Medium Duty Commercial Truck Body Repair for Placentia Fleets

Fiberglass hoods and fenders crack rather than dent. A tilt hood that has been dropped or twisted develops stress cracks radiating from the hinge and latch points, and those cracks propagate every time the hood is opened. We grind back, lay in glass, and refinish rather than filling a crack that is still moving.

Cab corners and rocker panels rot from the inside. Water gets past the door seal or the cab mount and sits in the lower structure. By the time it shows through paint, the sound metal is often two or three inches above what you can see. We cut to clean steel, butt weld replacement sections, and seal both sides.

Frame rails on medium duty trucks bend more often than owners expect, usually from a curb strike or from a body that was mounted without proper spacers and has been working the rail for years. Straightening is done on measured equipment, and we inspect the crossmembers and body mounting brackets while the truck is on the rack.

DOT lighting, reflective conspicuity tape, mirrors, mud flaps and step integrity are all inspection items. We replace damaged lamps and harness sections rather than splicing marginal repairs, and we reapply conspicuity tape to spec on the rear and along the sides where the body requires it.

Air brake equipped medium duty trucks get their Bendix components inspected where the damage is anywhere near the air system. A chafed or crimped air line behind a damaged fender is an out-of-service item and is far cheaper to correct while the panel is already off.

Scheduling is built backwards from your route calendar. We order the fiberglass hood, the cab corner sections and the lighting before the truck leaves service, so the downtime clock starts when the wrenches start, not when the parts truck arrives.