[snyderek]

I made a huge mistake and went to the local car stereo installer to have a clear bra put on my Superformance Cobra. Not only did they do a horrible job, but they put razor cuts in the paint all over the front of the car. Also, when the bra was removed, it took some patches of paint off with it.

So now I'm looking to have the paint repaired. Can anyone recommend a good shop in the Bay Area? I've already talked to Frank Zucchi in Livermore and Tom at Campbell Auto Restoration. If anyone's had experience with those places, I'd be interested to hear about it.

The one estimate I've received so far has been in the $8,000-10,000 range, which seems high. It's not a show car, so the paint doesn't need to perfect. It just needs to be a reasonable facsimile of what the car looked like before I had the bra put on.

Thanks in advance.

(Also, in case anyone's wondering: my credit card company refunded my money for the clear bra installation, and I plan to file a lawsuit in small claims court for the damage to the paint.)