Are you waiting to get work done on your vehicle? Have some minor dents and scratches hanging around you’d like to take care of? Regardless of the scope of the job, the team at Eli’s provides a free body damage estimate before we start work on your vehicle. Our online collision estimate gives you an accurate figure for what your overall parts and labor costs are by the time we finish the job.

So, what’s included when you get a quote from us free of charge? Southern California drivers get the following included with their online collision estimate at Eli’s: 

 

  • Use our easy-to-follow tool to send your quote over. You’ll also find the instructions posted on this page – just make sure you’re prepared with pictures of the damage to send over.
  • After we receive your information and the photos of your damage, one of our body repair and paint technicians will carefully examine everything.
  • You’ll receive a call back from us with all the information about the job. You should find everything itemized according to the cost for materials and parts and the cost for labor broken down into hours.
  • If everything looks good, we’ll set up an appointment with you to bring your car in to get started.

 

For Southern California drivers, getting a free body damage estimate online with Eli’s is easy. There are a few things you should be mindful of when submitting your information for your online collision estimate:

 

  • Ensure all your information is correct, from your name and phone number to the manual details you enter about your vehicle. Sometimes we need to include materials and parts that are specific to a certain model, and this helps us to provide you with a more accurate quote.
  • Please make sure all of your pictures are clear and taken with a good-quality camera. If we need to zoom in on any portion of the photo, it shouldn’t be blurry or grainy.
  • Be sure to use good lighting when taking your pictures. This eliminates us having to call you back for subsequent photos.
  • Finally, the more accurate you are with everything, the more accurate our estimate. Once you bring your vehicle in, we’ll give it a quick inspection to ensure everything matches the information we used to provide the original quote.

 

After this quick once-over, we’ll get started. You should consider lining up transportation to and from our facility, depending on the size of the job. Even if the job seems minor, some of the materials we use take 24 hours or more to dry, which means your car must sit overnight.

LDM

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