TLDR
Frame and Structural Repair for Newport Beach RV, van, trailer, and truck owners. Typical range $250 to $1,500, direct carrier billing, all work completed in shop.
About Frame and Structural Repair in Newport Beach
Frame and structural repair returns a bent chassis, subframe, or unibody to factory specification using measured correction and certified welding. OCRV Center performs this in shop for Newport Beach RVs, trailers, and commercial trucks, with before and after measurement documentation.
A bent frame is the one damage type that quietly ends a vehicle. Everything else is cosmetic or replaceable. Structure is what the rest of the vehicle is built on, and once it moves out of specification the symptoms cascade: tires wear on one edge, the vehicle tracks to one side, doors bind, the slide room stops sealing, and the sidewall starts cracking at the corners because it is being loaded in a direction it was never designed for. Our structural department measures against factory specification before we quote and again after we correct, which is the only honest way to say a frame is straight. Newport Beach owners bring us everything from trailer tongues bent in a jackknife to commercial truck frame rails buckled in a loading dock strike.
Problems We Solve
These are the situations Newport Beach owners bring us most often for this work. If yours is not listed, call and describe it. We would rather tell you it is outside our scope than take a job we are not the right shop for.
- Uneven tire wear or the vehicle pulling to one side after an impact
- Doors, bays, or slides that bind or no longer seal since the accident
- Visible buckling or ripple in a frame rail or crossmember
- Trailer tongue or coupler bent in a jackknife event
- Cracking at sidewall corners from structure loading incorrectly
- Previous structural repair done without measurement that never corrected the problem
Our Process
- Baseline measurement: The structure is measured at every reference point and compared against factory specification.
- Damage analysis: We identify which members are displaced, which are deformed, and which must be sectioned or replaced.
- Documented scope: Findings and measurements go to you and your carrier before correction begins.
- Measured correction: Frame straightening, sectioning, and certified welding performed with measurement verified throughout.
- Final verification: The structure is re measured and the results documented before the vehicle moves to body and paint.
What Is Included
- Full structural measurement against factory specification
- Frame straightening and rail correction
- Subframe, crossmember, and outrigger repair
- Unibody straightening on van platforms
- Certified steel and aluminum welding
- Before and after measurement documentation
Ballpark Pricing
Every job is quoted from the vehicle after inspection. The ranges below let you plan before you call. Body and paint labor is billed at $210 per hour, mechanical and electrical at $260 per hour, and diagnostics at $285 per hour with the diagnostic hour refunded as a credit against an authorized repair.
| Scope of Work | Ballpark Range | Typical Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Trailer tongue and coupler repair | $250 to $1,500 | 1 to 6 hours |
| Frame and structural welding | $750 to $20,000 | 5 to 80 hours |
| Major chassis correction | $3,000 to $18,000 | 15 to 80 hours |
Ranges are ballpark figures for planning. Your written estimate is built from the actual vehicle after inspection.
Collision estimates are provided at no charge and insurance walk ins are always welcome. RV systems estimates covering slides, awnings, water, electrical, and generators are $150, refunded as a credit against an authorized repair. See the full posted rates and terms.
Insurance Notes
Structural correction must be completed and verified before body and paint. A carrier that approves cosmetic work first is buying a repair that will fail.
We bill direct with every major carrier and hold direct repair relationships with several. Read how the claim process works or the 25 things carriers do not tell you about RV and van claims.