Auto Body Shop Serving Davis
Davis drives differently than anywhere else in the region.
Half the town commutes across the Yolo Causeway, where I-80 traffic and tule fog write their own accident reports. The other half barely drives at all, in a city where bikes outnumber cars, and every parked door is a potential intersection. Add thousands of student cars driven by owners living far from their parents, and Davis’s body damage raises questions most shops never hear.
Relux Collision has heard them all across 30 years. We’re on the Sacramento side of the causeway, about 25 minutes from campus, and we’ve become the shop Davis calls when repairs need to be handled properly, sometimes with a parent on speakerphone from another state.
Photos to 916-240-2000 get a same-day answer, whether you’re the driver or the parent paying from afar.
The Relux Cash Back Program rewards you for trusting us with your repair and for helping others do the same. Earn up to $500 per referral and up to $1,000 toward your deductible on qualifying insurance claims.
Across The Causeway
I-80 east over the Yolo Causeway, and we’re just off the freeway on the Sacramento end: 25 minutes from campus on a clear morning. Faculty and staff commuters often drop the car on the way to a Sacramento errand; students usually caravan with a roommate. If the car isn’t drivable, call before towing, and we’ll route it straight here.
Fog-season chain reactions and high-speed lane changes on the bridge produce the serious end of our Davis work. These cars get a full teardown before any number is final, because causeway hits hide structural surprises behind clean-looking bumpers.
Cyclists clip mirrors, doors open into bike lanes, and low-speed tangles leave dents with complicated fault stories. We repair the metal and document carefully, because bike-car claims turn on the paperwork.
Older cars, tight budgets, and owners whose parents hold the insurance. We’re fluent in the three-way phone call and honest about which repairs a 2012 Corolla actually needs versus what can wait for summer.
Compact lots, parallel-parking learning curves, and the G Street shuffle. Cosmetic damage, quick fixes, real paint matching, even on faded student paint.
Insurance Across Households
Claims here arrive in unusual shapes: a cyclist and a car at low speed, a student policy, a parent’s carrier two counties away, occasionally a university incident report already in the file. We have worked all of them. Documentation goes out promptly and supplements follow when teardown justifies more. There is deductible help worth asking about. Where fault sits elsewhere, that carrier deals with us. And if the vehicle has a Causeway run to make every morning, say so, because it changes how we sequence the work.
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I'm a parent out of state. How do I stay in control of the repair?
You’ll get the estimate, teardown photos, and approval requests directly. Nothing proceeds on the big decisions without the person paying saying so. This arrangement is routine for us.
Fog-season pileup on the causeway: my car was one of five. How does fault work?
The insurers handle multi-car claims; your job is documentation, and ours is a thorough teardown, so your claim covers everything, not just the visible layer. Start the process early.
A car door caught my bike, or my door caught a bike. Who pays?
Fault varies with the specifics, and the honest answer is that documentation decides. We’ll photograph and record the damage pattern, which usually tells the story clearly.
Is it worth fixing a dent on my ten-year-old student car?
If it’s cosmetic only, maybe not this semester, and we’ll say so. If the damage involves lights, mounting, or anything safety-adjacent, that’s not a wait-for-summer item, and we’ll be plain about the difference.
Can the repair happen over a break?
Smart timing, and yes: schedule before you leave, we’ll order parts in advance, and the car’s done while you’re gone instead of stranding you during term.
Do you deal with the university-area tow yards?
Yes. Call us before fees pile up; getting the car released and moved once is much cheaper than letting it sit.
Thirty years of repairs, 25 minutes from campus, comfortable with every configuration of who’s paying.