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Car Repair Seattle WA

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 Seattle, WA listed below.

Ralli-Round
(206) 569-8949
1512 Fairview Ave East
Seattle, WA
Lbr Automotive
(425) 629-9974
13030 Bel-Red Rd
Bellevue, WA
Quality Auto Service
(206) 451-5331
220 Olympic Dr SE
Bainbridge Island, WA
Bjorneby's CarStar Des Moines
(206) 651-5964
22001 Pacific Hwy S
Des Moines, WA
Lynnwood Auto & Truck Service
(425) 315-7892
6131 212th St SW
Lynnwood, WA
Seattle Auto Svc Ctr
(206) 395-7330
6718 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA
Kirkland Classic Cars
(425) 999-4170
12415 NE 124th Street
Kirkland, WA
N & R Automotive
(206) 287-1565
115 South 156
Burien, WA
Pro Finish Auto Body
(253) 234-1724
1506 Central Ave S
Kent, WA
Valley Automotive Repair and Electric
(425) 207-3748
21715 Dorre Don Way SE
Maple Valley, WA
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Car Repair



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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