Shiny like new ‘unboxed’ after 3 months, unrecognizable to the naked eye
The skill of Vietnamese carmakers is always appreciated, especially the welding mound paint array when turning deformed cars back to their original state. The Toyota Land Cruiser below is a typical example for restoring a car after an accident to like new. Even this Land Cruiser had an accident so bad that it was unrecognizable when the chassis and interior were completely deformed.
This Land Cruiser belongs to the 2015 model year. Although the vehicle is completely deformed and can no longer be used, after the accident, the owner of the car decided to restore it, not buy a new one for personal reasons.
It seems that there is only one set of wheels left to help identify this as a Land Cruiser if viewed from the right.
The interior of the car was also completely damaged. The roof of the car fell. All-round airbags deploy to help protect occupants.
After the accident, the Land Cruiser was towed to Quang Duc Garage – a famous car restoration garage in Hanoi – for repair. According to a representative of this garage, the Land Cruiser at that time had a damage level of about 70%, requiring a lot of work to restore. According to the expert at the garage, the entire pBody parts, machinery, and frames were all affected, and the vehicle structure was severely damaged.
The proposed plan is to replace important details such as body shell, beam frame, suspension system, dampers, air conditioner, engine… then the car will work well later. If the recovery option is selected, the function and operating ratio are not guaranteed, causing loss of balance and kinetics of the vehicle.
The car is being disassembled for replacement and repair.
The old frame is cut off to wait for the new frame to be assembled.
Through the hands of Vietnamese workers, the new shell has been assembled and welded. The entire inner frame is carefully painted.
The upper and lower frames are repaired before they are attached together. Land Cruiser is a model with a separate chassis system.
After that, the chassis was also repainted to the original black.
The car has gradually been shown after putting up the main parts.
The interior of the car was also rebuilt with almost all the details that had to be replaced.
At this stage, it was difficult to realize that the car had been in a serious accident before.
After being 100% complete, the car looks like new to the naked eye.
Glossy black paint after the spa is done.
The original car uses the same 5.7-liter V8 engine found on the luxury Lexus LX 570. The damaged engine and transmission have also been replaced.
The cost to restore a Land Cruiser that looks like a pile of scrap metal after an accident to return to a like-new car that is difficult to recognize with the naked eye is about 1 billion VND.
A representative of Quang Duc garage said that because the car had a very serious accident, it took 3 months with a team of skilled workers in this field to complete the restoration of the car. In particular, the implementation process consists of 6 main parts: disassembling the vehicle for inspection and detailed assessment, body and interior restoration, restoration and repair of the chassis – electrical system, body painting, assembly and evaluation. polishing then cleaning the interior and the very last step is very important to test drive and overall check before delivering the car.
at Blogtuan.info – Source: autopro.com.vn – Read the original article here
