If you’ve been involved in a collision, you’re facing the stress of a damaged car and the daunting prospect of dealing with insurance companies. We can help to ensure a smooth and cost-efficient process, restoring your car to excellent condition and communicating with the insurer on your behalf. Here’s an outline of the steps involved in Chevy collision repair so you know what to expect in the days to come.
Chevy Collision Repair: Restoring Your Vehicle to Pristine Condition
Initial Damage Assessment
At the start of the process, an appraiser will examine the vehicle to assess the full scope of the damage. They’ll estimate all the repairs required and how much it will cost.
Coordinating With the Insurer
Next, we’ll contact the insurance company and go through the approval process to ensure that the repairs will be covered under your policy. This may involve some back and forth as deductibles and other repair and coverage aspects are discussed and negotiated.
Disassembling the Vehicle
It’s now time to begin the restoration process. Following a collision, along with exterior damage there’s often interior harm to be uncovered and dealt with as well. Your car will be disassembled, each component inspected for hidden damage.
Preparing Replacement Parts
Damaged components will need to be either repaired or replaced. If required, replacement parts will now be ordered. We recommend genuine OEM Chevy parts for optimal quality, compatibility, and reliability. At this stage, mechanical repairs will be planned out and begun.
Restoring the Body Components
During any collision, the fenders, bumpers, and body panels almost always endure the worst damage. Reshaping and restoring these external parts requires a great deal of skill and sophisticated machinery. Damaged sections will now be replaced. Dents will be filled and smoothed over.
Refinishing the Bodywork
With structural and mechanical repairs completed, the finish of each external part will be meticulously restored to pristine condition. All the necessary filling, sanding, priming, painting, and waxing will be carried out to optimize your car’s aesthetic appeal and remove all visible signs that a collision ever occurred.
Reassembling the Vehicle
Every part of your car will now be fitted back into place with painstaking care. Our technicians will precisely realign each component, testing and adjusting all the while to ensure factory-like condition.
Performance and Safety Inspection
Your fully reassembled vehicle will be thoroughly tested in all ways. Optimal performance and safety must be ensured before the repair process is considered complete.
Internal and External Cleaning
Finally, we’ll detail your vehicle, cleaning and polishing every part, internally and externally. Once we’re done, your car will likely look and smell even better than it did before the collision.
Book full collision repair for your car today at Bommarito Chevrolet South County in St. Louis, MO. Our friendly, experienced technicians can ensure that your car is looking and driving like new once more in record time.
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