Some things I have been working on

[AllenM]

Made you look. No gun porn this time. The body shop has demanding my attention as of late and thought I would remind INGO we do car work too

Here are a couple recent jobs and couple misc pics

2014 Toyota Prius hit in the back end.

No real before pic but hit hard enough the drivers side rear door would not open.

Straightened unibody and cut off the parts that would not repair







Rebuilding









refinishing the underside. Fuel tank and HV battery have been removed





After paint work and reassemble





And done






Here is Brand new BMW 435 that got rearended right after being bought.





beginning repairs





one of my estimators made an entertainment center out of the quarter panel crate




Taking apart, drilling welds





Planning cuts.
An Approved BMW repair has very few welds. Even though the car is resistance welded at the factory they want them repaired using a process called "rivet bonding" the name is pretty self explanatory. But you have to use their $300.00 a tube glue and a special BMW approved self piercing rivet gun and rivets. We are one of the few shops in central Indiana that this rivet tool.







the new quarter comes with these sleeves that are used to glue the splice areas together. No welding







Rebuilding, pre fitting







Joint with sleeve



Rivet tool. these make there own holes and the rivet heads sit flush with the panel. no pre drilling, kind of nice actually





prep for paint





painted ready to reassemble



Done




Some misc pics.

Full frame swap on new F150



not sure what this was but we did a lot of work to it



Toyota Venza unibody being measured





other pics to come

 

[Bluejeeper]

Really cool! Looking forward to seeing more

 

[Brandon]

Incredible work!
Thanks for sharing!

 

[kramer5702]

Wow, gives me an insight into what went on when my car was smashed years ago. I had a 2003 Pontiac Vibe GT, one of the first in Indiana. Had a good scratch on the rear hatch and was taking it to get it fixed when I got rear ended at a dead stop...hit hard enough you couldn't open the rear doors. It was fixed though. The interior parts were trashed too and had to be boated over from Japan lol

 

[ModernGunner]

Wait, Allen works on something OTHER than guns?!?

Good work, Allen.

Though... uh... ya COULD have done the world a favor and NOT repaired the Prius.

 

[nrgrams]

Main Street/Wall Street....passion is passion. Taking pride in your work, regardless of what is it. Excellent work, Allen. Can't wait to have you work on something else of mine.

 

[AllenM]

Thanks for looking. Don't forget 1911 trigger job included with any repair over $1000.00

 

[CHCRandy]

That rivet machine is very cool.....does the finished rivet look kind of like a spot weld?

Man, that would make me sick if that was my BMW. Not that it don't look new.....it looks perfect, but I would just hate to think my brand new BMW is really a rebuilt BMW.

 

[gregkl]

You funny guy, Allen!

Bet that BMW owner went from giddy with excitement to sad as fast as that car will hit 0-60!

 

[partyboy6686]

I remember you fixing the BMW. The way they repair it with glue and the special rivets was crazy. Didn't it take like 6 weeks to get that rear quarter panel from over seas?

 

[radar44]

Now I feel kinda' bad for complaining about the cost of a rear fender repair on my daughters car .

A LOT more to it than the shade tree stuff we did in the 1980's -- unbolt the bad , bolt on the good , paint , done .

 

[AllenM]

That rivet machine is very cool.....does the finished rivet look kind of like a spot weld?

Man, that would make me sick if that was my BMW. Not that it don't look new.....it looks perfect, but I would just hate to think my brand new BMW is really a rebuilt BMW.

maybe a little but you can tell it is not a spot weld.

 

[AllenM]

Now I feel kinda' bad for complaining about the cost of a rear fender repair on my daughters car .

A LOT more to it than the shade tree stuff we did in the 1980's -- unbolt the bad , bolt on the good , paint , done .

I was doing stuff in the 80"s too

 

[AllenM]

You funny guy, Allen!

Bet that BMW owner went from giddy with excitement to sad as fast as that car will hit 0-60!

I would have been sick too. It was a special order

 

[AngryRooster]

Looks very good. I've had to have things repaired on that level before and it really sucked. I went into the shop one time to see how things were going and because I was curious. Yeah, never again. It's bad enough to have your vehicle damaged and see it like that, it's another to see it taken apart to that level during the repair process. My wife said it looked worse BEING repaired than it did before it went it. Everything was great when it was done but the process looks rough.

On a firearms note, I'm curious what the guy used on the individual that hit him in the rear of that BMW when it was new. How many shots were fired, ammo used and wound ballistics. Were head shots involved or just center mass? I'm thinking a few .45 HST's would be appropriate.

 

[WebSnyper]

Don't forget 1911 trigger job included with any repair over $1000.00

Ah, you didn't tell me that when I had my car in there a couple of times last year. That would have been worth a few Glock slide jobs

 

[WebSnyper]

Looks very good. I've had to have things repaired on that level before and it really sucked. I went into the shop one time to see how things were going and because I was curious. Yeah, never again. It's bad enough to have your vehicle damaged and see it like that, it's another to see it taken apart to that level during the repair process. My wife said it looked worse BEING repaired than it did before it went it. Everything was great when it was done but the process looks rough.

On a firearms note, I'm curious what the guy used on the individual that hit him in the rear of that BMW when it was new. How many shots were fired, ammo used and wound ballistics. Were head shots involved or just center mass? I'm thinking a few .45 HST's would be appropriate.

I don't know, I actually liked seeing it torn down (pics posted on his site while the work was being done) when I've had car's in Allen's shop. Gave me a better appreciation of what they do.

 

[Tactically Fat]

I'd LOVE to know how to do even a fraction of this kind of work!

It fascinates me!

 

[AllenM]

me too

 

[impmouse]

Prius repair looked good .. LT rail and rear body matched up well .. nice weld job .. bumper gaps and tail lamp gaps looked good