Body Shop
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Our frame and body repair departments are well equipped with all the necessary modern equipment which allows Patterson Auto Body to provide quality collision repairs on today’s complex vehicles including:
A Chief
EZ Liner
frame machine is capable of multiple pulls. Full frame and uni-body
vehicles can be structurally realigned to original factory
specifications on this machine, and can be used on small cars to
large utility vehicles up to 26,000 GVW.
Chief
Velocity
Measuring System is a computerized/Laser measuring system. Today’s
vehicle structures are manufactured from lightweight high strength steel
designed to “fold up” in a collision to protect the vehicle's occupants.
There are many crush zones designed throughout the entire vehicle's
structure. Crush zones allow structural panels to bend or collapse a
pre-determined area which absorbs a large percentage of the collision's
impact force.
Repairing
a vehicle that has been involved in a medium to large collision requires
the complete vehicle structure to be accurately measured. Even in a
front end collision the impact force could cause a section of the rear
body to be out of place. Unless the complete vehicle is accurately
measured, the rear damage could go unnoticed and remain damaged.
Additionally, an
Auto-Robot work stall for minor structural alignment repairs is
available to technicians allowing them to continue working on smaller
collision repairs without waiting for the completion of a larger repair
to be removed from the Chief EZ Liner
.
Pro-Spot Resistance and Miller Mig Welding systems are used to enable Patterson Auto Body to duplicate the original vehicle manufacturer’s welds in terms of strength and appearance when replacing welded body parts. All of our body technicians are certified by I-CAR for for mig welding.
Refinish Department
We use an Accudraft Down Draft paint booth to refinish vehicles which allows Patterson Auto Body to reproduce the original finish of your vehicle. Our spray booth introduces completely filtered air from above the vehicle and exhausts the spray mist and fumes below. This process minimizes any dust particles from the air, which cause imperfections in the paint surface. After the painting process is completed, the spray booth goes into a bake mode. This process cures the paint film, producing a factory like finish in both appearance and durability.
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BASF Glasurit paint mixing system that provides computerized paint color formulas for all domestic and imported vehicles. When needed on difficult or unknown colors, this system incorporates a computerized “eye” that when held on your vehicle's finish reproduces a paint color formula that is a guaranteed match to your vehicles color.
Glass Department
We perform all of our auto glass replacement in house to assure the
quality of the installation with approved materials that meet
National Vehicle
Safety Standards.
We use
PPG Auto Glass - a nationwide supplier of auto glass for
replacement glass that meets or exceeds the original manufacture's
specifications.
