Panel and frame work is the part of the repair nobody sees, and the part that decides whether the rest of the job holds up.
A door that closes a little heavy, a gap that runs wide at one end, a hood that sits proud on one side. Those are not paint problems. They are structure problems, and no amount of finish work hides them. We correct the frame and hang the panels so the vehicle measures out the way it did leaving the factory, then we finish it.
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Bodywork
StructureStructural work is verified against factory specification. We are not guessing at what straight looks like.
We do not win the job by quoting the cheapest panel available. We quote the part that belongs on the car.
Nothing gets painted until the gaps, lines and closures are correct. Paint over a bad fit is money wasted.
Common signs are uneven panel gaps, doors or the hood not closing the way they used to, the car tracking to one side, or uneven tire wear appearing after a collision. The only way to know for certain is to measure the structure against factory specification.
Most modern vehicles are unibody, where the structure and the body are one piece, so damage travels through the shell and has to be pulled back to spec. Trucks and older vehicles often have a separate ladder frame, which can sometimes be repaired or replaced as its own component.
A great deal of structural damage can be corrected by pulling the structure back to factory measurements. Some damage is past that point, and when it is we tell you straight rather than taking the job and hoping.
That is the standard we work to. Gaps, body lines and fit go back to what the manufacturer intended, because a panel that is slightly out of line is the detail people notice long after the paint looks fine.
When the structure is returned to factory tolerances, yes. That is the entire point of measuring rather than eyeballing it. Crash structures are designed to fold in a specific way, and a structure left out of spec will not behave as designed in another collision.
If a gap looks wide or a door closes wrong, bring it in. We will tell you what is actually going on underneath.