This was current as of mid-2007 but, as I no longer live there, I no longer update it.
My first choice and the one I had excellent experience with, Dulles Int’l Motor Sports, closed mid-2006.
Auto Sportsystems Group (ASG)
2810-F Dorr Ave
Fairfax VA 22031
703-876-2811
www.autosportsystems.com
Ivan Arzola at IMA Motorsports in Merrifield
(Metro Convenient)
2928C Prosperity Ave
Fairfax, VA 22031
703-849-9590
Intersport
(across from HBL)
1524 Springhill Rd Unit H. S.
McLean VA 22102
703-242-8680
I have used Intersport once and was pleased.
There are several others that advertise in the local PCA region newsletter:
funKtion auto in Dulles
Autobahn Service in Fairfax 3158 Spring Hill Rd Fairfax 703-691-1771
RPM in Newington
Currys Auto Service in Chantilly, Falls Church, Dulles, Reston
And one whose name implies Porsche is:
Rennsport 5641T General Washington Drive Alexandria 703-750-0928
Maryland shops advertising in the local PCA region magazine
At Speed Motorsports, Savage, MD
TPC Jessup, MD
Auto-Therapy, Gaithersburg, MD
Stuttgart Performance Engineering, Gaithersburg, MD
Dealers, of course, get mixed reviews
Porsche of Arlington
3100 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
703-684-6660
HBL aka Porsche of Tysons Corner
8598 Leesburg Pile (Rt 7)
Vienna, VA 22182
703-564-6155
Mine has been serviced there several times with good results. They only charged me once for the three times it took to get the airbag warning light but that was in large part due to the changing Porsche instructions and TSBs changing. I did feel I was treated fairly. I did wait on the service and even snuck around back to talk to the tech doing the actual work.
Rockville Porsche
15515 Frederick Rd
Rockville, MD 20855
301-881-0900
First Choice
525 31st St S
Arlington VA 22202
703-836-6920
Ray Moxley and Pete Pirhalla are managers there. When I had a bad accident in my first Boxster, I asked both at PPBB and on the local Porsche board and got the same answer, go to First Choice. Good to work with, have proper Porsche frame measurement jigs, etc. They do a lot of work for the dealers in high end German cars. Fun to just walk around the impoundment yard. Ultimately they didn't do the work on my car because it was totaled but I saw enough of their work and work habits to trust them. They won't be the fastest. They won't be the cheapest. But you want it done right....go there.
Tysons Corner Colision Center aka HBL aka Porsche of Tysons Corner
8604 Leesburg Pile (Rt 7)
Vienna, VA 22182
703-790-3220
Mine was not the most pleasant experience in terms of communications. Felt I had to manage the process. I got hit in the rear and they did a nice job on rebuilding the bumper and bumper support structures. Excellent paint match. While the car was there for several weeks I wanted them to do my front bumper too, buff out some scratches, fill in some scratches, and deliver it to the repair shop for one item. Instead of that happening seamlessly, I had to go there and move it between body, repair and detailing shops myself. I ended up bringing it back 3 times for incomplete work (in the paid for by me add-on work, not for work that was done badly).
Mile One Collision Works
11408 Old Baltimore Pike
Beltsville, MD 20705
(301) 595-0187
Recommended with detail in a message by a PPBBer with several people adding comments and anecdotes of agreement.
Top Shops
Bells
Shady Grove MD
http://www.bellstrim.com/
Ye Olde Wheel Shop
6363 Washington Blvd.
Elkridge, MD 21075
(800) 526-8260, (410) 796-8400
Near BWI airport.
I used them once to refinish a curb- rash'ed wheel. Absolutely couldn't tell it wasn't brand new when I got it back. Perfect paint match.
Wandered the shop enough to know they do lots of very expensive wheels for lots of very high end cars (local pro-athlete owned, $4k per wheel stuff), not just Porsche. They came recommended by local Porsche owners.
They will remove the tire marking it's position in relation to the rim. Then do the work, then remount the tire so the whole process doesn't disturb the balance. There is an extra charge for the R&R of the tire so the cheapest way is to take in the bare rim. But then you risk the rim being damaged by the subsequent mounting of the tire by someone else. Best let them do the whole job so you get it back in perfect condition.