Yes, I know that’s what you think we just got done with, but there’s more to it than that. A few more minutes at the start of the job will assure far less friction when you want to move the job and collect your money instead of moving backwards so that you can get moving forward correctly. Open those eyes and think as analytically as you can on the front end of the job to avoid the time-sucking problems too many of us run into on the backside when you want to deliver a problem-free, quality repair to a happy customer. We’re talking about panel alignment in this article, but measuring will reveal structural and suspension alignment issues. You can’t be sure until you check it with more than just your eyeballs. It didn’t look that bad, I couldn’t see any damage.” That’s just the point, too. The frame is swayed over, the nose would never have fit on this. Why go through that? We’re talking about less than 15 minutes to determine, “Yes, I was right, there’s nothing wrong,” or, “Boy, I’m glad I checked this. Proceeding without first verifying that the structure is true is like painting a big red target on your backside and handing the boss a bow and arrow. This will help you to determine if it’s safe to proceed or if you need to mount or bench your project on structural straightening equipment, thoroughly measure the vehicle three dimensionally and then make structural corrections. If all you use for a quick diagnostic check is a tram gauge, then use it (Photo 1). There are some fundamental, quick checks that need to be done to verify whether or not you need to measure more comprehensively. Wanting and hope separate man from the animals but have no place or basis in the science of collision repair.
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As my father used to tell me, “You can want in one hand and _ in the other and see which one gets full the fastest.” Harsh words, but they get the point across quickly, vividly and truthfully. It generally stems from wanting the structure to be square and hoping that it is. Whenever this happens to me, I consider it a personal failure. What leads us to discovering structural misalignment problems after we bolt the new parts on? And yes, in some cases, after we bolt the freshly painted parts on? Or, “I don’t know what happened…it didn’t get hit that hard, it must have been damaged in a previous wreck!”Įverybody has heard these things, and most of us have probably said them ourselves.
Tell me how many times this has happened in your shop: a slightly damaged vehicle is getting the front sheet metal bolted on when the exclamation, “Holy cow, nothing lines up, the front end’s over in Jones’s yard!” comes blaring out of a technician’s stall. Let’s take a look at these reasons and diagnose each. It could be a structural problem, human error or the quality of the parts you’re using. There are many reasons why poor bolt-on panel misalignment happens. I offer you this advice: “If it’s predictable, it’s preventable.” You’re far better off facing those alignment issues as they come up and getting the customer and adjuster (if it’s related to previous damage) involved, rather than waiting until everything has been painted and the customer is pointing out the problem to you. They’ll look at you as a whiner who blames his problems on some unknown phantom. No customer wants to hear any lame excuses such as, “None of the other parts on your car line up either,” or, “The last guy who worked on your car didn’t do a good job”…even if they’re true. If you know this from the beginning, you’ll save yourself a lot of time and anguish. Remember, they don’t want it as good as it was prior to the accident, they want it better. Some will take it as an insult to their intelligence and think that you didn’t see the gap because you’re not a detail-oriented person.
No customer should point out to you that a gap is off because that will usually be just the beginning.
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