Auto preventative maintenance is the best measure you can take to keep your car running in top shape and avoid unnecessary and costly auto repairs. Eventually the time will come though when you have car trouble and it’s better to know what auto repair shop you can trust to take your vehicle to. Good mechanics and auto technicians are ASE certified and will be able to explain and handle all your auto repairs and maintenance needs. Please scroll down for more information and access to the reliable car repair shops in Billings, MT listed below.
Brown's Auto Service
(406) 259-6131 1144 Broadwater Avenue
Billings, MT Brown's Auto Service (406) 259-6131
1144 Broadwater Avenue
Billings, MT 59102
Services Auto Air Conditioning & Heating Service & Repair, Auto Service & Repair, Brakes Service & Repair, Auto Transmissions, Auto Alignment Frames & Axles Service & Repair Payment Options Financing Available, All Major Cards Accepted Archies Ford Stores
(406) 652-0696 2133 king ave w
Billings, MT (406) 652-0696
2133 king ave w
Billings, MT 59102
Services Auto Financing & Loans, Auto Service & Repair, Auto Oil & Lube, Brakes Service & Repair, Auto Inspection Payment Options American Express, Discover, MasterCard, VISA, Debit Cards, Travelers Checks, Chassis Works, Inc.
(406) 245-3338, 001-2004 703 Anchor Street
Billings, MT Chassis Works, Inc. (406) 245-3338, 001-2004
703 Anchor Street
Billings, MT 59105
Certifications Blue Seal Certified Membership Organizations National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)
Data Provided by:  Underriner Honda
(406) 255-2300 1830 4th Avenue North
Billings, MT Underriner Honda (406) 255-2300
1830 4th Avenue North
Billings, MT 59101
Services Clutch Repair,Radiator Repair,SUV Repair,Tune up Repair OReilly Auto Parts
(406) 248-7615 1510 1st Avenue North
Billings, MT OReilly Auto Parts (406) 248-7615
1510 1st Avenue North
Billings, MT 59101
Services AC and Heating Repair,Clutch Repair Archie Cochrane Ford (Bodyshop Dept.)
(406) 656-1103 2133 King Avenue West
Billings, MT Archie Cochrane Ford (Bodyshop Dept.) (406) 656-1103
2133 King Avenue West
Billings, MT 59102
Certifications Blue Seal Certified Membership Organizations National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)
Data Provided by: CARSTAR Auto Body Specialists
(406) 259-1856, 001-2004 1342 Main Street
Billings, MT CARSTAR Auto Body Specialists (406) 259-1856, 001-2004
1342 Main Street
Billings, MT 59105
Certifications Blue Seal Certified Membership Organizations National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)
Data Provided by: Masterlube Hand Carwash
(406) 294-5530 750 Broadwater Avenue
Billings, MT Masterlube Hand Carwash (406) 294-5530
750 Broadwater Avenue
Billings, MT 59101
Services Oil Change and Lube Blue Body and Paint
(406) 248-7205 356 Scott Street
Billings, MT Blue Body and Paint (406) 248-7205
356 Scott Street
Billings, MT 59101
B and B Tire CO
(406) 245-7255 2121 Montana Avenue
Billings, MT B and B Tire CO (406) 245-7255
2121 Montana Avenue
Billings, MT 59101
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By Keith Combs
5/1/2004
Adopted from Keith Combs' article in BodyShop Business Sectioning is often the only realistic approach to a repair. But because many of today's vehicles are a hybrid of unibodies and full frames, consumers get safety and strength, while future repairers, like you, get twice as many precautions for sectioning. Why talk about sectioning? Because after you've been in the industry for more than a week, you will have likely realized that sectioning is the only realistic approach to a repair. Take, as an example, the door opening and rocker assembly. On many vehicles, this panel is installed during the assembly process before the roof, fenders and quarter panel. So to install this piece in its entirety, you have to remove each of the panels that were installed after the piece in question was put in place at the factory. Fenders are relatively easy, but the roof and quarter panel are normally things you remove only when you're throwing them away. In order to make a realistic and reasonable repair, you need to find an acceptable method that allows you to replace the damaged portion of these (and other) panels without disturbing any more of the undamaged body than necessary. This method (you guessed it) is sectioning.  One thing that's caught my attention over the last several years, however, is that unibodies and full-framed vehicles are becoming more and more similar. In the not-so-distant past, if a unibody manufacturer recommended s... |
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