Frame and Unibody Straightening in Weymouth, MA

Structural damage is the part of a collision you cannot see and cannot judge by eye. A car can look straight, close every door properly, and still be out of specification by an amount that changes how it steers, how the tires wear, and how it protects you in the next impact.

Why measurement decides everything

Almost every modern car is unibody: the structure and the outer shell are one welded assembly, engineered to fold in a specific order during a crash. Straightening it back by appearance is not enough, because the tolerance that matters is measured in millimeters.

We measure the structure with laser equipment against the manufacturer's published dimensions for that exact vehicle, then pull it back to those numbers and measure again to confirm.

Signs the structure may be affected

A steering wheel that sits off center when the car tracks straight. Uneven gaps between panels that used to line up. Tires wearing faster on one edge. A door or a trunk that needs more force than it used to. Any of these after an impact is worth having measured, even when the outside looks fine.

What comes after straightening

Structure first, then everything that depends on it. Wheel alignment is checked against the corrected structure, not the damaged one. If your vehicle has cameras or radar sensors, they are recalibrated afterward, because their aim is defined relative to the structure that just moved.

This ordering is why structural work takes longer than panel work. Major structural or frame damage can take 2 to 4 weeks.

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