I know that place (deutchtechmotors).It is in richmond,vancouver.But don't go to that place.They not only barely speak english,their attitude is god damn bad.They barely sell stuffs,some even said that they sell stolen items.They probably modifier one car per month only.Not many ppl from vancouver want to buy from them because of high price.Anyway be careful with that shop.

 

Thanks for the info

since we are on the topic of overprice shops

ralph audio in vancouver, the one on main....close to science world...

overcharge you.....by a couple of thousands....when i went into the shop for after-market navigation system..!!!


where is all the honest sales....

 

wow, i'm surprised about Deutschtech!!! Never thought they were that bad!

Any of You guys from Vancouver? Any suggestions as to which body shop does good work for Mercedes, except the North Vancouver Mercedes Body shop.

Specifically, a shop that does a good paint job for mercedes?

 

Auto-strassetus or something....

its' ON burrad and 4th or something

It is the official bodyshop for porche, mb, bmw, jag, bentley etc...for the vancouver area...

does a pretty good job, and has a pretty good rep

 

Don't go there! They're a bunch of hackers! My car was sent there for warranty work to weld some body panels in the left rear corner to elminate creaking. When the car came back the body shop guys left dirty/greasy finger prints on my seats, headliners, side panels, and the worst a HUGE grease foot print on the drive shaft clearance hump behind the center console. No one ever sat in the rear seats too! It was brand new back there!

Many people at the Bby. dealership say that every time they send cars there it comes back damaged. There was a story about one car that came back with a huge hole in the leather of the seat made by a drill they used. The cars are sent back to the original dealers uncleaned and damaged.

The creak came back 2 weeks after I got the car back. That was about six weeks ago. I won't be sending my car back to North Van. There are rumors of a impending openning of a new shop in Richmond which I've heard the manager is good. For warranty work which must be done by a Mercedes shop I will wait until this new shop opens and go there.

I've heard from a good friend who's been everywhere including Burrard Autostrasse and No.1 Collision, the best body and paint work done in Vancouver is by Korva World Class Collison. They are on West 2nd in Vancouver.

 

Wouldn't you be concerned with the shop that referred you to that place to get the body work done if they say they are constantly having trouble with them? When I refer people to local shops to help install products that they order from us, I have to make sure that it is a reputable shop, otherwise it looks bad on us.

 

Is Canada that bad for auto stuff? It seems like from what I've heard from our Canadian customers and you guys here, you can't even get oil changed right, much less performance, stereo, or wheels and body work.

 

For warranty work, MB has to send it to their own body shop. And unfortunately, the body shop in North Vancouver is the only factory MB shop in Vancouver. Too bad

 

When I call into MB for body work, they actually refer me to Auto-strasse, instead of this North Van bodyshop. Even for the past MBs that we have owned. They actually never mentioned a word about North Van bodyshop.

 

Humm....i just order an eisemann exhaust for my CLK.........don't scare me. There are two Deutsch Tech Motor which is similar one is call Deutsch Motor did u went there? I know it might be too late for the post cuz it's like 2 months old post but just wanna ask. Btw I went to Deutsch Tech Motor Sport because one of my friend who also got a CLK recommand me going there. Since one of the Tech Chris is the best MB tuner in Vancouver. He was working at Superracing in Richmond but now he got his own store. Need more info you can post here.

 

regarding 'official' body shops or the chop shops that dealers have relationships with.......

this monday i dropped my car off at a local body shop that does a lot of restoration work for american and foreign classics, they also do work for concours cars. needless to say, their work is impeccable. here is some info that i gleaned from the owner: when dealers have contracts with shops they usually take a cut of the body shops revenues from the referral. one example he gave was of Herb Chambers here in boston. Herb Chambers is pretty huge, high volume, and handles bmw, merc, honda, and maybe another brand. he said that towards the end of their relationship, herb chambers wanted 15% of the labor tab done on any referral work. this forces the shop to cut costs in some instances if they want to turn a profit on the job. thus, a lot of the time the work that comes back from one of these referral shops is less than perfect.

it happened to me once with Ross AutoBody out in PA when i was in college. i smacked the front of my white a4 while playing rally driver in the snow (idiot, i know). when i went to pick the car up the first time the bumper wasn't even close to the rest of the car. yes, i know that the flex additive can cause discoloration but this was like 2 standard deviations away. so they fix that but then a month later i notice the tip of the hood discolouring, turning a cream colour. take it to a shop my buddy uses and it turns out Ross didn't even properly finish the hood, left a lot of imperfections, etc.

i'm not saying your going to get ripped-off every time you use a dealer referral but the more you know the better.

ps
Alleyway auto body is excellent if you ever need body work done in pittsburgh area. after my first time there i used them consistently afterwards.

 

wow, Chirs is the best MB tuner in tuner in vancouver? i never thought he would be..
van_clk430 are you talking about dutsch tech in richmond? all i know is that he does charge failry expensive even when u have a few connections w/ him..
did u try AMG performance (Eddy)? he charges quite a lot to, but his work is fairly decent...

 

I own a 10 y/o clk 240 avant in black. There does appear to be exhaust staining on the top surface of the rear bumper. I've t cut & repolished this area but it's still there. Is this normal?

 

Try posting a new thread or searching about it instead of resurrecting a 10 year old thread...

KRis