Customs Body Shop is a family-run automotive body repair and customisation business located in the heart of Upper Hutt, Wellington, with over 20 years of industry experience. The team specialises in panel and paint services, custom body modifications, and full restoration work, with expertise ranging from installing wide body kits and restoring classics to repairing rust, fabricating custom panels, and delivering flawless paint finishes. While the team has a particular passion for American, Euro and JDM classics, their services extend to all makes and models.
Customs Body Shop employs a team of four fully qualified and I-Car accredited panel beaters, and works alongside all major insurance companies to ensure a seamless repair experience for customers. Beyond standard bodywork, the shop offers specialist services including welding and fabrication, wheel and brake caliper customisation, fiberglass repairs, white wall tyre finishing, an underbody protection package, and painting and repair work for fleets, machinery and caravans. Free estimates are available for all services.
Located in the heart of Upper Hutt, Customs Body Shop is a family-run business with more than 20 years of experience in automotive panel beating, painting and restoration. What sets the team apart is a genuine passion for the craft — while they work on all makes and models, there's a particular soft spot for American, Euro and JDM classics, and it shows in the depth of the services on offer.
At the core of the business is a team of four fully qualified, I-Car accredited panel beaters, handling everything from insurance claims to full custom work. This includes widebody kit installations, custom fabrication, rust repairs of any size, and body kit modifications. The shop also handles fiberglass repairs and a full range of welding and fabrication work, meaning a project can move from structural repair through to finished panel without needing to go elsewhere.
Customs Body Shop's painting services span the full spectrum, from straightforward insurance repaints and minor touch-ups through to genuinely custom work. The team specialises in custom art, airbrushing, flake and candy finishes, two-tones and pinstriping — the kind of detailing that turns a repair into a statement. Whether the vehicle is a car, motorbike, or specialised machinery, the goal is a result that's genuinely one-of-a-kind.
For owners restoring a vehicle, Customs Body Shop is clear about its philosophy: there's only one way to do a restoration right, and cutting corners leads to problems down the road. The team is committed to award-winning results, treating restoration as a craft rather than a quick turnaround job.
Beyond core panel and paint work, Customs Body Shop offers a genuinely broad set of specialist services. A fully equipped welding bay handles alloy and stainless welding using the latest MIG and TIG equipment, suited to everything from custom fabrication to race car and motorsport applications. For wheels, the team offers custom-painted finishes, refurbishments, and repairs for gouges and curb damage, alongside brake caliper colour changes — stripped, cleaned, painted and finished with fresh decals for a next-level look. White wall tyre finishing is also available, in classic white stripes or bold custom colours and widths.
For vehicles that have failed a WoF due to underbody rust, the shop's Underbody Protection Package offers a thorough fix: the car is lifted and stripped back for full access, deep cleaned, wire wheeled and sanded back to bright metal, treated and zinc coated at critical points like the rear axle, springs, shock mounts and driveshafts, then finished with a durable underbody protection coating and cavity wax to prevent future rust forming inside the chassis rails.
The shop also handles painting and repairs for fleets, heavy machinery and caravans, extending its expertise well beyond standard passenger vehicles.
Customs Body Shop works alongside all major insurance companies, aiming to get customers' vehicles back on the road promptly with minimal wait times — a point the shop specifically highlights as setting it apart from other repairers.
Customs Body Shop offers free estimates for all services. Customers can contact the shop directly to schedule an appointment, with the vehicle assessed in person to provide an accurate quote before any work begins.