FantomWorks
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FantomWorks Overview
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FantomWorks has 3.6 star rating based on 48 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly neutral.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: Interesting restorations, Totally honest, Dan and the crew for doing it all for so long.
Cons: Cancelling show, Mt cancelled it, Programing decisions.Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "If you really care about your car, Just. Don't. Go. There.", "Stay away", "Stay away", "Watch the show", "He’s just after the $$".
The aggregated data is based on reviews and questionnaires provided by PissedConsumer.com users.
FantomWorks has 3.6 star rating based on 48 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly neutral.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: Interesting restorations, Totally honest, Dan and the crew for doing it all for so long.
Cons: Cancelling show, Mt cancelled it, Programing decisions.Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "If you really care about your car, Just. Don't. Go. There.", "Stay away", "Stay away", "Watch the show", "He’s just after the $$".
Most users want FantomWorks to offer a solution to their issues.
Review authors value the most Exchange, Refund and Cancellation Policy and Reliability. The price level of this organization is medium according to consumer reviews.
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Top FantomWorks Reviews
"Love the place"
No complaints the place is great and so are the people at work there. Its nice to see Dan interacting with all the customers. Theres no doubt I would go there...
"It's all about the final product . . ."
I admit, and proudly so, that I am not one of Dan's customers. Rather, I am a just a schlub who has a good eye for detail, and I spit bullets every time I...
South Lyon, Michigan
Non customers
Houston, Texas
It's all about the final product . . .
I admit, and proudly so, that I am not one of Dan's customers. Rather, I am a just a schlub who has a good eye for detail, and I spit bullets every time I watch a PW episode.
I respect Dan for his service to our country, but that's where it ends. He is one hot-headed SOB who insults and demeans his employees and his customers. I have yet to see one of his finished cars that doesn't look like something out of a 1950's high school shop class. MT showcases a finished product at the end of each episode, and nearly every one shows a poorly aligned hood, door, trunk lid or bumper.
Why is it so difficult to correctly set rubber bumpers on a hood or trunk lid, or to adjust door hinges and bumper bolts? I've frequently done it myself over the years, and any simpleton with a good eye can sight-line those issues and correct them in 30 minutes. Dan demands high-end payment for low-end work, and grins in the end for successfully passing off poor quality for good money. Craftsmanship and an eye for detail are certainly not his strong suits.
So how, for the love of God, has he remained in business so long?!?
My guess is that the fortune he's made off MT's sponsorship more than subsidized his crap shop operation. Personally, I wouldn't trust PW with my riding lawnmower, much less a car that I loved.
User's recommendation: If you really care about your car, Just. Don't. Go. There.
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They are clowns
Preferred solution: Them to stop ripping people off
User's recommendation: Stay away
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Bellevue, Washington
Pissed
User's recommendation: Stay away
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Bellevue, Washington
Ripped off
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Meriden, Connecticut
Dan. Thank you for your incredible service to our country. I wish you continued success
User's recommendation: Watch the show
I think very sloppy work why would they leave the hood on to pull a eng I saw on show on a 57 Chevy they wait till just before paint to check the eng and discover water in the oil that all should have
Preferred solution: Nothing for me clean your shop and do better work
Texas City, Texas
Y’all suck and do not know what y’all are doing
User's recommendation: He’s just after the $$
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Consumer dummies
User's recommendation: Don't believe the dummies that complain
Vancouver, Washington
Response to a review
- Are the best
Preferred solution: Nothing
User's recommendation: FantomWorks isn't cheap, but they are the best.
Hoboken, New Jersey
Love the place
User's recommendation: If you want your car perfect that’s the place to go
New York, New York
This guy is such a pr!!!! He has no business on tv
User's recommendation: Forget him
Quit being such a putz.
Rockingham, North Carolina
Show sucks
User's recommendation: Don’t waste time
Haters will hate others when they are jealous of others that are doing better such childishness....
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Hoffman, New Jersey
Knowledge
- Looks hreat
- Seems you have a lot of employee turnover
Crossville, Tennessee
Dan sucks
User's recommendation: Don’t go there
I agree
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Norwich, New York
People who don't understand what it's like to take a Vintage car in for repairs
Do you think mechanics work for free ? anytime you go INSIDE any car over 25 years old, you hope they can fix it for the price quoted, The Next time you call a Plumber to unclog the kitchen sink and they quote you $199 and when they leave they charge you $399 because the main line was plugged......
you may be upset but you pay because..... it's the same thing here.. At Phantom Works or Bobs Plumbing....they gave you an ESTIMATE.....right.... did they tell you to pay in advance ?
ESTIMATE. I have a '97 Triple White Firebird Convertible w/38k and a '95 Triple Black T/A w/138k and every time I take them in I HOPE they come close to the ESTIMATE, when they don't it's because they are old and everything the shop touches is OLD.
User's recommendation: If you don't want to take a car in for repairs buy a new car
I'm a plumber and if I go to a stopped up sink call I check other drains too like tub, shower, toilet and all sinks. If they're all clogged then I can assume it's the main or the last outlet before exiting the house.
I can go outside and look in a clean out to diagnose the clog. If I look in the outside clean out and see it's full then I know it's clogged in the yard. If it's empty then the clog is on the inside. My quotes are almost always accurate and if it turns out to be more than I estimated then I take a loss.
I make good money but if I have to do something really cheap bc I messed up then that's fine too bc my customers appreciate me more for being honest and going the extra mile to get them going. Taking a loss occasionally=repeat customers
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About
DRS Automative FantomWorks or just FantomWorks socializes in classic, antique, and muscle antique car restorations. The company was founded in 2007. Its headquarters is based in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. FantomWorks provides a broad range of car repair and restoration services. They include: Seasonal Maintenance, MotorWorks, RestoWorks, TrimWorks, and IronWorks. The company also offers general services such as pre-inspection. FantomWorks repairs and restores watercraft, classis aircraft, and motorcycles. Available payment options include Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. FantomWorks does not accept checks as final payment for new customers. There are no in-house financing options at the company. The mission of FantomWorks is to provide quality at an affordable price.
FantomWorks is ranked 54 out of 1203 in Service Centers and Repairs category
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Everyone does a job for the money, that’s a dumb statement. You work your job for the money don’t you.