Required tool list: Auto Collision Repair
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The following shows department-required tools for the Auto Collision Repair program, 2024-2025.
Auto Body Basic Skills – AB100
First week
- Welding Helmet
- Respirator Face Mask (3M 07182 or 07183)
- Respirator Filter (P100)
- Leather Boots
- Tool Box
- Lock and Key
- Welding Hat
- Leather Welding Gloves
- 6” Slip Joint Pliers
- Diagonal Side cutters
- 10” Adjustable Wrench
- Safety Glasses/Goggles
- Ear Plugs (Loop Style)
- 9R (Welding) Vise Grips
Second week
- Door & Trim Tool Set (Astro 4505)
- Slotted Screwdriver, Standard 6”
- Phillips Tip Screwdriver 8”
- Magnetic-Tip Screwdriver
- Right Angle Ratcheting Screw Driver
- Torx Bit Set #8-30
- Folding Torx Set
- ?” Drive Socket Set with Ratchet?(6mm-14mm Standard & Deep)
- 3/8” Drive Socket Set with Ratchet (Metric, Standard, and Deep)
- Combination Wrench Set (6mm-19mm)
- Flashlight
- Tack Puller
Fifth week
- Pick Hammer
- Cross Peen Body Hammer
- General Purpose Dolly
- Toe Dolly
Frame Analysis and Repair – AB105
- Metric 12’ Tape Measure
- 3lb Engineer’s Hammer?(cross-peen with 14-16” handle)
- ?” Drive Metric Impact Socket Set?(approx. 15-22mm standard & deep)
- ?” Drive Ratchet
- ?” Drive Breaker Bar
Panel Repair – AB106
- Particle Masks
- Sanding Blocks (Durablock kit)
- Plastic Spreaders (4 inch)
- Blow Gun
- Air Tool Fittings (Type C – For your air tools)
- Vixen File & Handle
- 10”-12” Medium Fine Flat File
Panel Replacement – AB201
- Vise Grips:
- 1 each 9R
- 2 each 8R
- 1 each 10R
- 2 each 11R
Technical Skills – AB205
- All tools are required from prior classes: (AB100, AB105, AB106, AB201)