Prior to Body Work
A Brief Outline
This is a more brief outline, with a more in depth outline in the post following this one.
This outline is only to highlight the main and broad st...
An In Depth Outline
This outline dives a little deeper into all of the steps. While each step still isn't broken down very in depth, it might be a good resource for s...
Stripping and Cleaning
The stripping and cleaning process isn’t always part of the body work process, but there are several ways for a project to be stripped and prepped ...
The Set Up Checklist
When preparing a vehicle for body work, it has to be thought of as it will be after the vehicle is completely finished. This is in reference to ev...
Vehicle Set Up, Explained
How a project begins can vary, mostly depending how the project comes into the body shop. The assumption is that at this point the project is alre...
Using Aluminum C-Channel
Why aluminum c-channel or flat stock? It shows everything, and it can be looked at as a predictor to where the body filler will end up being. Whe...
An Overview of Panel Edges
The goal with the panel edges is for them to be thin and consistent. In an ideal world, there would be no body filler on them, especially moving p...
Adjusting Panels Overview
What is being paid attention to during the stages of adjusting all the body panels?
Panel flushness
Consistent gaps.
Where panel edges are
Figur...
Panel Gaps, in Depth
Another aspect of high quality body and paint work is the gap sizes being perfectly consistent. This means several things:
•Each gap is ‘straight’...