815 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, since 1958
Sixty-seven years on the same Cedar Rapids street, still family run.
Andrews Collision Center has been fixing collision damage at 815 3rd St SE since 1958. Ask for Tommy Kinney when you call, he's the one who answers the phone and knows every car that comes through the door.
1958 to now
A shop doesn't stay on the same street for 67 years by accident.
Andrews Collision Center opened its doors at 815 3rd St SE in 1958, and the sign on that same building still reads Andrews Collision Center today. That is 67 years of Cedar Rapids drivers bringing in the same kind of problem, a bent bumper, a caved-in door, a frame that took a hit and is not sitting straight anymore, and getting it handed back to them fixed. A shop that stays in one place that long earns its reputation the slow way: job after job, the same address, the same family running it.
The building has changed less than the equipment inside it. What started as a straightforward body shop now runs unibody and frame straightening racks, a computerized laser measuring system to tell exactly how far out of spec a frame has drifted, and a downdraft paint booth that bakes the finish on instead of letting it dry exposed to shop dust. None of that is for show. It is what it takes to bring a car back to true instead of eyeballing it.
Credentials, and what stands behind the work
BBB accredited, ASE certified, Axalta certified, and a lifetime warranty on the bodywork.
Andrews is a BBB-accredited business, staffed with ASE-certified technicians and Axalta-certified refinishers, which is the certification a paint shop earns to run the color-match and baked-finish process the way it is meant to run. All of that backs a lifetime warranty on the craftsmanship of the bodywork we do, not just the parts. Payment is straightforward too: cash, check, Visa, MasterCard or Discover.
Cedar Rapids drivers say the same thing in their own words. One customer, Alison Taylor, wrote that after three other shops took more than $4,000 and never solved a five-month clanking noise from her car, Andrews found it and fixed it for $130. “I cannot express how thankful I am for their honesty and most importantly their expertise.” Another customer, Ashley Fitzpatrick, said the shop has fixed her car up a number of times and always does “a fantastic job.” That is what a 4.5 out of 5 rating across 145 Google reviews actually adds up to.
Ask for Tommy, and bring the car by.
815 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 · Mon to Fri, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, closed weekends