Frame, structure, glass
Collision Repair and Frame Straightening in Beverly, MA
Frame straightening, structure welding, fabrication, paintless dent removal and glass repairs for domestic, foreign and luxury vehicles, off Rantoul Street and Route 62 in Beverly.
Chapter 01
What a hit actually bends
A bumper cover is plastic. What sits behind it, the rails, the crush zones, the brackets that hold the radiator core support in place, is steel, and that's the part a fender bender actually bends. A car built as one welded shell, a unibody, spreads the force of a hit through that structure the moment the bumper cover crumples, which is exactly why a car can roll into the Creek Street lot looking like a scuff and a cracked headlight and still be sitting out of factory spec underneath.
Jamie has seen enough of these to know a clean-looking panel proves nothing on its own. A door or hood mounted to a frame that's off by even a little will never close, sit or drive the way it did before the accident, so the shop measures against factory spec before any paint goes on. Straight first, cosmetic second, every time.
A blue-gray car door under soft booth light, the rear edge wrapped in masking paper
How the job moves through the shop
It starts with a call to (978) 927-3201 or a message through the estimate form, and the estimate itself is free. Once the car is in the bay, the crew straightens the frame on state-of-the-art equipment, welds and fabricates the structure that came out of spec, and repairs the glass a hit took out along the way. Where the factory paint survived, paintless dent removal brings the panel back without a respray.
Customers notice the same thing about the estimate itself. One driver new to Beverly, in for work on a Mercedes, described it this way: "Jamie (owner) called me shortly after to notify me of what was going on with the car and asked for the go ahead to order part or perform work on the car. The price he quoted me over the phone for everything was very reasonable." Nothing moves forward on the job without that call.
Chapter 03
Keys back, whichever car you drive
Big Jim's works on domestic, foreign and luxury vehicles alike. If getting to Creek Street isn't easy right after an accident, the shop will pick the car up from your home or office in Beverly and bring it back the same way once the work is done.
Every repair carries the same guarantee, for as long as you own the vehicle, not for a year and not for a mileage cap. That's the standard whether the car came in for a cracked bumper or a full frame pull.
Big Jim's. All work guaranteed for as long as you own the vehicle. Call (978) 927-3201.