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Abstract

The amount of time required to perform panel beating and/or repainting and like repair work is estimated by sequentially compiling data which indicate which panel is damaged, the degree of the damage, the degree of repair difficulty and the area thereof. The compliation is made firstly for large deformations, then for intermediate damages. After this, in the case of sections wherein the damage is considered as being small, the area data alone is compiled. This large intermediate and small data is compiled for each of the damaged panels and converted into time and used in combination with labor rates and/or materials costs, to estimate the cost of the repair. Other embodiments feature the compilation of repainting data including painting and undercoating of panels which define the chassis and/or form part of the vehicle compartments and the like. Inclusion of the time to check wheel alignment and the like in the case where the chassis has been twisted or warped after the panels involved have been repaired is included in an embodiment directed to structural members and panels which are not normally seen from outside of the vehicle.

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