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
