3426 N 15th St, Tampa, FL 33605
Mon–Thu 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Leave A ReviewFamily-owned since 1926 · serving Temple Terrace
Temple Terrace was laid out around a golf course in the 1920s. Dixie opened in 1926. So when you need an auto body shop in Temple Terrace that has been around about as long as the city itself, ours is a short hop down 56th Street to Tampa.
Dents, scrapes, cracked bumpers, faded paint, full collision rebuilds. Same family, same street, almost a hundred years.
From Temple Terrace to our door
Take 56th Street south, then Hillsborough Avenue or Busch Boulevard west to 15th Street. Or hop on I-275 south.
Those live oaks over Bullard Parkway and Riverhills Drive are the best part of living here, right up until a summer storm drops a limb on your hood. Roof dents, a cracked windshield frame, a crease down the fender. We see it every rainy season.
We measure how deep the panel moved, pull what can be pulled and replace what cannot. Then the paint gets matched to the rest of the car, not just the factory code.
With USF next door, Fowler and 56th stay packed during the semester. Sudden stops, students turning across lanes, someone checking a phone at the light. The result is usually a front bumper pushed in or a rear cover cracked at the corner.
Our accident repair process starts by pulling the bumper and checking the absorber and reinforcement behind it, because the plastic cover rarely tells the full story.
Park under the trees for a week and the paint pays for it. Sap and droppings etch through the clear coat, especially on dark colors baking in the afternoon sun.
Light etching can be polished out. Deeper marks need sanding and fresh clear, which is regular work in our booth. Read more about how we refinish panels before you bring it in.
A white car that has sat in a Temple Terrace driveway for eight years is not the same white it left the factory with. Painting a new door to the paint code alone leaves you with two shades.
Our painters spray test cards, compare them to the car in daylight and blend into the neighboring panels.
Older Temple Terrace homes have narrow driveways and tight single garages. Mirrors clip the door frame, bumpers kiss the mailbox post, and the side of the car picks up a long scrape from the hedge line.
If the scratch catches a fingernail, it is through the clear. Our paint and body damage repair in Temple Terrace covers exactly that kind of job.
I-75 and I-275 both brush the edges of Temple Terrace, and highway speed hits do more than bend sheet metal. A door that will not close flush or a car that pulls to one side usually means the structure moved.
Our ASE certified technicians measure the car against factory dimensions and bring it back into spec. You can see more about that kind of job on our auto body repair page for Temple Terrace.
Every job starts with a written estimate, line by line. Estimates are by appointment, or swing by on your way into Tampa and we will look at it then. If another auto body shop in Temple Terrace gave you a higher number, bring that sheet too and we will try to beat it.
If someone else hit you, we deal with your insurance adjuster directly so you are not stuck relaying photos and phone calls.
Three generations of the Traina family have run Dixie. Angelo still walks every finished car before it goes home: gaps, texture, trim, lights.
People who type auto body shop near me usually get a list of chains. Very few of those let you shake the owner's hand at pickup. Choosing an auto body shop in Temple Terrace circles is a word-of-mouth thing, and that handshake is a big reason our name keeps coming up.
Plenty of contractors and small businesses run vehicles out of the industrial stretch along 56th Street and Busch Boulevard. A dented van with a cracked bumper still has to look professional at the next job.
We schedule around your workday where we can. Owners with several vehicles should look at our commercial fleet repair page.
Temple Terrace customers often have neighbors in the next town over who need the same kind of help. If you are out past the I-4 and McIntosh Road area, see our Seffner body shop page. Farther southeast past Brandon, there is a page for Valrico drivers too.
Head south on 56th Street to Hillsborough Avenue or Busch Boulevard, then west toward 15th Street. The shop is at 3426 N 15th Street, just north of Ybor City. You can also take I-275 south and come in from the north side.
Dixie has been family-owned since 1926, the owner inspects every car, and our overhead is low enough that we often beat dealer estimates. You also deal with the same people from estimate to pickup.
Yes. Most limb damage is to the roof, hood or trunk. We pull or replace the panel depending on how deep the damage goes and match the paint to the rest of the car.
Light marks often polish out. If the etching has eaten through the clear coat, the panel needs to be sanded and refinished.
Estimates are by appointment, but you can stop in. We will look at the car and set up a repair date.
Many bumper and panel jobs take a few days. Structural work takes longer. Your written estimate includes a time frame so you can plan around it.
Yes. All makes and models, foreign and domestic, new or old.
Monday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Call (813) 248-3156 or (813) 476-0312.
Fill out the form, call, or drive down 56th Street. If you have been searching collision repair near me from a Temple Terrace street, a family-run auto body shop in Temple Terrace drivers have trusted for generations is about fifteen minutes away.
Want to see the work first? Browse our car painting services or read how we handle collision damage start to finish.