Why Heat Shrink?
Are you noticing more vehicles “totaling out” nowadays? We had a 5-year-old Jeep in our shop recently, and we were glad to have it in our shop. Work was scarce! The Jeep needed a front bumper, fender, two doors, a possible quarter and a rear bumper. Our estimator said, “That quarter will send the job to the salvage pool.” I said, “Hold on! We can straighten that and save the job.” That’s one reason to heat shrink; it makes a damaged panel repairable and it saves the job. Now please don’t misinterpret what I’m saying here. I’m in no way saying to do a “schlock” job. I’m saying, “do your job,” which is to repair automobiles, not replace parts. We repaired that Jeep quarter panel (it looked great) and put our lifetime warranty on it. To the OE guy who said, “We don’t recommend it,” I ask, “Do you recommend against it” or do you just like to sell parts? Consider this. Somebody takes a ball bat and whacks a softball-sized dent in the side of a quarter panel. The metal is stretched. The over
