# Vans and Camper Vans

> Panel collision, door hardware, roof cap and conversion systems repair for Sprinter, cargo and camper vans from Eastvale.

Source: https://ocrv.info/vehicles/vans-and-camper-vans

Full size vans serve as cargo carriers, work vehicles and conversion platforms. Repair scope covers unibody and cutaway panel collision work, sliding door and rear door hardware, high roof fiberglass caps, roof penetrations, upfit shelving and partitions, corrosion at rockers and door bottoms, plus conversion electrical, water and cooling systems.

Vans occupy an awkward space between passenger vehicle repair and commercial body work, and most shops are set up for one or the other. A modern high roof van has automotive grade paint, unibody structure and driver assistance sensors in the bumpers, alongside a cargo area with shelving bolted through the floor, a partition welded to the body and a roof carrying four penetrations. Repair has to respect both halves.

Damage patterns are consistent across the segment. Sliding door tracks and rollers wear from thousands of cycles. Rear door hinges sag until the doors no longer latch square. Lower panels take dock rash and curb strikes. Roof mounted equipment leaks at the fastener rather than at the seal. Corners get clipped in tight loading areas. None of that is dramatic, but all of it puts a working vehicle out of service.

Businesses and owners in Eastvale run vans on I-15 and SR-60 every day and cannot leave one sitting. The Yorba Linda facility is roughly twenty miles out via SR-71 and SR-91, and all work is performed in shop. Scope is body, paint, structural, fiberglass, interior and vehicle systems. Engine and drivetrain service is not part of what happens here. Estimates on working vehicles are written around a return to service date, with parts ordered the day the plan is authorized so a van is not sitting in a bay waiting on a panel.

## Unit types

- [Sprinter Van](https://ocrv.info/vehicles/vans-and-camper-vans/sprinter-van): Unibody panel, door hardware, roof and upfit repair on Sprinter vans running daily routes out of Eastvale.
- [Camper Van Conversion](https://ocrv.info/vehicles/vans-and-camper-vans/camper-van-conversion): Interior build repair, penetration sealing, power system rework and custom fabrication for converted vans from Eastvale.
- [Cargo Van](https://ocrv.info/vehicles/vans-and-camper-vans/cargo-van): Dock rash, door hardware, liner and lettering repair for working cargo vans serving Eastvale trades and delivery routes.
- [High Cube Van](https://ocrv.info/vehicles/vans-and-camper-vans/high-cube-van): Box panel, corner post, roll up door and roof repair for cube vans running delivery routes from Eastvale.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can you match factory van paint after a panel repair?

Yes. Factory codes give the starting point, then spray out cards get evaluated against the actual vehicle under shop lighting and in daylight before anything is applied. Whites in particular drift over years of ultraviolet exposure, so a blend into the adjacent panels almost always produces a better result than spraying the repair panel to the code alone.

### Do you work around shelving, partitions and upfit equipment?

Yes, and it is planned into the estimate. Shelving, partitions, floor liners and equipment mounted near the repair area come out before body work starts and go back afterward. Everything removed gets documented so it returns to the same position. Where a partition was welded rather than bolted, the removal and reinstallation approach gets discussed before disassembly begins.

### How is corrosion at the bottom of a van door handled?

Cut out rather than covered. Door bottoms rust from the inside because drain slots clog and water sits in the shell. Repair opens the door, removes perforated metal back to sound material, welds in new panel sections, treats the interior surfaces, restores the drain path and refinishes. Filling a rusted door bottom returns the same problem within a year or two.

### Are camper van conversions repaired here as well as cargo vans?

Yes. Conversion work includes interior rebuilding, cabinetry, flooring, water damage restoration, twelve volt and one hundred twenty volt electrical, battery and charging systems, solar installation, water systems and cooling. Body and paint work on the shell is handled by the same shop in the same visit rather than being split between an RV shop and a collision shop.

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OCRV Center. 23281 La Palma Ave, Yorba Linda, CA 92887. (949) 799-3387. info@ocrvcenter.com. Serving Eastvale, California in Riverside County, about 20 miles from the shop. All work is performed in shop at the Yorba Linda facility. No mobile, roadside or on-site service is offered. Scope is body, paint, structural, fiberglass, interior and vehicle systems work. Engine rebuilds, transmission rebuilds, drivetrain work, DOT inspections and emission testing are not performed.

