Bodywork repair

Luggage compartment floor was beyond repair.

We self-manufactured new floor panel of the luggage compartment.

Prepared panel was welded into position.

Damaged section was curt out and substitution panel welded into the place.

We manufactured segments of the rear wing and wheel arch, which were welded into position retaining original paintwork as much as possible.

Damaged doorsteps were cut off and necessary new profiles were self-manufactured.

Damaged areas of the floors were removed.

We reconstructed structure of the doorsteps.

We cut off damaged sections of the crossmembers and welded into the place adequate substitutions.

New floor panels were self-manufactured.

Prepared floor panels were welded into the place.

Using damaged battery pad as a specimen we produced substitution.

We cut out damaged areas at the rear of the passenger compartment.

Adequate substitution panels were self-manufactured.

As weld seams were grinded, we applied primer.

We self-manufactured and welded into the place floor panels in the central part of the passenger compartment.

We manufactured external panels of the doorsteps and welded those into the place.

After closer inspection of the body surfaces, we got at conclusion, that preserving of original paintwork is impossible at this extent of damages. There were too much different scratches, dents, corroded spots to repair, so we started preparations for complete paint removal.

We dismantled all remaining components mounted onto the body.

We manually removed protective layer of the bottom of the body.

Doors and internal door mechanisms were damaged.

As door mechanisms were removed we started cleaning and repairs of the doors.

We prepared body for cleaning in sand blast camera.

We dismantled luggage compartment lid, which was missing locking mechanism.

We repaired outer skin defects of the bonnet and luggage compartment lid.

We restored shape of the damaged body surfaces.

We made necessary cut-outs removing damaged sections of the passenger compartment floor panel.

We produced exact copies of damaged areas for restoration of the panels.

Prepared panel patches were welded into position and treated by corrosion prevention stuff.

We used corrosion prevention stuff for initial treatment of repaired body exterior panels.

We received new front nose decoration and finished recreation of the front panel damaged during some accident.

Body was prepared for upcoming painting.

We mated received new decoration strip and previously damaged engine hood.

We finished last alignment works to achieve perfect fit of our body to new, just delivered, chromed decorations, as well as continued repair of the engine and braking system components.

Prepared body was delivered to the paint shop for final treatment and painting.

External surfaces were prepared for painting.

Bottom surfaces of the body were prepared for painting.

All prepared bottom surfaces were primed.

Prepared for painting surfaces of the engine compartment first were primed.

All weld seams were coated by specific sealing compound.

Prepared external surface of the body was primed.

All removable body components also were primed.

We painted internal surfaces of the body.

Final treatment was given to external surfaces of the body.

We gave final touch to the body shell – painting of the exterior.

We painted all removed body components.

Protective layer was laid over bottom of the body.

Painted body was delivered to the assembling workshop.

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