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Ripper's Body Shop LLC
Your professional local auto collision experts
Dad won't buy this for himself. That's the whole point. 🛠️![]()
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NEW BLOG POST — Week 2 of The Send-Off Issue:![]()
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THIS FATHER'S DAY, TREAT DAD'S TRUCK RIGHT![]()
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Five gift-able services dads actually appreciate (none of them ties). We've watched it for sixty-two years — a truck comes in for a small repair and the owner says "yeah, that's been bothering me for two years, but I never get around to it." The hazy headlight. The faded trim. The bumper scuff from the trailer hitch incident he doesn't want to talk about.![]()
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None of it is real maintenance. All of it is the kind of thing dad would never spend his own money fixing — and secretly loves when somebody else does.![]()
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The list, in order of "noticeable-from-the-driveway" return:![]()
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01. Headlight Restoration ($80–$150) — instant ten-years-off effect![]()
02. Interior Detail ($150–$300) — the cab smells new again![]()
03. Paint Correction & Wax ($200–$500) — the hood becomes a mirror![]()
04. The One Bumper Scuff Repair ($150–$350) — fix the thing he keeps mentioning![]()
05. Ceramic Coating ($800+) — the premium, 2–5-year option![]()
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And one shop secret we don't lead with that turns a tired truck into a parade vehicle. It's in the post.![]()
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Father's Day is Sunday June 21. Calendars fill the week before — lock in a slot now.![]()
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📖 Read the full list:https://rippersbodyshops.com/2026/06/18/this-fathers-day-treat-dads-truck-right/![]()
📞 Book it for Dad: (916) 372-5353![]()
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amento since 1964.
Whatever your June looks like, the car has a job to do. 🚗![]()
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If yours involves a kid driving a long way to school in the next few weeks, this one's for you.![]()
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NEW BLOG POST — Week 1 of The Send-Off Issue:![]()
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SENDING THEM OFF SAFELY: A Pre-College Car Checklist![]()
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The car is the smallest thing in this whole equation — and somehow it's the one thing you can actually control. So we wrote down the list we'd run through on our own kid's car before they pulled out of the driveway.![]()
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12 things you can check yourself (Saturday morning, no tools):![]()
✓ Lights, tires, wipers, body damage![]()
✓ Engine oil, coolant, brake fluid, battery![]()
✓ Brakes and A/C (on a short drive)![]()
✓ Current registration and insurance card![]()
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Plus 3 things worth paying a pro to verify before a long drive: brake pad thickness, battery load test, alignment.![]()
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Especially good for parents whose kid is driving to UC Davis, Sac State, San Diego, or wherever the send-off is taking them.![]()
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📖 Read the full checklist: rippersbodyshops.com/2026/06/16/sending-them-off-safely-a-pre-college-car-checklist-for-sacrament...![]()
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Three more posts coming every Tuesday through June.![]()
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Family-owned in West Sacramento since 1964.
Now that the Southport Neighbors cover excitement has settled in a little — the June Rippers newsletter is up. 📬![]()
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We're calling it The Send-Off Issue. June is the month of leaving: caps and gowns, dorm boxes in the back seat, packed cars headed for the first road trip of summer. The car usually has a job to do.![]()
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What's inside:![]()
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🌾 SUMMER SEND-OFF BUNDLE — $549 (save $210 vs. à la carte)![]()
Five services in one visit:![]()
• Paint sealant + UV protection wax (the Sacramento-summer answer)![]()
• Headlight restoration![]()
• Minor bumper scuff repair![]()
• Interior detail — vacuum, wipedown, glass![]()
• Hand wash + wheel detail + tire dressing![]()
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Customer-pay only. Not for insurance work. Through June 30.![]()
📖 FOUR NEW WEEKLY GUIDES — a new one every Tuesday in June:![]()
• Jun 9: Sending Them Off Safely — a pre-college car checklist![]()
• Jun 16: This Father's Day, Treat Dad's Truck Right![]()
• Jun 23: What Sacramento Summer Heat Does to Your Paint![]()
• Jun 30: The 20-Minute Pre-Departure Walkaround![]()
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📖 Read the full newsletter: rippersbodyshops.com/2026/06/11/rippers-body-shop-june-newsletter/![]()
📞 Or book the bundle: (916) 372-5353![]()
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Father's Day is Sunday June 21. Calendars fill early.![]()
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Family-owned in West Sacramento since 1964 — and apparently on a magazine cover now too. 😄
The Maldonado family is on the cover of the June 2026 issue of Southport Neighbors magazine — the hyperlocal publication that drops in homes across Bridgeway Lakes, Bridgeway Islands, Rivermont, and Linden Loop each month.![]()
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We never expected this, and we genuinely don't know how to thank you all for it.![]()
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Frank's family opened Rippers Body Shop sixty-two years ago. The shop has stayed family-owned through six decades because of the neighbors who became friends, the customers who became referrals, and the West Sacramento community that kept the doors open through every season of this industry. The cover story is about the family. But it's the community that made any of it possible.![]()
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If you live in one of the four neighborhoods, look for it in your mail this week. 📬![]()
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If you don't, swing by the shop — we'll have copies on the counter.![]()
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Thank you, West Sacramento. From all of us,#westsacramentor#southportneighborsm#familyownedo#since1964s #FamilyOwned #Since1964