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Our Toyota Dealer has their own separate body shop and it is likely your dealer either has one or can recommend one. The body shop is also an approved body shop for my insurance company Nationwide. In talking with the body shop they don't like aftermarket parts but that was not an issue since our policy I have a rider for OEM parts to make sure that I don't get aftermarket parts but that sometimes can make the claim difficult if you are not at fault and another insurance company is paying. It was not an issue in my case even though the other at fault driver did not have an OEM parts rider but had the same insurance company as us. We had a long wait to get scheduled into the dealership and then a wait for parts so good luck.

Our daughter just had work done on her Prius by a non-Toyota body shop and they did not match the paint properly the first time and she had to take it back for repainting.

See this article for a body shop's perspective on "factory correct repairs" and insurance companies. North Carolina Body Shop Files Six Lawsuits Against Multiple Insurance Companies - BodyShop Business

Good luck.
 
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