# Cargo Van Repair for Eastvale, California > Dock rash, door hardware, liner and lettering repair for working cargo vans serving Eastvale trades and delivery routes. Source: https://ocrv.info/vehicles/vans-and-camper-vans/cargo-van A cargo van is a windowless work vehicle carrying shelving, a bulkhead partition and equipment for a trade or delivery operation. Repair work covers dock rash and lower panel damage, sliding and rear door hardware, bulkhead and shelving reinstallation, floor and wall liner replacement, corrosion repair, refinishing and commercial lettering replacement. ## Pricing Typical range $1,500 to $40,000+, 10 to 200 hours. Cargo vans are tools, and they show it. The damage that brings one in is rarely a single dramatic collision. It is accumulated: a corner clipped at a supply yard, a rear door swung into a post, a rocker crushed against a loading dock, a roof corner scraped under a low canopy. Individually each item is minor. Collectively they make a vehicle that represents a business look neglected. The interior tells its own story. Shelving bolted through the floor with no sealing washers lets water into the floor pan. A bulkhead installed with self tappers into the roof bow leaves eight unsealed holes. Wall liner absorbs spilled material and holds it against the steel. On a van that is five or six years into service, opening the liner reveals corrosion that started at a fastener the day the upfit was installed. For Eastvale trades running I-15 and SR-60 daily, a van off the road is lost revenue. Estimates get written with a realistic return date and parts get ordered immediately on authorization. Body, paint, corrosion repair, liner replacement, upfit reinstallation and lettering all happen in shop at the Yorba Linda facility, roughly twenty miles out. Engine and drivetrain work is not performed. ## Common damage - Crushed rear corners from dock contact - Sagged rear door hinges and missed strikers - Bent sliding door center track - Rocker creasing and paint film cracking - Corrosion at shelving fastener locations - Roof corner scrapes from low canopies - Faded and peeling commercial lettering ## Dock rash and the lower body Loading dock damage concentrates in a band from the rear bumper forward along the rocker. Rear corners get crushed inward, bumper ends get torn from their mounts, and the rocker takes a series of shallow dents that eventually crack the paint film along the crease. That cracked film is the start of the corrosion problem, because a working van is washed rarely and parked outdoors constantly, so the exposed metal stays wet. Repair strategy on a working vehicle balances appearance against cost. Not every dent needs a panel. A rocker with intact metal and cracked paint gets straightened, treated, primed and refinished with a blend into the adjacent panel. A rocker that is creased and perforated gets a section replacement. Both approaches include treating the inside of the panel and restoring the drain path, because sealing a repair without draining the cavity simply sets up a repeat. - Rear corner and bumper mount repair after dock contact - Rocker straightened or sectioned depending on metal condition - Cracked paint film treated before corrosion establishes - Panel interiors coated and drain paths restored - Blend into adjacent panels rather than a hard edge ## Doors, hinges and the hardware that stops a route A door that will not latch takes a van off the road faster than a dent ever will. Rear barn doors on a loaded van get slammed against their stops thousands of times, and hinges wear until the door sits low and the latch misses the striker. Owners compensate by lifting the door as they close it, which accelerates the wear. Repair replaces hinge pins and bushings, repairs the body side mounting if the hinge has pulled, then sets latch and striker geometry. Sliding doors fail at rollers and at the track, and the failure often follows an impact nobody reported. A door struck while open bends the track at the center, and from then on the door binds at the same point. Repair replaces the roller assemblies, straightens or replaces the track, and verifies the door closes into the aperture with even gap and continuous seal contact. Weather seals get replaced at the same time because they are usually flattened by then. ## Upfits, liners and lettering Removing an upfit for body repair is an opportunity. With the shelving and the liner out, the floor pan and lower walls are visible for the first time since installation. Corrosion at shelf fastener locations gets treated and repaired, unsealed holes get closed properly, and the liner goes back with sealing at the fasteners rather than dry. Where a bulkhead was installed with penetrations into the roof bows, those get sealed correctly during reinstallation. Lettering and graphics are the last stage. A van that carries a business name has to come back looking like the vehicle the owner is proud to park in a customer driveway. Existing graphics get measured and photographed before removal, and replacement decals get applied over fully cured paint with correct surface preparation. Where only part of the van was refinished, the graphic layout gets planned so the break falls at a body line rather than mid panel. - Floor pan inspected with shelving removed - Unsealed upfit penetrations closed properly - Liner reinstalled with sealed fasteners - Graphics measured and photographed before removal - Decals applied over fully cured refinish ## Frequently asked questions ### Is it worth repairing cosmetic damage on a work van? That is a business decision rather than a technical one, though there is a practical argument. Cracked paint on a crease is where corrosion starts, and corrosion repair costs several times what the original dent repair would have. Addressing the dents while the metal is still sound keeps the vehicle serviceable longer and keeps the resale value from dropping faster than the mileage justifies. ### Will my shelving fit back the same way after body repair? Yes. Shelving, partitions and liners come out before body work, and every component is documented with photographs and tagged so it returns to the same position. Where the original installation used fasteners that damaged the body, reinstallation uses a corrected method with proper backing and sealing, which is noted on the estimate rather than done silently. ### Can lettering be replaced after a partial refinish? Yes, and the layout gets planned around the refinished area. Existing graphics are measured against fixed body references before removal so the new application matches the original position. Decals go on after the paint has fully cured, since applying vinyl over fresh paint traps solvent and leads to lifting at the edges later. ### How do you handle corrosion found under the liner? It gets documented and quoted as a separate line rather than absorbed silently into the repair. Surface corrosion is treated and coated. Perforated metal is cut out and replaced with welded sections. Unsealed fastener holes from the original upfit get closed properly. The owner sees photographs of what was found before authorizing the additional work. --- 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.