Jigs do. The Car Bench™ system is arguably the world’s most precise and reliable frame repair jig system, well known in the high-end collision and restoration industry for its ability to adapt to over 900 makes of cars. With Car Bench, vehicles are repaired the way they were built, “on a jig,” returning vehicles to pre-accident factory specifications. 

Customers such as Dwayne Nosworthy, Westchester Classic Cars and Coachwork, in Danbury, CT, report that “there’s no guessing with Car Bench. We have perfectly repaired and restored severely damaged cars to their original manufactured frame specifications. When there are structural repairs and part replacement for frames, there is no guessing or just saying ‘it’s okay’.” Being able to repair cars that other local shops aren’t equipped to handle is good business for him. “These shops send me lots of cars to repair on the Car Bench,” says Nosworthy.

Dedicated Jigs in Use

Universal Jigs in Use

Many Car Bench owners focus on repairing higher-end vehicles including high end, high performance, and exotic makes such as BMW, Ferrari, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, and Porsche. These vehicles can often sustain more dollars worth of repairs without totaling, and they also have sophisticated chassis, including many structural aluminum parts, that other body shops simply aren’t equipped to repair.

Car Bench’s principal products are OEM-approved benches, jigs, and pulling systems capable of very precise structural repairs to vehicles. The repair systems (composed of benches, jigs, and pull arms) are approved in the United States and Canada by BMW, Ferrari, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Maserati, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Porsche, and Smart.

Ralph Bell, owner of Bell’s Auto Body Werks, in Costa Mesa, California, specializes in European exotic cars. Factory authorized for Ferrari & Maserati, Bell’s is the only such factory repair facility on the west coast and one of only four independently held operations in the USA. His techs are extensively trained in Italy on cars with vanishingly small tolerances. Says Bell, “From a technical standpoint, you can only fix a car 100%. I’ve rebuilt some of the most valuable cars in the world. Right now I have a ‘07 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, shipped here from Texas, on the Car Bench. This is a $175K repair on a $330K car. In 30 years in the business, I have used a number of systems and I wouldn’t build a car off the Car Bench. I’ve also done a lot of race car rebuilds and I’ve never had a complaint. That speaks for itself.”

 “Generally on aluminum bodies the repairs involve cutting and welding sections in, with very little pulling done. A chrome moly frame did recently require a pull. I have a little Honda in right now and it’s on the Car Bench.”