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Auto Body Straightening
Structural measuring and alignment after a collision, then straightening and fitment correction until the gaps read even again.
Chapter 01
Measuring before touching anything
Structural work starts with measuring, not pulling. After a collision we measure and run alignment checks to find out where the vehicle actually is compared to where it should be, and by how much.
Straightening without measuring first is guessing with expensive equipment. The measurement is what turns a repair into something you can verify at the end rather than hope about.
Finished bodywork being inspected at Community Collision Center in Nacogdoches
A unibody is not a frame
Most cars on the road now are unibody, where the structure and the body are the same thing, and the repair needs treating differently to a separate frame. We handle straightening for unibody and frame-related repair needs both, but they are not the same job and the plan says which one it is.
That distinction matters because on a unibody the panel you can see and the structure you cannot are physically continuous. Correcting one without accounting for the other is how gaps come back weeks later.
Chapter 03
Gaps are the tell
Panel fitment correction covers doors, hoods, fenders, bumpers and the gaps between them. A gap should be even down its whole length and parallel on both sides of the car. When it tapers, something behind it is still out.
This is the part of a repair anyone can check without any training at all, which is exactly why we would rather you did. Walk the car, look down the gaps, watch where the light runs.
Structure, refinish and sensors are one plan
The repair plan connects structural work, refinish, sensors and final quality control rather than treating them as separate stages handed between people. Straightening changes what the refinish has to sit on. Structure changes where sensors are aimed.
Final quality control is the point where all of it is checked together, which is only possible if it was planned together in the first place.
Structural and fitment work is covered by the same backing as the rest of our repairs, for as long as you own the vehicle.