WE INSURE CALIFORNIA AUTO SHOPS
Repair shops · Body and collision · Tire and wheel · Transmission · Detail and ceramic coating · Wrap, PPF and tint · Performance and fabrication · Restoration · Race and kart shops · Motorcycle and powersports · Truck and fleet repair · Smog, brake and lamp stations. Based in North Hollywood, serving Van Nuys, Sun Valley, and the whole San Fernando Valley. Writing statewide, San Diego to Sacramento, Fresno to the coast. English and Spanish.
RUN BY A CAR GUY,
NOT A CALL CENTER.
I'm Michael Canepa. I've been building engines, welding frames, and restoring cars since I was 16.
Redline insures the shops I come from: the builders, the painters, the wrap artists, the race shops, the restorers.
When you call, you get me, not a queue.
English or Spanish. (818) 823-5778.
CUSTOM & PERFORMANCE
Our specialty. Wrap, PPF, tint, tuning, fabrication, and restoration. Six-figure builds in your bays with garagekeepers limits written to match.
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RACE AND KART SHOPS
Racing service and repair, kart shops, and competition fabrication. Cars & karts in your care, We place these through programs actually built for racing.
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AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR
Mechanical, diagnostics, brakes, engine. Garage liability plus garage keepers for every customer car in your bay & on your lot overnight.
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BODY AND COLLISION
Spray booth, paint storage, frame equipment, and a lot full of cars that aren't yours. Written for the exposure a collision shop actually carries.
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TIRE AND WHEEL SERVICE
Wheel-off claims, mounting and balancing, road service, and inventory. The completed operations exposure most policies handle badly.
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OUR MISSION
PROTECT WHAT YOU'VE BUILT.
Your shop. Your equipment. Your customers' cars. The business you've spent years building.
Redline is an independent brokerage that insures auto shops across California, with a specialty in custom and performance builds, restoration work, and race and kart shops. When a shop’s work crosses into racing, we know the specialty markets built for it.
We don’t quote one carrier and call it a day. We compare multiple markets, explain what each policy actually covers, and set your limits around what’s really in your building: the equipment, the booth, and the customer cars in your care. And you work directly with your agent, in English or Spanish.
Blog posts
What Insurance Does a Used Car Dealer Need in California?
The $50,000 DMV bond is not insurance. What a California used car dealer actually needs, with real 2026 cost figures. (818) 823-5778.
What Insurance Does a Body Shop Need in California?
Most California body shops are missing at least one critical coverage, and don't...