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The Body Shop of Barrington received 18 consumer ratings from Consumers' CHECKBOOK and Consumer Reports subscribers.

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Area's lowest-rated auto body shop:
55% 55%
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The Body Shop of Barrington had prices that were 4% higher than average.
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There were big price differences among shops, according to thousands of price checks by Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK's undercover shoppers. For example, the cost to replace the trunk lid on one specific car ranged from $600 to $1,087.

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The Body Shop of Barrington
27W937 Commercial Ave
Lake Barrington, IL
Phone: 847-381-6004


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Number of customer survey ratings for The Body Shop of Barrington: 18 ratings
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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Auto Body Shops in the Chicago Area
CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Auto Body Shops Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.

Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Auto Body Shops.

  • Subscriber from WOODRIDGE, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: The major work they did seems great, but the minor work they did I am..........
  • Subscriber from LIBERTYVILLE, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: Impeccable work!.......
  • Subscriber from NAPERVILLE, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: only place we will go to have gone other places because of insurance demands and..........
  • Subscriber from ST CHARLES, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: I or friends have used this shop several times over the past 15 years. Every..........
  • Subscriber from COUNTRYSIDE, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: great company.......
  • Subscriber from BELLWOOD, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: They did excellent work on my Toyota,it looked like a new car when they were..........
  • Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: Very pleased........
  • Subscriber from OAK PARK, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: Did a perfect job and cleaned the car until it was spotless after the repair........
  • Subscriber from PALATINE, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: Very helpful and kind........
  • Subscriber from DEERFIELD, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: Excellent work and service........
  • Subscriber from SUMMIT, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: Very friendly, customer-oriented shop. Excellent work........
  • Subscriber from ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: Recommended by my Allstate Insurance Co Agent. I couldnt be happier, and it was NOT..........
  • Subscriber from WILMETTE, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: These guys are incredible!.......
  • Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote about a local auto body shop: This company is now owned by Gerber Collision.......

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