Automotive painter and auto body technician (and writer and TV host) Kevin Tetz offers his top 10 lessons gleaned from decades of working in the field. When it comes to working on a project car, ...

Like death and taxes, rust is inevitable in a classic car. The inexorable march of oxidation will take its toll somewhere, and you're going to have to deal with it. If you've got paint bubbling up ...

Editor's note: This post was updated on Jan. 30, 2015, to include additional information. What happens when you take a sledgehammer to the rear quarter of the bed of a brand-new aluminum-bodied Ford F ...

Ford is launching a collision repair program that will subsidize body repairs on the new 2015 F-150. Ford’s 2015 half ton uses aluminium body panels which can be costly to repair when dented, which is ...

Each year, over two billion pounds of plastic auto parts roll off of assembly lines worldwide. With time, many of these items, such as bumper covers, body panels, dashboards, and interior trim pieces, ...

A truck's rocker panels are exterior body panels located below the entry doors spanning the area between the front fender and rear of the cab. Their location near the underside of the truck and long ...

CSP, a supplier of composite body panels for the Chevy Corvette, has announced a new ultra-lightweight material for use in ...

A sound that a Corvette owner never wants to hear is a siren wailing from behind. Another is the sickening sound of crunching fiberglass. And the latter is likely to be even more painful than the ...

New cars can be expensive to repair, especially if they’ve been involved in an accident. One recent example we’ve brought attention to was a new R1T that got into a fender-bender and ended up with an ...