| Most of us never would want to see the inside | | | | and sanders to pull dust and dirt away from |
| of an auto body repair shop. At the most we | | | | this part of the shop. Modern body shops can |
| can often smell the solvents being emitted by | | | | remain very clean and dust free- indeed |
| automotive body vehicle repair shop as we | | | | modern electronics , and even the most modern |
| drive by and wonder how those people can make | | | | hi tech electronics of hybrid vehicles demand |
| it through a work day never being precise and | | | | this. With the entire metal straight, it's on |
| accurate in both matching the color of car | | | | to the paint preparation area, commonly |
| panels and repairing auto, truck and S.U.V | | | | referred to as "paint prep". Quality shops |
| bodies after vehicle collisions. It is only | | | | will use dust extraction systems to remove |
| by accident - car accidents that most of us | | | | the dust when sanding and spraying the paint |
| end up inside the premises of our local, | | | | primers. Infrared lighting systems may be |
| dealer or a chain auto body shop. Most shops | | | | used to cure primer paint quickly and |
| now bear little relation to the | | | | properly. These infrared lights can shorten |
| establishments you may remember as a child - | | | | the cure time from 24 hours remarkably to as |
| dark and dusty surrounded by both piles of | | | | little as 20 minutes. All of these procedures |
| used and new car parts as well as a mean | | | | both help you to get a higher quality assured |
| guard dog in the yard. There may be a few of | | | | job and get you back on the road in a minimal |
| those still around but they are a dying | | | | time span. Painting the final colors and |
| breed. Repairing cars now, especially with | | | | clear coats is done in a paint booth. There |
| the electronics in today's vehicles, requires | | | | are many types and brands of paint booths, |
| both skill, education and training, | | | | however it is generally accepted the best are |
| sophisticated tools and an ultra clean, | | | | the "downdraft" units where fresh filtered |
| modern shop. Modern body shops now seem to be | | | | air enters the top of the booth and any |
| uniformly clean, well laid out and well lit. | | | | underspray is pulled downward and out through |
| As well many body shops are laid out in | | | | grates in the floor. The downdraft procedure |
| several distinct separate staging areas. | | | | of paint booths can produce the best and most |
| Vehicles are estimated in one area, body work | | | | consistent of paint finishes. In addition a |
| done in another, electronic repairs in yet | | | | well trained operator can make a great |
| another area, painted in a very separate | | | | difference in final paint and appearance |
| area, and finally detailed and presented to | | | | quality and consistency. A dust free paint |
| the customer in a display area. If the | | | | booth of any design is better than a dirty |
| vehicle has major damage, then it is moved to | | | | and dusty paint booth of the highest end. |
| a disassembly area and onto a frame machine. | | | | Before spending your money or committing |
| Unibody construction is utilized by most | | | | yourself to the job or repairs it is always |
| autos today. Unibody is a an automotive and | | | | best to ask to examine several examples of |
| mechanical body term which describes how | | | | the shops work on several vehicles. In |
| sheet metal is stamped, formed and welded | | | | addition ask to see finished examples of |
| together to form the structural portion of | | | | several different body types - cars, trucks, |
| the car or truck body. The purpose of the | | | | vans and SUVs. Look for smooth finishes with |
| "frame machine" is not to straighten the car | | | | minimal dust specs and colors that match from |
| frame now - rather it is to straighten the | | | | panel to panel. These are the signs of a |
| unibody construction of the vehicle. | | | | quality paint job done by a skilled and |
| Measuring the vehicle body for correct | | | | professional painter. It goes without saying |
| unibody alignment is more than critical. As | | | | that a professional paint shop will be proud |
| little as one millimeter error is all that is | | | | of their faculties- the layout, equipment, |
| allowed by most car, truck and S.U.V. | | | | training of their staff - and most of all |
| manufacturers. Laser measuring systems are | | | | their people. Such a shop should have no |
| used by many body shops along with the frame | | | | trouble, barring practical logistics, of |
| machine to ensure that everything is | | | | allowing you a tour of their facilities. |
| straightened accurately to the decimal point. | | | | Indeed after all of their careful efforts |
| With the unibody of the vehicle straight, the | | | | they should be most proud to give you a tour |
| car, truck or S.U.V. moves to the metal work | | | | and point out their strong points and |
| area where new sheet metal is mounted and | | | | capabilities as well as examples of their |
| damages area straightened. This work is still | | | | finished product. After all it's your vehicle |
| done by skilled technicians and tradesmen | | | | that is being repaired - whether it is your |
| using hammers and dollies, but even the work | | | | new S.U.V, car, truck, van or bus. |
| done by body shop technicians has been | | | | |
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