41 00... 0 Contents Of Body Panel General Information

General notes 

• Quality standard  . See 41 00... QUALITY STANDARD  or 41 00... REPLACEMENT PARTS STANDARDS .
• WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT .

Safety regulations 

• SAFETY AT WORK .
• INFORMATION ON HAZARDS .
• Information on VEHICLE PROTECTION 

Material/new part 

• MATERIALS SCIENCE .
• USE OF MATERIALS  in outer shell
• EXPENDABLE MATERIALS .

Handling components 

• ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , electronics and fibre optics.
• Vehicles with hybrid/electric drive.
• FLOOD DAMAGE .
• Passive safety  . See 41 00... HANDLING AIRBAGS AND RESTRAINT SYSTEMS , 72 12... PROCEDURE AFTER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AS RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT or 41 00... AFGS (ACTIVE PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION) PROCEDURE AFTER ACCIDENT .
• Seats/seat belts  . See 72 11... CHECKLIST FOR FRONT SEAT WITH SEAT-INTEGRATED SEAT BELT SYSTEM (SGS) , 72 11... CHECK LIST FOR AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT or 72 11... CHECKING AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT .
• CHASSIS, SUSPENSION AND STEERING .
• WHEEL RIM REPAIRS .
• RETRACTABLE HARDTOP .
• HEADLIGHT REPAIRS .

Body dimensions 

• FRAME ALIGNMENT CONTROL BODY DIMENSIONS .
• BODY GAP DIMENSIONS .

Cavity sealing 

• Installation of shaped parts  . See 41 00... INSTALLING CAVITY SEALING (EXPANDED) , 41 00... INSTALLING CAVITY SEALING (NOT EXPANDED)  or 41 00... INSTALLING A CAVITY SEALING WITH 2-COMPONENT PU CAVITY FOAM .
• POSITION OF SHAPED PARTS .

Vehicle identification number 

• GENERAL VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER .
• ENTER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER .

Repair method 

• REPAIR STAGE 1A  BMW/MINI/BMW i.
• Replacement of screwed-on components
• REPAIR STAGE 1B  BMW/MINI/BMW i.
• Repairs to outer skin
• REPAIR STAGE 2  BMW/MINI.
• Bonding and riveting.
• Welding using a MAG welder.
• without  straightening bench.

BMW i

• Repairs to life module.
• Repairs to drive module.
• without  straightening bench.
• REPAIR STAGE 3 .

BMW/MINI

• Bonding and riveting.
• Welding using a spot welding system.
• with  a straightening bench.

BMW i

• Repairs to life module.
• Repairs to drive module.
• with  a straightening bench.

Corrosion protection 

• GENERAL INFORMATION .

Paint 

• GENERAL INFORMATION .
• INFORMATION/WARNING LABELS .
• Separate component and sectional paintwork  . See 99 00... INDIVIDUAL PARTS/PAINTING , 99 00... MISCELLANEOUS PAINTING , 99 00... SECTIONAL PAINTING or 99 00... INTERIOR PAINTING .