Vehicles We Repair
Commercial and Heavy Truck Body Repair
Short answer
We do body, paint, structural and equipment install on commercial trucks. Cab repair, box and reefer bodies, lift gates, service bodies and fleet graphics. No engine or drivetrain work.
OCRV Center performs body, paint, structural and equipment installation on box trucks, semi tractors, flatbeds and delivery trucks at 23281 La Palma Ave in Yorba Linda, about 45 minutes from San Clemente. We do not perform engine, drivetrain or DOT inspection work. Fleet scheduling is available to limit downtime.
Updated 2026-07-29 by OCRV Center Editorial Team
Let us be direct about scope before anything else. On commercial and heavy trucks we do body, paint, structural repair and equipment installation. We do not do engine work, we do not do drivetrain or transmission work, and we do not perform DOT inspections. If your truck needs an after-treatment repair or an annual inspection, that belongs at a diesel shop. If it needs a cab straightened, a box rebuilt, a lift gate installed or a full fleet repaint, that is our building.
The reason we exist in this space is that heavy truck body work sits in a gap. Auto body shops do not have the bay height, the booth length or the equipment to handle a 26-foot box or a sleeper cab. Diesel shops are excellent at mechanical and generally do not want to touch fiberglass, aluminum skin or paint matching. A 35,000 square foot facility built for 45-foot motorhomes turns out to be exactly right for commercial truck bodies.
For fleet operators the calculus is downtime, not price per hour. A truck in a shop is a truck not earning. We sequence multi-unit work so you are down one or two vehicles at a time instead of five, we confirm parts are physically on hand before we take a truck out of service, and we give written in and out dates for each unit. The shop is in Yorba Linda, roughly 45 minutes from San Clemente on the I-5 or the 73.
Detail pages in this category
- Box Trucks
Box trucks fail at the bottom door slats, the translucent roof panel, the liftgate frame and the corner posts. All four are repairable rather than replaceable.
- Semi Trucks
Sleeper cabs, composite hoods and fairings, and frame rail straightening within published limits. We do body, paint and structure. No engine, driveline or DOT inspections.
- Flatbed and Delivery Trucks
Flatbed decks, stake pockets and rub rails, headache racks and curb strike damage on delivery bodies. Deck replacement in wood or steel, plus fleet refinish and lettering.
Every Type in This Category We Take
These variants come through the shop regularly. Each one fails in a slightly different place, so here is what we actually see on them.
- Curtain side trucks
- Curtainside bodies replace rigid walls with a tensioned tarp on a sliding track, so the roof and the floor carry all the structural duty. Track damage from a curtain snagging under load and roof bow deformation from overhead strikes are the usual findings. We repair the roof structure and track rails, replace damaged curtains and buckles, and verify the body is square so the curtain tensions evenly again.
- Beverage delivery trucks
- Bay-door beverage bodies have a dozen roll-up doors in the sidewalls, which removes most of the structure that would normally resist racking. Door tracks bind, bay dividers crack and the floor takes constant hand truck loading. We repair the bay framing and floor, rebuild door tracks and springs as sets, and address the sidewall structure so the doors stop jamming under their own body flex.
- Parcel and furniture delivery trucks
- High cube walk-in bodies see constant curb strikes, mirror hits and low-clearance roof damage in tight residential routes. The step well and rear bumper take repeated impact. We repair the aluminum body panels, rebuild the step and door frame structure, and straighten roof bows and headers after overhead strikes while verifying the corner posts stayed square.
- Reefer refrigerated trucks
- Insulated bodies with a sealed liner. Once the liner is punctured, moisture enters the foam core and insulation value drops permanently in that zone, which shows as a hot spot on the load. A proper repair means removing saturated foam, restoring the vapor barrier and refitting liner and skin. Reefer skin and liner work runs $1,000 to $18,000 at 8 to 80 hours. We do not service refrigeration units themselves.
- Dump trucks
- Dump bodies crack at the hoist mount, the hinge pin brackets and the front bulkhead where material load concentrates. Sidewall bulging from overloading and tailgate hinge wear are constant. We repair and reinforce hoist and hinge mounting, straighten or replace sidewall and floor sections, and rebuild tailgate latch hardware. Hydraulic cylinder service goes to your equipment shop.
- Stake bed trucks
- Flat decks with removable stake sides take abuse from forklift loading and from stake pockets that elongate and tear. Deck boards rot from underneath and crossmembers bend under point loads. We re-deck, straighten or replace crossmembers, rebuild stake pockets with proper reinforcement, and repair or replace the headache rack and its mounting into the frame.
- Tow trucks
- Wrecker and rollback bodies live under cyclic load from winching and deck operation. Cracks start at the subframe-to-chassis mounts, at the pivot points on a rollback deck and at the boom mounting on a wrecker. We inspect and reweld the subframe and mounting structure, repair deck and rail damage, and refinish the body. Winch, boom hydraulics and wheel lift mechanisms go to a specialty equipment shop.
- Moving trucks
- Rental and moving fleet bodies take more overhead strikes than any other class, plus interior wall damage from unsecured loads and constant ramp door abuse. We straighten and replace roof bows and headers, verify corner post squareness so the rear door seals, repair the walls and floor, and rebuild ramp and roll-up door systems along with the ramp storage under the body.
What We Do and What We Do Not Do on Trucks
Our scope on commercial vehicles is four things: body repair, paint and refinish, structural repair including frame and cargo body structure, and equipment installation such as lift gates, service bodies, racks, lighting and reflective tape. Everything in that list is what happens above and around the chassis rails and at the body-to-chassis interface.
What we do not do is anything in the powertrain. No engine, no after-treatment, no transmission, no differential, no clutch, no air system rebuilds beyond what is disturbed by body work. We also do not perform DOT annual inspections or issue inspection reports. Fleet managers usually already have a diesel shop for that, and the two scopes coexist fine as long as everyone is clear on the line.
The overlap point worth knowing is that a hard front-end hit damages both scopes at once. We will repair the cab, the hood, the fairings and the frame section, and we will tell you plainly what needs to go to your diesel shop for cooling, steering or driveline verification. We will document what we found so you are not paying two shops to diagnose the same impact.
- Body and paint
- Cab panels, hoods, fenders, fairings, doors and full refinish. Fleet color matching across multiple units and years so a repaired truck does not stand out in the yard.
- Structural repair
- Frame section repair and replacement, cab mount rebuilding, cargo body framing, subframe and body-to-chassis mounting. Measured against manufacturer specification before and after.
- Cargo body work
- Box truck panel and roof replacement, floor and crossmember repair, rear door and roll-up door rebuilds, reefer skin and liner repair, and threshold plate replacement.
- Equipment installation
- Lift gates, service bodies, headache racks, toolboxes, ladder racks, emergency and work lighting, and DOT reflective conspicuity tape applied to current requirements.
- Not in scope
- Engine, after-treatment, transmission, driveline, brakes beyond body-related disturbance, and DOT annual inspection. We coordinate with your diesel shop rather than pretending otherwise.
Cab and Frame Damage on Heavy Trucks
A conventional heavy truck cab sits on four to six rubber or air mounts and is designed to move relative to the frame. That is why cab damage and frame damage present so differently. A cab can be visibly twisted with a perfectly straight frame, and a frame can be bent with a cab that closes its doors fine. Assuming one from the other is how a repair goes wrong.
We measure both. Frame rails get checked for sweep, sag and diamond against manufacturer specification, and the cab structure gets checked at the door apertures, the windshield opening and the mount points. On a truck that has taken a hard front hit, the most common finding is that the cab mounts on the impact side have collapsed or torn, which lets the cab sit low and makes the doors bind. Replacing mounts on a frame that is still out of spec accomplishes nothing.
Sleeper cabs add their own issue. The sleeper is a separate structure joined to the day cab, and that joint takes relative movement. On high-mileage trucks the seam between them opens and leaks, and after an impact the joint is often the first place structural distortion shows up. We open and rebuild that joint rather than sealing it, because sealing a moving joint is a two-month repair.
- Frame measurement and repair
- Rails checked for sweep, sag and diamond against manufacturer specification. Damaged sections repaired or replaced with correct material and fastening method, then remeasured before body work.
- Cab mount rebuild
- Collapsed or torn cab mounts replaced and the mounting structure on both cab and frame repaired. Cab height and level verified so doors and hood close on geometry rather than adjustment.
- Cab body repair
- Panel, door, hood and fender repair from $750 to $12,000 at 5 to 60 hours, covering steel, aluminum and fiberglass construction depending on the make.
- Sleeper seam rebuild
- The joint between day cab and sleeper opened, structure repaired and the seal system rebuilt properly rather than caulked over, because that joint moves every mile.
- Fairing and aero component work
- Roof fairings, side skirts, chassis fairings and bumper assemblies repaired or replaced with mounting brackets rebuilt where the impact tore them from the cab or frame.
Box, Reefer and Cargo Body Repair
Cargo bodies fail in ways that have nothing to do with collisions. A dry van box truck body is a floor sitting on crossmembers, walls of FRP or aluminum panel over posts, and a translucent or aluminum roof. Water gets in at the roof-to-wall rail and rots the top of the posts. Forklifts hit the interior walls and the damage shows up as bulges outside. The floor takes the worst of it, because pallet jacks and forklifts concentrate load into small wheels.
Roof damage from overhead strikes is the single most common box truck repair we do. A driver takes a 13 foot 6 inch body under a 12 foot clearance and the front roof bow and header take the hit. What matters in that repair is whether the corner posts moved, because if they did, the whole box is now slightly parallelogrammed and the rear doors will never seal properly again until it is squared.
Refrigerated bodies add insulation and a vapor barrier. Once the interior liner is punctured, moisture gets into the foam core and the insulation value drops permanently in that area. Repairing a reefer body means removing the wet foam, not just patching the liner. Reefer skin and liner work runs $1,000 to $18,000 at 8 to 80 hours, and the spread is almost entirely about how much wet core has to come out.
- Box panel and roof replacement
- FRP and aluminum panel sections, roof sheets, bows and headers replaced. Corner post alignment verified after any overhead strike so the rear doors seal again.
- Floor and crossmember repair
- Hardwood and laminated floors replaced in sections or in full, with crossmembers straightened or replaced where forklift and pallet jack loading has deformed them.
- Reefer skin and liner
- Punctured liners and damaged skins repaired from $1,000 to $18,000 at 8 to 80 hours, including removal of water-saturated foam core so insulation value is actually restored.
- Rear and roll-up door service
- Roll-up door panels, tracks, springs, rollers and seals replaced, and swing doors rehung with hinge and frame repair so they latch without being forced.
- Lift gate install and repair
- Tuckaway, rail and cantilever gates installed or repaired from $1,500 to $8,500, with the mounting structure into the frame rebuilt rather than bolted to fatigued steel.
Fleet Refinish, Graphics and Compliance Markings
A fleet repaint is not one truck painted seven times. It is a color standard maintained across model years, panel materials and previous repairs. We spray sample panels and check them against your existing units under both shop light and daylight before committing, because a white that matches indoors and reads yellow in the sun is a problem you will be looking at for years.
Graphics come next. Full refinish and repaint runs $5,000 to $30,000 at 40 to 200 hours depending on truck size and complexity. Fleet graphics run $1,500 to $9,500 at 10 to 45 hours. On a repaired panel the vinyl will highlight any wave in the metal, so we finish the surface to a wrap standard rather than a paint standard when graphics are going over it.
Compliance markings are part of the job and easy to get wrong. DOT reflective conspicuity tape runs $250 to $1,200 depending on vehicle length and pattern. It has placement and coverage requirements, and a truck that comes out of a body shop with the tape reapplied incorrectly is an inspection problem waiting to happen. We apply to the current requirement and document what was applied.
- Full refinish and repaint
- Complete repaint from $5,000 to $30,000 at 40 to 200 hours, with sample panel color verification against your existing fleet under both shop light and daylight.
- Fleet graphics
- Cut vinyl, printed wraps and logo reproduction from $1,500 to $9,500 at 10 to 45 hours. Existing artwork reproduced by measurement when the original files are no longer available.
- DOT reflective tape
- Conspicuity tape applied to current placement and coverage requirements from $250 to $1,200, with documentation of what was applied and where.
- Light bar and work lighting
- Emergency and work lighting from $400 to $3,500, wired into properly fused and protected circuits rather than spliced into existing body harness.
Managing Fleet Downtime and What It Costs
Posted labor is $210 per hour for body and paint, $260 per hour for mechanical and electrical, $285 per hour for diagnostics with a one hour minimum credited back, and $95 per hour for detail. Collision estimates are scheduled by appointment. For fleet accounts we will do a yard walk by appointment and write a prioritized plan across multiple units.
Timeline is what actually costs a fleet money. A cab panel repair with refinish is three to seven working days. A box body rebuild is one to three weeks. A full refinish is two to four weeks depending on graphics. Major structural work with frame repair runs four to ten weeks. We do not take a truck out of service until the parts for its scope are physically here.
On the claim side we bill direct with every major carrier and handle documentation and supplements ourselves. Commercial claims tend to move faster when the first submission includes frame measurements, cargo body findings and downtime cost documentation together rather than in pieces.
What This Costs at Our Posted Rates
Body and paint labor is posted at $210 per hour. Mechanical and electrical is $260 per hour. Diagnostics run $285 per hour with a one hour minimum that is credited back against an authorized repair. Ranges below reflect jobs we have actually completed.
| Line item | Range | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Collision repair and paint refinish | $1,500 to $50,000+ | 10 to 250 |
| Cab body repair | $750 to $12,000 | 5 to 60 |
| Box and cargo body repair | $750 to $15,000 | 5 to 80 |
| Reefer skin and liner repair | $1,000 to $18,000 | 8 to 80 |
| Full refinish and repaint | $5,000 to $30,000 | 40 to 200 |
| Lift gate install and repair | $1,500 to $8,500 | |
| Fleet graphics and DOT reflective tape | $250 to $9,500 | 10 to 45 |
Ranges reflect real jobs we have run. Final figures come from a written estimate after we see the vehicle.
See the full rate card and estimate policy.
Our Process and What It Takes
Appointment and scope split
We look at the truck and separate body, paint and structural scope from anything mechanical that belongs at your diesel shop, in writing.
Day 1
Frame and body measurement
Rails checked for sweep, sag and diamond. Cab apertures, mounts and cargo body squareness measured and photographed for the file.
Days 1 to 3
Plan, parts confirmation and scheduling
Line-item plan issued and parts confirmed physically on hand before the truck comes out of service, so it is not sitting in our yard waiting.
Days 3 to 10
Structural and body repair
Frame sections, cab mounts and cargo body structure repaired and remeasured, then panels, doors and fairings fitted.
Weeks 1 to 6
Equipment install and refinish
Lift gates, racks and lighting installed, then booth time, color verification against your fleet standard, graphics and reflective tape.
Weeks 2 to 8
Final check and return to service
Door seal and latch check, lighting circuit verification, documentation of applied markings, and a walkthrough with your fleet contact.
Final 1 to 3 days
What Is Included
- Frame measurement for sweep, sag and diamond against manufacturer spec
- Cab mount replacement with mounting structure rebuilt on cab and frame
- Cab panel, door, hood, fender and fairing repair or replacement
- Cargo body panel, roof bow, header and corner post repair
- Floor and crossmember replacement on box, reefer and stake bodies
- Reefer liner and skin repair including removal of saturated foam core
- Roll-up and swing door rebuilds with track, spring and seal replacement
- Lift gate, service body, headache rack and toolbox installation
- Full refinish with sample panel color verification against your fleet
- Fleet graphics and DOT reflective conspicuity tape applied to current requirements
Questions We Get Asked
Do you do engine or transmission work on commercial trucks?
No. Our commercial truck scope is body, paint, structural repair and equipment installation only. We do not perform engine, after-treatment, transmission or driveline work, and we do not perform DOT annual inspections. On a hard front-end hit we repair the cab, fairings and frame and document what needs to go to your diesel shop for cooling, steering or driveline verification.
How much does it cost to repaint a box truck?
Full refinish and repaint runs $5,000 to $30,000 at 40 to 200 hours of body and paint labor at $210 per hour. A single-color 16-foot box sits near the bottom. A 26-foot body with a sleeper tractor, multi-color scheme and full graphics sits near the top. Fleet graphics add $1,500 to $9,500 at 10 to 45 hours.
My box truck hit a low overpass. What is involved in that repair?
The roof bows and header take the strike, but the important question is whether the corner posts moved. If they did, the box is now slightly out of square and the rear doors will never seal until it is corrected. We measure corner post alignment first, square the body, then replace roof sheets, bows and header. Box and cargo body repair runs $750 to $15,000.
How do you limit downtime on a fleet repair?
Three ways. We confirm parts are physically on hand before the truck comes out of service. We sequence multi-unit work so you are down one or two vehicles at a time rather than five. And we issue written in and out dates per unit with updates in writing when something moves. For fleet accounts we will do a yard walk by appointment.
Can you install a lift gate on our delivery truck?
Yes. Tuckaway, rail and cantilever gate installation and repair runs $1,500 to $8,500 depending on capacity and mounting. The part that matters is the mounting structure. We rebuild the frame attachment rather than bolting a new gate to steel that is already fatigued from the old one, and we wire the power circuit properly rather than tapping the body harness.
Do you bill commercial insurance directly?
Yes, we bill direct with every major carrier. Commercial claims settle faster when the first submission is complete, so we send frame measurements, cargo body findings and photographic documentation together rather than in pieces. Insurance-billed work may be written at carrier-negotiated labor rates that differ from our posted retail rates, and we explain that before you authorize.