Electric vehicles have disrupted the automotive industry. Naturally they are on course to disrupt collision repair as well. Discover how GPR can get you ready to repair EVs.
Electric vehicles have disrupted the automotive industry. Naturally they are on course to disrupt collision repair as well. Discover how GPR can get you ready to repair EVs.
GPR (glue pull repair) is a method of auto body repair that gets the job done faster, more efficiently, and with less effort. The results are better than traditional methods and yield ways your shop can develop and retain more...
Glue tabs cover much more surface area than a stud so you have more area of the dent to pull with. This allows you to apply more pulling power without fear of additional damage to the panel in the form of holes. In addition, because you do no stud welding, you do not violate the surface of the panel.
The reason studs sometimes pull out is because they cover too little surface area on the panel. The surface area is not large enough to sustain the force of the pull. As a result, when you pull, you often rip holes in the panel as the studs pull out because there is too little strength in the metal for the pull. How, then, do you increase the surface area to pull without creating holes and welding more studs?
KECO’s GPR tools and training are affordable options that make the shop able to repair more vehicles, replace fewer parts, and increase efficiency because technicians can do more work with less effort. Combined, these advantages make the shop more attractive to a potential buyer or for handing it down to the next generation.
Conventional repair methods utilize studs or wiggle wire and give you something to which you attach your pull tool. Studs or wires are welded on and often pull or rip holes into aluminum, leaving additional work for technicians to clean up. This method works adequately, but GPReliminates stud welding, so the repair is far less intrusive with less post-pull work pounding, filling, priming and painting. There’s no need to spray wax or coatings inside the panel because you didn’t burn any of the OEM material away.
Training expands an employee’s knowledge base, it strengthens skills a person may already have, it makes employees aware of safety issues s/he may not know about. Training also increases employees’ confidence in their skills and their ability to perform a task correctly the first time, reducing the chance they may have to rely on help from their supervisors or other workers.
KECO Body Repair Products glue tools work on both steel and aluminum, it does not matter. You can pull a dent from an aluminum panel or a steel one using the same tool because GPR is agnostic to the type of metal a vehicle’s components are made from.
