Belleville West Auto Class

12/18/2022

And that's a wrap. With a generous push from Jenn and Randy at Auffenberg Auto Body we were able to cross the finish line with the 2009 VW Rabbit.

They took it upon themselves to repair and refinish our bumper covers and headlamps so we could complete all repairs necessary, rounding out the full reconditioning of one happy Rabbit.

We don't have a paint booth nor enough time to really cover the world of information in auto body, automotive finishes and collision repair.

The people in this industry are a rare breed of professional. In many ways bridging the gap between artistic and technical, or left and right brained. It truly requires talent often overlooked, misunderstood and under appreciated.

We would like to take this opportunity to say: "Thanks for the push!"

Auffenberg Auto Body contact info as follows.

Jenn Nash

Body Shop Manager

901 S. Illinois St.
Belleville, IL 62220

[email protected]

P: 618-641-0010 x:2174
F: 618-355-4214

And again, thank you Auffenberg Dealer Group for the opportunity to learn through the use of this donated car.

12/18/2022

To all in Auto-1 this fall, thank you! You girls (and guys) did a great job on this project. We started off without much ready to go and you all pulled through to make it happen. I'm very impressed and appreciative of those who put in work from cleaning and organizing to disassembling, repairing and reassembling the VW.

12/11/2022

Our favorite subject!!! Chemistry and fluid maintenance! Using BG products donated by TORQ Distribution we cleaned all fluid systems in our Rabbit, DRASTICALLY improving performance, fuel economy and reliability. Our car wouldn't be complete without these services.

Don't like costly car repairs? When your service advisor mentions BG fluid maintenance, give them a green light! YOUR car will save on fuel while performing flawlessly and preventing costly systems failures.

We replaced coolant, brake fluid, manual transmission fluid, cleaned the top and bottom halves of our 5 cylinder to name just a few.

Thank Torq Distribution for the chemistry!

12/07/2022

Meckfessel Tire & Auto - Belleville has served the automotive needs of this community for 95 years. Today they found another way to serve by donating a full set of new tires for our class project VW!

We are very grateful for their support. When you're ready for some great automotive service, stop in at Meckfessel Tire & Auto.

12/05/2022

We got the stuff! We now have enough 6 mil nitrile gloves to cover all of those hands as many times as necessary no matter what size they are. Shout out to Adventures in Auto and the Crash Test Dummies. You guys are awesome! Thanks for all the help getting things going this semester. More gloves earlier would've been nice but you all made it happen anyway.

Help me give my students common shop safety supplies (Raven Powder-Free Nitrile Disposable Gloves and Scott Rags In A Box while we rebuild cars to donate to deserving students. My only A+ in high s...

12/05/2022

Got some new wheels!! Courtesy of the talented people at Dent Wizard St. Louis Wheel Repair Center. You would never know these aren't actually brand new wheels.

If your wheels are scratched up, peeling or suffer from pothole mine fields, please check them out. They're wheel operations department can do some amazing work reconditioning automotive wheels.

12/05/2022

We fixed, replaced and repaired a lot.

12/05/2022

We learned a little about head liners.

12/05/2022

Some washing. And washing. And washing.

12/05/2022

And then the work began...

12/05/2022

Thanks to the great people at Mckay Auto Parts we received every repair part and maintenance part we needed to complete all necessary operations on our class project car.

They went well out of their way to obtain these items to then donate the entire list to Belleville West Auto Class. We needed repair items like a whole new air-conditioner compressor, horns, gaskets, a clutch hydraulic cylinder, wiring supplies for our high end car audio system and a new HVAC blower assembly. We also needed many parts which are considered wear items and therefore are routinely replaced as maintenance parts including but not limited to: Belts, filters, wiper blades, the best car battery in the biz (the Napa Legend-75 Series), brake pads and rotors, engine oil, universal coolant and more.

We could not have had a successful semester without this very generous donation. Thank you McKay Auto Parts!

12/05/2022

After an initial inspection we had a few faults to diagnose...