Serving Jordan · about 17 mi from the shop
Auto body shop serving Jordan, MN
Jordan drivers know the 169 run past the big yellow candy barn by heart — keep going fifteen more minutes and you reach the closest 5.0-rated body shop to town, Prime Auto Body in Savage.
5.0 110+ Google reviews · read them- Drive time
- about ~25 min
- The route
- US 169 north up the river valley to Hwy 101 / Hwy 13
Why Jordan drivers make the trip
Worth the drive, once — then it’s your shop
There’s no chain shop in Jordan, and the valley stretch of 169 is fast, so Savage is the natural destination after a deer strike or a fender bender on 282. Send photos from home, and the estimate is waiting before you make the drive.
Around Jordan: Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store · Downtown brick district · Sand Creek valley
Your insurance can’t choose your shop — Minnesota Statute § 72A.201 puts that choice with you. Here’s how that works.
The valley stretch of 169
Between Jordan and the metro, US 169 is a fast rural highway with intersections that arrive without much ceremony. That combination produces the two kinds of damage we see most often from Jordan: high-speed rear impacts where traffic stacks up behind a turning vehicle, and animal strikes at dawn and dusk along the stretches where the road runs near the Sand Creek valley and the river bottoms. Both reach past the visible panel and into structure.
Highway 282 and the county roads around town supply the rest — gravel shoulders that drop off, blind approaches, and winter surfaces that do not get treated as promptly as a metro arterial. A car that slid into a ditch and drove back out under its own power is not necessarily a car that is straight. We measure structure with laser equipment against the manufacturer’s specification rather than reading panel gaps and hoping for the best.
The nearest five-star shop is twenty-five minutes east
Jordan does not have a chain collision shop, which makes the decision less about comparing options and more about choosing a direction. East on 169 puts you at a shop holding a perfect Google rating across more than a hundred and ten reviews, owner-operated in the same building since 2010. That is not a claim you have to take our word for. The reviews are public, and most of them were written by people living in these river-valley towns.
The other thing an owner-run shop offers a rural customer is a single phone number that reaches somebody who knows your car. No branch transfer, no case number recited to a fourth stranger. Riaz writes the estimate, orders the parts, deals with your adjuster, and inspects the finished vehicle before it leaves. When something changes mid-repair, the call comes from him rather than from a queue somewhere else in the country.
Distance is no reason to accept a shop you did not choose
Rural claims get steered more than urban ones, and the argument is always logistical: the recommended shop is already on a list, the paperwork will be easier, somebody will be in touch shortly. Minnesota Statute § 72A.201 contains no distance exception. An insurance company may recommend a facility; it may not require one, condition payment on one, or apply pressure to move you toward it. That protection applies in Jordan exactly as it does anywhere else in the state.
Exercising it costs you one sentence on the phone. After that we take the claim, work with your insurance company — all of them, without exception — and meet the adjuster at the shop instead of sending the car through a drive-through inspection lane. Because the estimate can be written from photographs, the entire process can start from Jordan without the vehicle leaving town until you are ready to bring it.
Jordan questions
Questions from Jordan drivers
Straight answers before you commit to anything — and a human on the phone when you want one.
Twenty-five minutes for a body shop — is there anything closer?
Not with this record. Jordan has no chain collision shop of its own, and the closest alternatives are branch operations up the valley. If the damage is minor, ask us first and we will tell you honestly whether it justifies the drive.
I hit a deer on 169 after dark. What now?
Get the car off the road, photograph the front from a few angles, and send them over. Deer damage reliably runs deeper than it looks — cooling stack, supports, sensors — so the honest estimate comes after teardown. If it cannot be driven, the tow gets booked from our end.
Can I get the estimate before I drive out?
Yes, and for Jordan we recommend it. A few photos by text or email, written numbers back within 24 hours, no charge. Parts get ordered off that estimate so nothing is waiting on a shipment once the car is here.
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Three photos from the parking lot are enough to start: one full corner of the vehicle, one close-up of the damage, one wide shot. A written estimate comes back within 24 hours — or book a time to bring the car in, or have us call you.
- Response
- Within 24 hours
- Cost
- Free, no obligation
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- (651) 460-9996
Photo estimates cover what a camera can see. If teardown reveals hidden damage, we document it with photos and clear it with you (and your insurance) before any extra work.
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Mon–Sat · 9 AM–11 PM · Sundays by appointment · 8080 W 125th St, Unit G, Savage