is hooking us awesome , cuz like i said they sponser our club
Check out our site for more pics

 

Well If he doesn't remember me by name just tell him the guy with the black 2000 and Yellow 70 Camaro's and he will know then.

 

I have also heard that Pontos does good work but to my recollection I called them once before and they didn't want my business.. they basically wanted insurance claims only.. I'll try them again though.

I'll also look into tropical.. thank you for the tip!

And I have my doubts about maaco of course but those jobs don't look to shabby.. I will consider it (can't believe I'm saying this).

Basically I'll start local and if I can't find what I'm looking for here then I'll start checking out the shops you guys mentioned in tampa area (carsmetics, fender blenders, maaco).

If all else fails then maybe I'll have the work done in tallahassee.. if anyone knows of good shops in the leon county area I may consider those also.

Thanks again for the suggestions - I really appreciate it