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A new free publication from Honda/Acura features body repair information on new models. The first two editions of Body Repair News are now available on Honda's Service Express website. Subsequent Body Repair News editions will be created, or updated, for each new model and any minor model change where significant body design changes are made.
Body Repair News is more than just a token few pages of new model highlights. The premier issue is pages of technical information collision repair professionals need to know, everything from colored diagrams showing strengths of steel (see Figure 1), to structure applications, to structural foam locations, and repair guidelines.
Body Repair News summarizes body and vehicle technology that may affect collision and other body repairs. It is not intended to replace the detailed information contained in the body repair and service manuals. Rather, it simply helps collision repair industry personnel understand why using the vehicle maker service information is so important for complete and safe repairs.
Figure 2 - Demonstrates an ineffective weld. (Photo courtesy of American Honda Motor Co, Inc.)For example, in the 2013 Accord: Body Repair Information document, there are photos of what can go wrong if welds are done on 1,500 MPa steel (see Figure 2)(see Figure 2).
Body Repair News is available for free on the techinfo.honda.com website under Collision Repair Information & Industry Position Statements.
Additional bulletins are available on the Honda OEM Information page and are available for free at: techinfo.honda.com.
Additional bulletins are available on the Acura OEM Information page and are available free at: techinfo.honda.com
This article first appeared in the August 16, 2013 edition of the I-CAR Advantage Online.
Additional I-CAR Collision Repair News you may find helpful:
- Collision Information Website Access: Honda/Acura
- Step-By-Step: Accessing Honda And Acura Repair Information
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