Wanted Customs

Auto Customization in Brooklyn, NY

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About Wanted Customs

Wanted Customs runs one of the most complete customization operations in Brooklyn from its shop at 101 Union Street, on the border of Red Hook and Carroll Gardens. The service menu covers the full modern build: vinyl wraps, paint protection film, ceramic coating, window tinting, powder coating, detailing, and the interior showpieces, starlight headliners and ambient lighting, that separate customization houses from wrap shops. The operation is structured like a car culture hub rather than a service counter. Complete builds are documented as portfolio projects, an online shop sells parts and accessories, a rental program puts finished vehicles to work, and a Custom Club membership rewards the repeat clientele that keeps the bays full. Quotes run through a detailed intake form that asks the question most shops avoid: whether the customer's priority is lower price or highest quality, setting honest expectations before the first panel is touched. The intake process reveals the shop's operating philosophy before any work begins: the quote form asks customers directly whether their priority is the lowest price or the highest quality, an honest fork most shops hide behind sales language. Answering it shapes everything from material tier to timeline, and it's why Wanted Customs' finished work spans both sensible daily-driver refreshes and the no-compromise builds its portfolio celebrates. The Custom Club membership formalizes the repeat relationship with perks for the clientele that treats vehicle styling as an ongoing project rather than a one-time event, while the parts shop and vehicle rental program round out a business model closer to a car culture platform than a service counter. Red Hook's industrial blocks give the shop room to work that Manhattan customization operations can't match, and the location, minutes from the Battery Tunnel and Brooklyn Bridge approaches, keeps it practical for lower Manhattan owners too. The hours may be the most Brooklyn thing about the place. Open eight to eight on weekdays, nine to seven Saturdays, and nine to nine on Sundays, Wanted Customs works when its customers actually have time, seven days a week. That schedule, combined with the breadth of in-house services, means a build that would normally bounce between three specialists over a month can be planned, wrapped, tinted, coated, and lit under one roof. For drivers across Brooklyn and lower Manhattan who want their car to feel personal, this is the kind of shop that treats the request seriously.

Reputation & Reviews Summary

Wanted Customs has built the kind of reputation that shows up in superlatives. Customers consistently praise the shop's exceptional attention to detail, with reviews describing flawless tinting and vinyl wraps that genuinely transform the car, results attributed to the pairing of high-quality materials with precision installation. The Yelp gallery, alongside the shop's own documented builds, gives prospective customers plenty of visual evidence to check those claims against. Starlight headliners are the entry that draws the most curiosity and the most misunderstanding: done properly it is hundreds of fiber-optic strands threaded individually through a headliner that has been dropped, drilled, and re-covered, which is a two-day job on a good day and the reason the quotes vary as wildly as they do. The breadth of the operation earns its own praise. Reviewers who came in for tint describe leaving with plans for starlight headliners; wrap customers return for powder coating and ceramic work. That cross-service loyalty is the clearest signal in the feedback: when customers trust a shop with a second and third discipline, the first job went well. The seven-day schedule draws repeated appreciation from working customers, with Sunday availability, rare anywhere in the trade, called out as the reason several picked Wanted over closer alternatives. Communication gets steady marks as well. The intake process sets scope and budget expectations up front, and reviewers describe being kept informed as work progressed rather than discovering surprises at pickup. As a busy shop with a genuine following, lead times for big builds reflect demand, and the membership program suggests how much of the calendar belongs to regulars. For a Brooklyn owner planning anything from simple tint to a full custom transformation, the record here points one direction: this crew treats every car like a portfolio piece. Sunday availability deserves its own mention in any practical summary: for customers whose weeks don't permit weekday drop-offs, Wanted Customs is one of the only full-service customization shops in the borough open 9 to 9 on Sundays, and reviewers repeatedly cite that scheduling as the reason they became customers at all. Once in the door, the price-versus-quality intake honesty converts them into regulars, and several describe multi-year relationships that started with a single tint appointment. Few Brooklyn shops convert first appointments into memberships; fewer still built the membership program because customers kept asking for one.

Frequently Asked Questions

What services does Wanted Customs offer?

Full auto customization under one roof: vehicle wraps, paint protection film, window tinting, chrome delete, collision repair, and a carwash, plus an on-site barbershop, so you can get a cut while the car gets worked on.

What are Wanted Customs' hours?

Long ones: Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Saturday 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and Sunday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, seven-day availability that fits around any schedule.

How do I book with Wanted Customs?

Book online at wantedcustoms.com (the site has a booking page and service menu), or email wantedcustomsnyc@gmail.com.

How popular is Wanted Customs?

The Brooklyn shop holds one of the borough's stronger Google ratings and carries a large Instagram following at @wantedcustom.

Does Wanted Customs handle accident repairs?

Yes, collision repair is part of the menu, which means a damaged panel can be repaired and re-wrapped in one place instead of coordinating two shops.

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Hours of Operation

Mon–Fri: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM, Sat: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, Sun: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM