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Roadkill Special:

Fixing Damage From A Car-Deer Accident

Parts are replaced and the inner structure is pulled straight. Air conditioning service is required due to front-end damage.

 

Pro Technique:
Repairing Collision Damage On A
2006 Jeep Wrangler

After The Wreck: See how body shop professionals use a frame-straightening machine to pull the bent metal back into place. View the dying art of metal shrinking.

Shrinking stretched metal with a torch.
 
Spray painting auto parts.

Pro Technique:
Spray Painting Car Parts

Sometimes it's easier to paint parts when they've been removed from the vehicle. Follow along as Bob Mapes paints parts from our '57 Willy's Jeep.

 

Pro Technique:
Restoring A 1957 Willy's Jeep

Behind The Scenes: See how body shop professionals take apart a WWII-era Army-style Jeep and make it new again.

1957 Willys Jeep restoration project.
 

Serious 4x4 Truck:
Installing A Custom Bumper

Making a bad truck badder with a heavy-duty bumper and winch. 

 

Pro Technique: Fixing A Long Dent In A Truck Door

Behind The Scenes: See how body shop professionals fix the dents after a minor fender-bender.  

 

Pro Technique: Repairing Dents With A Stud Welder

Behind The Scenes: See how body shop professionals fix the dents after a big crash. 

 

Lights Out:
Replacing Burned-out Tail Light Bulbs

We knew it couldn't be as easy as removing just two screws... there was a secret to getting the tail light housing off the car.

 

1994-2004 Blazer / Jimmy / S10 / Sonoma:

Replacing Burned-out Headlight Bulbs

 

 

Fender-Bender Repair:

Replacing A Dented Fender...

 

Scratched Car:
Buffing Out Scratches

See how scratches and scuff marks can be removed with a variable-speed buffer and quality buffing compounds.

 
 
Removing Car Door Panels
Chevy/GMC Full-Size Pickup Truck...
Dodge Durango: Front... Rear...
Dodge Ram Quad Cab...
Dodge Stratus...
Ford Explorer...
Ford F250...
GMC Jimmy (or Chevy Blazer, or S10, or GMC Sonoma)...
Jeep Grand Cherokee...
Kia Sedona...
Subaru Outback...
Toyota Camry...
 
 

Fixing A Sagging Car Door:
Replacing Hinge Pins and Bushings - General Motors

 

 
 

Repainting A Flaky Dodge:

Chrysler's never resolved everybody's paint problems, but a do-it-yourselfer tackled the peeling paint that plagued many 90's Mopar cars and trucks.

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

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