May 2014 (13 articles)

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• May 20, 2014: Cosmetic Repairs To Aluminum Exterior Panels
  

  Repairing mild steel body panels with collision damage is nothing new. Using hammers, dollies, and picks when access to the backside is obtainable is a very common practice for straightening. With are...

• May 13, 2014: What's A Ford Lap-Joint Backer Plate?
  

  In your recent pursuit of late-model Ford sectioning information, you've scanned past the term "lap-joint backer plate" in their body repair manuals. Wait a minute, pause, rewind, what is a lap-joint ...

• May 09, 2014: OEM Linking Pin: Did You Think That Ford Was Allowing General Sectioning?
  

  "NOTE: The following steps provide a general guideline for replacement of body structure components. Refer to exploded views for specific component and assembly information." Additionally Ford says "W...

• May 08, 2014: What's A BMW/Mini Engine Support?
  

  When it comes to repair information, vehicle makers use a wide variety of terminology for replacement parts. All of the different names can be confusing, especially when repairing a variety of vehicle...

• May 07, 2014: I-CAR Has Your Key To Success - The OEM Technical Information Matrix
  

  When going through a collision repair manual, it is important to know what the symbols and colors mean. The same holds true when using the I-CAR developed OEM Collision Repair Information Matrix. Let'...