3426 N 15th St, Tampa, FL 33605
Mon–Thu 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Leave A ReviewFamily-owned since 1926 · serving Apollo Beach
Living on the water is great until you see what it does to your paint. Dixie Paint & Body Shop is the auto body shop in Apollo Beach drivers use for salt-air damage, dents, bumpers, scratches and collision work, run by the same Tampa family since 1926.
Bay breeze, boat trailers, I-75 commutes. Each leaves its own kind of mark.
From Apollo Beach to our door
Take US 41 or I-75 north, then I-4 west toward downtown and up to 15th Street, just north of Ybor City.
Cars parked a block from Tampa Bay wear a fine film of salt most mornings. Over a few years it dulls the clear coat, pits the trim and starts to work at any chip that reaches metal.
We cut back the damaged clear, repair the chips and refinish the affected panels in our booth. Our auto painting process seals them again so the bay air has nothing to grab.
Backing a trailer down a crowded ramp on a Saturday morning, with someone waiting behind you, is how a lot of rear bumpers and tailgates get bent. Jackknifed trailers crease quarter panels too.
We repair the bumper cover and the bar behind it, straighten the panel and repaint. The hitch area gets checked for cracks while it is apart.
Small blisters along the wheel arches and lower doors mean rust is already working under the paint. In a salt-air neighborhood it spreads faster than you would think.
We cut out the corrosion, treat the metal, and refinish before it eats through. Waiting usually doubles the bill. Our paint damage repair for Apollo Beach page explains more.
The light at US 41 and Big Bend Road is one of the busiest in South County, and the I-75 ramps nearby add merging traffic to the mix. Front-end and T-bone crashes from that stretch come through our shop regularly.
Our ASE certified technicians handle the structural side, then the body and paint. See how we approach repairing accident damage for the full process.
From November into April, when the bay cools and manatees crowd the warm-water canal by the Big Bend power station, the viewing center lot fills with visitors in rental cars and RVs. Tight spaces, kids flinging doors open. Locals know to park at the far end.
If someone left a dent in your door anyway, we work it out and refinish only what needs it.
When sun and salt have worked on every panel, spot repairs stop making sense. A full repaint with proper prep brings the car back.
We do the sanding, masking and prep work in house, then shoot color and clear. Ruskin neighbors can compare our Ruskin collision repair work just down the road.
We work with every insurance company, talk to the adjuster ourselves, and you keep the right to choose your repair shop.
You hear from us when there is news, not from a call center.
If you commute north on I-75 every day, a few days without a car is a real problem. Many bumper and dent repairs are done in a couple of days, and we tell you up front how long yours will take.
Drop the car before work, pick it up on the way home. More about everyday dent work is on our Apollo Beach auto body repair page.
Three generations of the Traina family have run this shop. Angelo Traina Jr. inspects every car himself before it leaves, checking the paint finish, panel gaps and lights.
People who looked for an auto body shop in Apollo Beach and drove up to Tampa tell us that check is why they come back. Choosing an auto body shop in Apollo Beach should not mean settling for whoever is closest.
The South Shore stretches from Gibsonton down to Ruskin, and we hear from drivers all along it. Inland, the FishHawk auto body page covers the subdivisions off Boyette Road, and the body shop page for Lithia covers the rural side. If a search for auto body shop near me keeps showing chains, a family shop is a short trip up I-75.
Take US 41 or I-75 north, then I-4 west into Tampa. We are at 3426 N 15th Street, just north of Ybor City.
We have been family-owned since 1926, the owner inspects every repair, and we will try to beat a written estimate from another shop.
Yes. Dull clear coat, pitted chips and early rust can all be repaired and refinished. The sooner it is caught, the smaller the job.
Yes. We cut out the corroded metal, treat the area and refinish it so the rust does not keep spreading.
Yes. We repair or replace the bumper cover, check the bar behind it and refinish the panel.
Many bumper and dent jobs take a couple of days. Larger repairs take longer. You get a time frame with the written estimate.
Estimates are by appointment, but you can also stop in and we will look at the car and schedule the repair.
Monday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Call (813) 248-3156 or (813) 476-0312.
Send the form, call, or drive up. Apollo Beach drivers who searched auto paint shop near me and picked a family shop usually do not go back to the chains.
Browse our full repaint and refinishing work, or read about our collision repair. The auto body shop in Apollo Beach neighbors recommend is about half an hour north.