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| - I encountered the unfortunate circumstance of my car being broken into and a gasoline filled water bottle thrown in the back seat which ended up ruining the headliner, 2 head rests, rear middle seat, plastic moulding, rubber door trims, handle bars, and of course blackening the whole interior of my car (which was really difficult to scrub out). I agonized over keeping my vehicle or relinquishing it to my insurance. I love my car dearly, it has a clean history with no major mechanical issues and couldn't bear the thought of losing the battle to some pathetic degenerate in Vegas. So, I did research for two months and became really distraught in the process since my vehicle is a 2003 Mazda Protege 5 and production had stopped for them back in the year I had purchased it. As it turned out, I wasn't able to find any of the parts or order them online.
After speaking to many body shop individuals, some suggestion for having my car reupholstered was an idea since I couldn't find the rear seat anywhere (I even went back for a visit to CA and found a shop that had the rear seat, but to my dismay it was gone by the time I arrived). I happened upon Yelp where I contacted three shops for quotes and one called Mendoza was outrageous ($1,200 for the rear seat and 2 head rests). ABC Discount was my last stop for the day of driving around for estimates. Jose was shocked to see what had happened, but with optimism stated he could replace the crispy headliner, reupholster the head rests and rear seat, plus wrap the sun visors. Jose said he would even install the plastic moulding if I found any, as well as trim the trunk floor mat, at no charge. Wow, what? He quoted me $550 which was amazing! After he quickly wrote the estimate, he said it could be done in a few days and I replied with needing a few days to ponder on it (I needed to find rides or use a friend's car).
Luckily after doing repeated searches for junk yards I managed to find one at Nevada Pic-a-Part in North Las Vegas that had -one- really jacked up Protege. I was ecstatic! So, I ripped out the plastic moulding within, rubber trim, handle bars and a rear seat belt to leave with Jose after deciding to relinquish my car in his care. It ended up taking a week, which was unfortunate given that some plans were altered in the process for people I had visiting from out-of-town, but I let it go. I was just thankful to have him repair what others couldn't/wouldn't.
Finally the day had come for me to pick up the "Phoenix" as a coworker dubbed it. I was thrilled at how it turned out! No more charred interior odor (although it smelled like chemicals haha), but it I was very pleased with it. When the time came to pay, he said it was $636 and I questioned why that was. Evidently he had reupholstered the driver head rest which I didn't ask for since it wasn't badly burned, but ultimately I was glad he did anyway. With that being said, he dropped the price to $600 which I appreciated. I would recommend his place to anyone who needed reupholstery work. I felt he was honest and fair with his pricing. Thanks Jose!!!
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