Motorhomes need a shop with the ceiling height, the frame equipment, and a paint booth long enough to take a 45 foot coach. Most general body shops cannot physically accept one. We work on every class from Class B camper vans through Class A diesel pushers and full bus conversions.
What this covers
A motorhome is a house built on a truck chassis, and repairing one means dealing with both. The chassis side is mechanical and structural. The house side is fiberglass, framing, cabinetry, plumbing, and three separate electrical systems.
Very few shops can do both, which is why owners end up shuttling a coach between a truck shop and an RV dealer and paying twice for the same diagnosis.
The work in this category
Each of these is its own repair with its own failure modes, its own parts, and its own price band. Follow any one of them for the detail, or call (714) 909-1444 and describe what the vehicle is doing.
Class A gas motorhome: Front engine gas coaches on Ford F53 and similar chassis, typically 28 to 38 feet.
Class A diesel pusher: Rear engine diesel coaches, air suspension, air brakes, and the heaviest structures we handle.
Class B camper van: Sprinter, Transit, and ProMaster based coaches, factory built or converted.
Class C motorhome: Cutaway chassis coaches with an over cab bunk, the most common cab over damage we see.
Super C motorhome: Medium duty truck chassis coaches, Freightliner and International based.
Luxury Class A: Prevost, Newell, and high end production coaches with full body paint and complex systems.
Compact Class C: Shorter cutaway coaches on Transit and Sprinter cutaway chassis.
Off road and expedition RV: Purpose built expedition vehicles and heavily modified four wheel drive coaches.
Vintage and classic RV: Older coaches where panels are discontinued and repair means fabrication.
Custom converted RV: Owner and shop built conversions where documentation for insurance is the hard part.
Bus conversion: Prevost, MCI, and Eagle shells converted to coaches.
Skoolie: School bus conversions, including the structural work that a roof raise leaves behind.
Why owners bring this work to us
We can physically take the vehicle. A 45 foot coach needs door height, bay depth, and a booth that will accept it, and that is the first thing that eliminates most shops.
We handle chassis and house together. One estimate, one shop, one point of contact for the carrier, instead of a body shop and an RV dealer arguing about which one owns the water intrusion.
We work on every era. There is a 1959 Flxible in the building alongside current model Sprinters, and older coaches need fabrication because the panels stopped existing decades ago.
What it costs and how we quote it
Our labor rates are posted publicly: $210 per hour for body and paint, $260 for mechanical and electrical, $285 for diagnostics with a one hour minimum, and $95 for detail. Paint supplies bill at $55 per paint hour and body supplies at $5 per body hour, both calculated automatically on every estimate.
Almost no shop in Orange County publishes an hourly rate. We do, because it is the fastest way to prove an estimate is honest. If you know the rate and you know the hours, you can audit every line we write. A shop that will not tell you its rate is asking you to trust a number you have no way to check.
Where your specific job lands inside a published range is decided at teardown rather than over the phone. On these vehicles the visible damage is consistently smaller than the actual damage, which is why we photograph what is behind the panel and submit it as a documented supplement before proceeding.
Working with your insurance carrier
We bill every major carrier direct, so you cover your deductible and nothing else up front. On a repair that runs into five figures that is not a convenience, it decides whether the repair happens at all.
Under California Insurance Code section 758.5 your insurer cannot require you to use a particular shop. They may recommend one, and they have to tell you the choice is yours. That protection matters more here than on a car, because the pool of shops that can physically handle this work is small and a network shop with no relevant experience will underwrite the claim on the wrong assumptions.
Serving Buena Park and the surrounding Orange County cities
We are at 23281 La Palma Ave, Yorba Linda, CA 92887, about 13 miles and 20 minutes from Buena Park by way of the 91 and the 5. The shop runs 35,000 square feet under one roof, which is what lets us keep collision, structural, paint, interior, and systems work in house instead of subletting pieces of your repair to three other vendors.
All work is performed in shop. We do not run route service. A written estimate is $150, credited against the repair when you authorize it.
What this work typically costs
Real ranges from our posted catalog, not a marketing number. The spread is wide because the scope is wide, and where your job falls is determined at teardown rather than guessed at over the phone.
| Work | Typical range | Shop hours |
|---|---|---|
| Collision repair, insurance or customer pay | $1,000 to $150,000 plus | 5 to 800 |
| Full paint refinish | $5,000 to $35,000 plus | 40 to 250 |
| Fiberglass cap repair, front or rear | $750 to $12,000 plus | 4 to 60 |
| Roof membrane replacement, EPDM, TPO, or fiberglass | $3,500 to $18,000 plus | 20 to 80 |
| Collision repair and refinish, all carriers | $1,500 to $40,000 plus | 10 to 200 |
| Collision repair and paint refinish | $1,500 to $50,000 plus | 10 to 250 |
Sales tax of 7.75 percent applies to parts and materials. Labor is not taxed. See the full posted rate card.
Frequently asked questions
Do you work on all motorhome classes and brands?
Yes. All years, all makes, all classes, from Class B camper vans through Class A diesel pushers, Super C coaches, and full bus conversions. We work on current model coaches and on vintage units where parts are discontinued and panels have to be fabricated.
My motorhome is 42 feet. Can you fit it?
Yes. The shop runs 35,000 square feet with the bay depth, door height, and booth length to take full size Class A coaches. Vehicle size is the most common reason a general body shop turns an RV away, and it is not a limitation here.
Can you handle both the chassis and the house side?
Yes, and that is the point of the facility. Collision, structural, paint, fiberglass, interior, electrical, plumbing, and appliance work all happen in the same building. You are not shuttling the coach between a truck shop and an RV dealer while each one waits on the other.
Do you work directly with my insurance company?
Yes. We bill every major carrier direct, including Progressive, GEICO, State Farm, AAA SoCal, Mercury, Allstate, Wawanesa, National General, Foremost, Liberty Mutual, Good Sam, and The Hartford. We write the estimate, photograph the damage, submit supplements when hidden damage turns up, and deal with the adjuster so you do not have to.
What does an estimate cost?
A written estimate is $150 and it is credited back against the repair once you authorize the work. An in depth diagnostic is $285 for the first hour and is credited the same way. We charge for estimates because a proper one takes real shop time, and that keeps our schedule filled with actual repairs.
Do you come out to Buena Park, or does the vehicle need to come to you?
The vehicle comes to us. Everything happens in shop at 23281 La Palma Ave, Yorba Linda, CA 92887, about 13 miles from Buena Park on the 91 and the 5. We do not run route service. Frame work, structural repair, and refinishing need the equipment and the booth, and nobody can do that job correctly in a parking lot.
What are your posted labor rates?
Body and paint is $210 per hour, mechanical and electrical is $260 per hour, diagnostics and programming is $285 per hour with a one hour minimum, and detail is $95 per hour. Paint supplies bill at $55 per paint hour and body supplies at $5 per body hour. Sales tax of 7.75 percent applies to parts and materials. Labor is not taxed.
Last reviewed by the OCRV Center shop team.