Truck Body Repair Serving Tustin: What a Body Shop Handles

Everything from the frame rails outward, plus what gets bolted to the frame behind the cab. In practice that is four groups of work.

• Collision and cab. Doors, hoods, fenders, bumpers, cab corners and structural repair after an impact. Cab body repair runs $750 to $12,000 and 5 to 60 labor hours; fleet collision repair with refinish runs $1,500 to $50,000.
• Body and upfit. Service and utility body installation at $2,500 to $15,000, toolbox and crane body install at $1,500 to $10,000, headache rack and cab guard install at $750 to $3,500, and liftgate install or repair at $1,500 to $8,500.
• Cargo and box work. Aluminium and composite box repair, roll up and swing door service, cargo floor and liner work, bedliner spray in at $500 to $1,800.
• Finish and identity. Full refinish, panel blending, vinyl wrap at $1,500 to $9,500, decals and reflective conspicuity marking at $250 to $1,200.

Every figure traces to the posted rate card. Body and paint bills at $210 per hour, mechanical and electrical at $260 per hour.

Engine and drivetrain internal work. That is a stated boundary rather than a capability gap we hide until the vehicle is apart. If a truck arrives with a driveline complaint, we tell you at the estimate and you keep your money.

The distinction matters more on commercial vehicles than on RVs, because a fleet operator with a truck down wants one answer and not a referral chain. Being direct about it early is faster for everyone. What we do handle on the mechanical side is electrical diagnostics and repair, lighting and wiring, air bag suspension repair at $500 to $4,500, brake service, and the hydraulic and electrical systems attached to bodies and liftgates.

State administered vehicle inspection programmes are also outside what this facility performs. Nothing on this site should be read as offering them.

Because the same manoeuvres repeat every day. After enough of these come through the gate at OCRV Center, the pattern is unmistakable.

1. Passenger side mirror and cab corner. Tight alley and dock approaches with a blind side.
2. Rear corners of the body. Backing to a dock, usually at an angle, usually at the same corner on every truck in a fleet.
3. Roof front edge and box top rail. Low clearance at a canopy, a drive through or a parking structure entrance.
4. Lower doors and rocker panels. Curb strikes and step wear.
5. Liftgate frame and platform. Overloading and impact from pallet jacks.

The useful consequence is that a fleet can be specified defensively. Corner guards, rub rails, protective mouldings and repositioned lighting all cost less than the fifth repair of the same corner. That conversation belongs with the second repair, not the fifth.

By separating what can be scheduled from what cannot, and by getting parts on order before the truck arrives. A collision repair has an unavoidable teardown stage, but a body swap, a liftgate installation or a refinish can be planned around a route calendar.

Two practical things help most. First, send photographs and the vehicle identification details before the truck comes in, so parts ordering starts earlier. Second, batch discretionary work: if a truck is coming in for a bumper, that is also when the decals, the rub rails and the deferred door repair should happen, because the second visit costs more in downtime than the work itself does.

Vehicle types we take are listed under commercial and heavy vehicles, and multi unit scheduling is covered on fleet repair. Start with the quote request form.