If I could do a "no" star instead of one I would. While being diagnosed with cancer at age 60 I wanted to have my car 1969 Roadrunner on the road again. Hodge being a Mopar restoration business I thought he would do a good job. Heres my list of boo boos he done to my car, paint job $16000 has tiny bumps all through it, removed my valve covers and then told me they would leak and they did, put a carburetor too small on my car charged me and then went to Advance and got another carburetor and charged me, then he started throwing parts at it but did not put the quality parts that I had on it before, then after he threw all these cheap parts on it the lifter started ticking, no oil showed on the dipstick, he purchased 2 distributors and all he had to do was to put same quality as what I had on it, installed a vinyl top with bubbles all through it and then told me to let it sit out in sun and rub them out, charged me over $1500 for brakes, worked on them three times charged me all three times and I still don't have brakes, he told me to pop my car in neutral before applying the brakes, he tagged on $3000 more than what I owed or told me I could give him one of my other muscle cars. I went to pick it up it was covered in dirt, leaves and bird poop, instead of paying my $3000 he did unauthorized work on my car and gave me a invoice instead and all the mistakes he done to my car he had excuses; 30 some years in the business and he is not able to install aftermarket parts purchased for muscle cars, he purchased and charged for my car, my dash had gouges in it, not just little ones but the size of a fifty cent piece, fumes came in cab of car, my carpet looks like you threw a rug in it and put my seats on top of it, charged for a hood skin but it is warped and will not shut all the way, don't know if he really purchased a hood or not because I did not get my old hood back, he kept parts that I had taken to him to put on my car, 417 days after he told me yes he owed me money I got a invoice for work I did not authorize or want done. Maaco could do a better paint job than what I got, he recharged me to cut and buff, it still has bumps in it and places where the hand was too heavy on the sand paper. If you want quality work go somewhere else, he will charge you quality but you will not get it. And to rub salt in the wound, when I went to pick up my car the second time he had printed out from the internet this form, said he had a lawyer but could not give me a name, had put the name Lydia on the "so called" internet form which my name is far from that, then said he could go print out more....really....lawyer...really...oh he also had his wife and called the sheriff department to witness me put my car on my trailer. I have recording of him and emails proving all this. Not very professional to overcharge a customer admit to overcharging and then refuse to give their money back, oh yea, he said he could not get my car to run unless he put racing fuel in it. He will tell you one thing and then do another. Le Hodge said he was trying to get my car done in a hurry and did not do quality work but I was charged his usual labor rate, I did not get the crappy job rate. Its not just after market replacement parts he cant install correct, I had NOS Mopar Emblems and he said they didn't fit, I have two Roadrunners, and yes they fit. read more

I will let you decide would you like it if Le Hodge installed a vinyl top and left bubbles in it and told you to rub them out, pay $16000 for a paint job that is so rough he must of painted it in a dust storm, threw the carpet in and bolted seats on top left big humps in it, told me that allhis carpet installs looked like that; put a tiny carburetor on a 383 with 516 heads, told me he could not adjust the 850 holley I had; he told me that since I had a 7 quart oil pan that the oil would not register on the dip stick and that the lifter noise was from a weak lifter (all it needed was oil), charge $1200 for brake lines and pads and then told me to be able to stop you need to put it in neutral before applying the brakes, told me he could fix my brakes for $150 and this was his second try, he charged me over $300 and they were worse, charged me a third time for brakes and I could do better if I drag my feet to stop, when installing my dash he put big gouges in it and said that happens with all dashes being reinstalled after sandblasting car, he removed my valve covers and then over tightened them and they poured oil, his reason was that type of valve covers leak (he removed and could not install them back the correct way), I had a mirror that could be adjusted from the inside, he kept my mirror installed this plain jane and welded up the hole on the inside where the cable went to adjust, I had NOS emblems to be put on my car, he said they did not fit, that I could pay him $500 for another set and pay him to install them, I put the ones I had on (they fit), I had over $800 worth of parts he was to put on my car, he did not put on my car and did not return or pay for my parts that he put on other peoples cars, when I went to pick up my car he tagged $3000 onto the bill and told me I had to pay it to get my car, his explanation for the $3000 was he had used that program for years but could not verify in all the invoices I received. I presented him with my cancelled checks and after a year of asking for my money that he owed me he said he would make it right to bring my car back to him. That was my mistake, 3 months later I went to pick up my car, he handed me a invoice instead of paying me the money he had owed me for 415 days, he did not return my parts, and my brakes are the worse ive ever seen, I had performance parts on my engine due to the heads and he removed all my performance parts and put generic Advance Auto parts on my engine. and all those good ratings on facebook is because he does not deal with his mistakes professionally he will delete the negative post and block the person posting it so all you see is good remarks. Also when i went to pick my car up the first time when he swore i owed him $3000 more than what the invoice stated, my car was covered in dust, leaves and bird doo. He told me if i wanted quality that i had to pay $150,000 for a job he does; instead of half that amount. read more