Modern Repair Processes and Technology at Pritchards

All modern vehicles are made from new special metals, plastics and other materials, therefore when it comes to fixing the damage after an accident or a crash, the latest technology and repair processes need to be applied to return them back to the manufacturers original specification.

As one of Hampshire and Surrey's leading Accident Repair Centre of modern vehicles this is exactly what we do, return the vehicle back to the manufacturers original specification, and to achieve that we keep our equipment, facilities and processes up to date with the very latest technologies and training.

So for those visitors who want to know more about this, or insurance companies who a are looking for a modern equipped accident repair centre in Hampshire and close to the Surrey border, this web page is for you.

Miracle Puller

Miracle Puller is a body panel repair system that we at Pritchards Accident Repair Centre and are re-known for across Hampshire, Surrey and into London.

It is a set of equipment that if used correctly and with experience can reduce an accident repair bill dramatically.

We have just this highly experienced team of professionals and the Miracle Puller system equipment that can repair 'expensive to replace' body panels on cars.

Take a look at an MPV or a People Carrier for example, look at the size of some of those body panels, they are huge and to replace them, very time consuming and expensive.

With our team and the Miracle Puller, It can actually mean that a car that is financially a 'write-off' because of a large dented body panel is now repairable because the dent in the body panel is pulled out and repaired back to the manufacturers original specification.

Our reputation for being able to repair the most serious of damaged panels correctly is spreading, and we often have vehicles arriving at our Alton based accident repair centre from quite some considerable distances away, just to get our team to professionally pull the dents out.

SprayBake Oven

We use the industry leading SprayBake brand of ovens to enable us to achieve the very best results when we paint vehicles.

Having the facility to put the entire vehicle into a controlled room for paint spraying gives our team the environment they need to achieve perfect results time after time.

SprayBake Ovens incorporate the "Enhanced Curing System" giving rapid flash-off and curing of environmentally friendly R-M water based paints.

...and the paints that we use

At Pritchards we recognise our responsibility to the environment and as such are changing from the conventional method of Two-Pack paint products to the latest water based paint from R-M.

We have a full R-M mixing scheme to match and mix any car colour including Metallic and Pearlescent colours perfectly

MIG-MAG Braising and Welding

We use the very latest in automotive welding and braising technologies.

Today's car body repairs demand it and we have it.
A combined MIG-brazing and MIG-MAG-welding unit is the logical solution. Up until now it was all simple sheet welding and little thought was given to the quality of properties required from high quality thin sheet welding or the newly introduced MIG-brazing (MSG-brazing).

For very good reason demands are changing to being more strict and specific when repairing modern vehicles.
For example: incorrect welding or brazing on/at a vehicle may result in a delayed activation of the airbag, sheet structure or corrosion resistance may be destroyed.

Times have changed and Pritchards have changed with it, MIG-brazing units are already in use within the automotive-industry and therefore in our repair centre.

Spot Welding

We have all seen the robots in the car commercials that lean over the production line adding body panels to the vehicle and with a series of quick flashes that body panel is now part of the car. Well that is what they call 'Spot Welding'.

Many of the body panels on modern cars are spot welded in their construction, fitting or both. It is a common and efficient car production technique to permanently fix the car parts together.

But what happens after it has been in an accident and that panel needs replacing?

At Pritchards we repair vehicles back to the manufacturers original specification and therefore when we replace spot welded panels or component parts, just like the original manufacturers, we spot weld them as they were originally designed to be.

Having both the spot welding equipment and the trained staff (sorry no robots!) to use it at our accident repair centre; it gives us the advantage when repairing seriously damaged vehicles as insurance companies know that having this technique and experience it will ensure the repair is completed correctly.