
Panel beating and body restoration on the North Shore.
Metal worked by hand since 1965. Damage restored properly.
Panel Beating
Stow Smash Repairs is a panel beating workshop in Artarmon, shaping metal since 1965. We repair dented guards, crushed quarters, rusted sills and tired classic bodies across the North Shore. Where the steel is sound, we beat, file and shrink it back to shape. Where it isn’t, we say so and quote the replacement. Factory panels, factory fit.

How We Do It




01 / 05Read the metal.- Step 01
Read the metal.
We check whether the steel is straight enough to work and free of rust. That call decides repair or replace, and we make it in front of you.

- Step 02
Strip to bare where it matters.
Filler and paint hide sins. If we suspect an old repair the panel comes back to metal before we quote the fix.

- Step 03
Shape it.
The panel goes back to its pressing shape, not to a skin of filler over a hollow.

- Step 04
Check the fit.
Gaps and swage lines are the truth test. If the lines don’t run, the job isn’t done. Structural work gets measured on the Car-O-Liner and Global Jig.

- Step 05
Hand over to paint.
Bare, straight metal goes to our booth for priming and colour matching. Same building, same standard.

Common Jobs
Guards usually unbolt, so a badly hit one is often replaced. A quarter panel is welded structure, so we repair it in place wherever the metal allows. That keeps your factory seams and factory rust protection.
Often, yes. Plastic welding repairs a split cover for less than a new one, and we refinish it in the booth. Torn mounting tabs and crushed clips change the maths. We tell you which side of the line yours sits.
Roof skins are large, shallow curves, so they show every ripple. Small creases can sometimes be worked or pulled. A properly kinked roof skin usually means replacement, because a wavy repair is visible from the street.
Uneven gaps mean the last shop hung panels on a structure that was never pulled straight. We measure first, then fix the cause, not the symptom. Fixing bad repairs is a steady part of our week.
What It Costs
- Panel beating cost per panel.
- A shallow dent in an open section of a door costs less than a crease over a body line. Access matters as much as size.
Common Questions
Should the panel be repaired or replaced?
Rust is bubbling under the paint. Can it just be repainted?
Where to next
- 01
Every panel we shape is painted in the same building. Spray Painting →

Send photos. Get a real quote.
No callback loop, no drive across town. Photograph the damage and we quote from that, or we’ll come to you at home or work.
Photos in, honest number back the same day.
Find Us
35 Hotham Parade
Artarmon NSW 2064
Opening Hours
- Mon – Fri
- 7:00 am – 4:30 pm
- Saturday
- By appointment only
- Sunday
- Closed
Phone
(02) 9439 8572

