Auto body repair shop professionals are skilled craftsmen who can not only repair dents and chips but whose technical abilities are equally valued for their beneath the surface skills. They balance the look and feel of your vehicle with precision and safe mechanical operation. This balance is the difference between a thorough, done right auto repair and an annoying rattle that accompanies you wherever you drive or paint that peels or fades before its time.
Even a small collision can cause damage that is invisible to the naked eye, so attention to detail must reach beyond the obvious. Will’s Auto Body restores vehicles to factory specifications. The idea behind bringing a vehicle back to pre-loss condition is not making the vehicle “better” than before, but to make it as the manufacturer designed it. The manufacturers built your vehicle with set qualifications to ensure that your vehicle runs at its prime for as long as possible. Upholding these standards in our shop is how we keep you on-road and not seeking future repairs due to misalignment, ill-fitting parts, or other troublesome issues that come from not following manufacturer guidelines for each individual vehicle. You can count on us to get the job done right the first time.
As the only Trusted Certified auto body repair shop in Concord, we take pride in our results. Our reputation is our most valued asset, and we treat it with as much respect as we do your car.
Technical Auto Bodywork Services
A perfect auto body repair is not only invisible to the everyday driver but to those in the industry as well. To achieve perfection, the collision technicians in our auto body repair shop must repair and assemble a variety of items accurately and simultaneously to provide lasting and efficient repairs for our customers.
Color Matching & Auto Body Paint Jobs
The color and blend of the paint used in your repair must be entirely seamless—and that is no easy task. Even basic black comes in a hundred shades, and that is before you even consider textural differences. A spectrophotometer can identify the correct shade of your paint finish, but it cannot measure texture or mix the ideal batch of paint. That is an art that your auto body repair shop technicians must develop through experience and practice. At Will’s Auto Body shop, we have the skill and attention to detail to manage even the toughest “no-pigment” whites so you can have faith in our team that your paint job will be exactly what you expect: seamlessly executed and perfectly polished to completion.
Auto Paint Adhesion
Without proper auto body paint preparation, your paint will not stick. The last thing you want after paying for a paint job is for the paint to peel off and look worse than when you dropped it off at the auto body repair/paint shop. Paint adhesion is responsible for the durability of your repair. Paint adhesion improves the longevity of your coat, but without primer, even the best paint will not adhere. We pay careful attention to every phase of the painting process, ensuring that your final coat can cope with the harshest weather which is essential in California’s ever-changing climate.
We meticulously follow each step according to our paint manufacturer, PPG, and to the vehicle manufacturer guidelines to ensure a quality auto body paint repair. Proper paint adhesion is accomplished by sanding the vehicle in various sanding grits throughout the entire dent repair, scratch repair, or blending repair process. Our paint line and your vehicle manufacturer state that a panel should be painted in its entirety or to a factory seam to prevent peeling. Bringing a vehicle back to pre-loss condition will ensure that your auto body repairs will be long-lasting, aesthetically pleasing, and durable for years to come.
Body Filler & Paintless Dent Removal
Body fillers, while not a replacement for metal finishing, are often used to fill dents and dings. Our auto body repair shop technicians are skilled in the art of PDR (Paintless Dent Removal) and metal finishing. The first step in dent repair is to bring the metal back to its original form or as close to it as possible before applying body filler, or metal glaze. In most cases, our auto body repair shop technicians can bring the metal back to its original shape without the use of fillers.
Car body fillers are used to even out dents and smooth down the texture of damaged spots. Resin-based materials are useful for fixing smaller problems like scratches and dents, but not all fillers are made equal. Cheap, low-quality products tend to shrink, sag, and eventually corrode. Some body fillers are impossible to sand evenly, so they cannot mimic the slick, smooth surface of your car. Even the best filler might interact poorly with your paint, so you will need the right pair of products if your repair is to make your car look as though it just rolled off the showroom floor.
Versatile liquid metal fillers can improve results on galvanized metal, but even the best body filler can be clumsily handled. Our auto body repair shop is, at heart, a team of artists who can recreate bodylines and shapes perfectly to render your repair completely invisible. We are the masters of our tools and materials, finding just the right hardener and resin for your vehicle’s unique surface. You can trust our craftsmanship when repairing or removing a dent. We know all the cautionary signs to look out for and have the skill and experience to avoid careless mistakes that many other shops make when using body fillers or metal finishing.
Beneath the Surface
Our auto body repair shop does more than just surface work. Collisions can break body panels, crack frame components, and even throw off your wheel alignment. Removing a dent from a panel requires a gentle hand and artful reshaping. Filler can certainly be used to hide several sins, but it should never be used as a crutch. Our technicians have the skills and tools to remove as many dents as possible before resorting to surface resin-based repairs. We have the skills to bring your wrecked vehicle back to pre-loss condition along with its full structural integrity. This will give you a lasting result that fixes more than just the surface texture.
The Art of Prevention
The difference between a professional repair and a shoddy one is often revealed through the longevity of the repair. Poor adhesion or an incorrectly chosen material may fail months after you leave the auto body repair shop. At Will’s Auto Body, we create durable results that reach beyond basic aesthetics and you will drive your repaired vehicle with pride knowing you got your true money’s worth.
Service-Related Offerings
The Importance of Price
Cars aren’t totaled just because repair is impossible. Often, a car is labeled “unfixable” when the cost of the fix outweighs the value of the car. That means the price you’re charged can mean the difference between a simple fix and a total loss. As a BBB A+ rated business, you can trust us to charge a fair price for your car repairs.
If your car is insured, we’ll even deal directly with your insurance provider so that you don’t need to get tangled in red tape. We understand the laws that protect you from unjust insurers and will keep you protected. We’ll make sure your rights are met and you receive the coverage you deserve.
Scheduling Your Car Repair
Your repair shouldn’t require you to reshuffle your life, so our auto body repair shop team is always ready to handle your repair—no appointment required. We handle repairs quickly and will have you on the road again before you know it. If you prefer to book a slot, you can even use our online car repair booker to set aside a convenient time or you can give us a call anytime. You can also furnish us with your insurance details before you arrive so that we can get working on your car as quickly as possible. Need a car repair estimate? We’ll give you one at no charge and you can request it from the comfort of your home with our online photo estimator.
The Importance of Certification
Certification plays an important role in our industry, assuring our customers that an experienced, qualified body repair technician will handle their vehicles. You would not hire a veterinarian to treat your fever, and you shouldn’t hire an unqualified or uncertified technician to repair your vehicle.
Auto body repair demands strict adherence to best practices. Certification bodies like I-Car Gold Class and ASE play a key role in maintaining industry standards. Every technician they certify has a set level of experience and education. Certifiers put workers through a range of tests beyond their initial schooling across various categories, from dent repair to coatings. Many also repeat those tests at regular intervals to ensure that standards are maintained as long as the technician remains repairing vehicles.
A good auto body repair shop must constantly update its education to keep up with new technologies and products. Yesterday’s knowledge can be today’s deficits, so we always stay up to date at Will’s Auto Body. When you have your car repaired with us, you will have peace of mind that our crew uses the very best techniques and materials the industry has to offer.
BBB Rating
The Better Business Bureau plays an important role in the car repair industry, ensuring that businesses go beyond the call of duty and meet ethical standards through the services they offer. We have an A+ rating—the highest possible score. We earn our customers’ loyalty by always offering the finest service because excellent results are not enough. You should feel that you are leaving your car with a company that deals with you honestly and transparently.
Schedule Your Car Repairs with Will’s Auto Body
A car repair that is just “good enough” might look perfect on the surface, but give it time, and orange peel effects, rattles, and body filler debris will begin to take hold. As a professional auto body repair shop, we pay careful attention to the longevity of your repairs, always offering lasting beauty and guaranteed results. Car collisions are stressful enough without having to engage with uncaring, shoddy service providers. We will make sure your repair experience is as impressive as its aesthetic results.