Frame Measuring System
Accurate Collision Repair Using Today’s State-Of-The-Art Technology
At Dents Unlimited we use a Car-O-Liner frame machine and Car-O-Tronic measurement technology. Car-O-Liner products are well known for their high quality, advanced technology, highly efficent , and ergonomic design. For more than thirty years and with over forty thousand collision repair systems in use world wide, Car-O-Liner has been the leading global provider of automotive strucural realignment systems.
In the collision repair industry, technology has taken us from realigning the structure of a vehicle using mechanical gauges and measuring techniques to having the option to measure electronically and therefore as accurately as technology will allow. Most passenger cars today use a unibody structure defined as a type of structure used in motor vehicles in which the floor, roof, and panels are welded together into one unit. While trucks and some SUV vehicles still use a body over frame design, most passenger cars and many SUV’s use a unibody structure. In a unibody structure a small or light collision can result in energy being translated throughout the vehicle. Damage can result in areas that are not even close to the impact point. If your vehicle is going to drive properly and safely after a repair, it is important that all damage is discovered prior to repair.
We measure the unibody or frame using a electronic robot that runs on a track under the vehicle measuring the control points throughout the vehicle to ensure all damage is discovered and addressed. It is an electronic system that is incredibly accurate and takes user error out of the equation. Control points under the vehicle are measured as well as upper body components when necessary.
Our system is completely computerized and the data in the system is taken directly from the manufacturer of your vehicle. As the frame rack pulls and pushes the structure of your vehicle back into its original position the computer follows the pulls and pushes determining electronically when the structure is back to factory specifications. By being able to eliminate over pulling, stretching, and under pulling of the vehicle’s structure, we are able to ensure the replaced and repaired body panels line up properly, and the suspension alignment is correct and accurate when the repair is complete.
When finished, the computer generates a report showing the realignment of the structure. This report is stored permanently in your file for any potential buyers concerned with the Carfax report associated with your vehicle.
