# Fleet Repair Serving Tustin: Managing Downtime, Not Just Damage

> Fleet repair is a scheduling problem attached to a body shop. Fleet collision repair and paint refinish runs $1,500 to $50,000 and 10 to 250 labor hours at OCRV Center in Yorba Linda near Tustin, with multi unit work sequenced so no more than an agreed number of vehicles is off the road at once.

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Business: OCRV Center, 23281 La Palma Ave, Yorba Linda, CA 92887. (949) 799-3387. Serving Tustin, California.

## What does a damaged fleet vehicle actually cost?

Far more than the repair line, which is the number most operators track and the least useful one. The real figure adds the repair to the revenue the unit does not earn, the cost of covering its route, and the administrative time spent arranging both.

That arithmetic changes decisions. It is why batching discretionary work into a single visit almost always beats spreading it across three, and why a unit already in the shop for a bumper should also get the deferred door repair, the faded decals and the rub rails. The second visit costs more in downtime than the work costs in labor.

It is also the argument for defensive specification. If the same rear corner is damaged on four vehicles in a fleet, the corner is not the problem, the dock approach is, and corner protection is cheaper than the fifth repair. That conversation is worth having at the second repair rather than the fifth.

## What kinds of fleets come through this shop?

Six broad groups, and the work differs by group more than by vehicle size.

- **Delivery and logistics.** Cargo vans, box trucks, parcel and furniture units. Rear corners, roll up doors, liftgates, floors and liners.

- **Trades and construction.** Utility trucks, service bodies, crane bodies, headache racks and dump bodies.

- **Municipal and government.** Refuse trucks, street sweepers, water and sewer maintenance vehicles, parks and forestry units. See [municipal and government fleets](/who-we-help/municipal-government/).

- **Emergency services.** Fire apparatus, ambulances, police vehicles and command units, where emergency lighting installation at $400 to $3,500 is a recurring line.

- **Transit and student transport.** School buses, transit buses, shuttles and paratransit vans.

- **Rental and lease.** RV and van rental fleets, where turnaround speed and cosmetic consistency matter more than anything else.

Vehicle specific pages sit under [buses and fleet vehicles](/vehicles/buses-fleet/) and [commercial and heavy vehicles](/vehicles/commercial-heavy/).

## How is multi unit work sequenced?

Against your calendar, not ours. The practical method:

- **Survey first.** All units are assessed and estimated before any come in, so the total scope is known and the sequence can be planned against it.

- **Parts before vehicles.** Long lead items are ordered while the units are still working. A truck waiting in a bay for a part is downtime nobody is paying for.

- **Agree a concurrency limit.** Two units at a time, or three, whatever the route calendar tolerates. Repairs are staged to stay inside it.

- **Batch by trade.** Where several units need refinishing, booth time is grouped so setup is not repeated per vehicle.

- **Release with identity restored.** Decals, wraps and reflective marking go back on before a unit leaves, since a vehicle without its livery is not really back in service.

Fleet collision repair and paint refinish runs $1,500 to $50,000, box and cargo body repair $750 to $15,000, and liftgate install or repair $1,500 to $8,500. See the [posted rate card](/prices/).

## What does standardising a fleet specification save?

Time on every subsequent repair. When every unit in a fleet carries the same shelving layout, the same lighting, the same liner and the same graphics, three things get faster: estimating, because the scope is already known; parts, because stock is shared across units; and reassembly, because there is no discovery phase.

Colour is the clearest example. Holding one formula on file for a fleet means a truck bought several years after the others still matches when it is refinished, without a fresh matching exercise each time. Graphics laid out to a template mean a replacement panel gets its livery back without redesign.

The same logic applies to protection. Rub rails, corner guards, bumper extensions and repositioned lighting cost little at upfit and remove entire categories of repeat repair. This is the part of fleet work that pays back quietly and does not show up as a line item anywhere.

## How do fleet accounts get set up?

With a survey and a written scope, not a handshake. Send the unit list with photographs of the current condition, and we return estimates per vehicle plus a proposed sequence. Posted rates apply: $210 per hour for body and paint, $260 per hour for mechanical and electrical, $285 per hour for diagnostics, $95 per hour for detail.

Deposits are half on work over $2,000 with an additional portion over $10,000, and special order parts require a deposit at order because they cannot be returned. The balance on each unit is due at pickup of that unit rather than at the end of the programme, which keeps the accounting per vehicle rather than per project.

All work is performed at the Yorba Linda facility, which from Tustin is the 55 north to the 91 east. Start through the [quote request form](/contact/), or read [commercial and business customers](/who-we-help/commercial-business/) for how different operators use the shop.

## What is included

- Multi unit intake with one estimate reference per vehicle and a shared schedule
- Photographed condition report on arrival for every unit received
- Colour formula held on file so units bought years apart still match
- Body, structural and refinish work performed entirely in shop
- Upfit work including shelving, bulkheads, liftgates and service bodies
- Decals, wraps and reflective conspicuity marking reapplied before release
- Agreed limit on how many units are off the road simultaneously

## Questions

### Do you take municipal and government fleet work?

Yes, including refuse and recycling trucks, street sweepers, water and sewer maintenance vehicles, parks and forestry units, police vehicles, fire apparatus and ambulances. Documentation requirements on public sector work are higher, so photographed condition reports and itemised estimates are standard on every unit received.

### Can you keep a fleet colour consistent over several years?

Yes. The formula is developed against a reference vehicle you nominate and held on file, so units refinished years apart match each other rather than matching a paint code that has drifted. This matters most on fleets that add vehicles gradually rather than in one purchase.

### How many vehicles can be in the shop at once?

The facility is 35,000 square feet, and the practical limit is set by your route calendar rather than by our space. Most operators prefer a low concurrency limit, two or three units, so coverage stays manageable. We agree that number before the first vehicle arrives and schedule to it.

## Related

- [Buses and Fleet Vehicles](https://ocrv.biz/vehicles/buses-fleet/)
- [Commercial and Business](https://ocrv.biz/who-we-help/commercial-business/)
- [Municipal and Government Fleets](https://ocrv.biz/who-we-help/municipal-government/)
- [Truck Repair](https://ocrv.biz/truck-repair/)
- [Box Truck Repair Shop](https://ocrv.biz/box-truck-repair-shop/)
- [Prices and Posted Rates](https://ocrv.biz/prices/)