{"id":43053,"date":"2026-01-15T23:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/sambra-experts-debunk-common-motor-body-repair-myths-and-share-what-your-mbr-wants-you-to-know\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:38:14","slug":"sambra-experts-debunk-common-motor-body-repair-myths-and-share-what-your-mbr-wants-you-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/sambra-experts-debunk-common-motor-body-repair-myths-and-share-what-your-mbr-wants-you-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMBRA experts debunk common motor body repair myths \u2013 and share what your MBR wants you to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With social media &ldquo;quick fixes&rdquo; flooding timelines and DIY car-care hacks gaining traction, many motorists unknowingly put their vehicles at risk. To help set the record straight, the South African Motor Body Repairers&rsquo; Association (SAMBRA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), asked two of its experts &#8211; Alewyn Muller, SAMBRA Vice Chairman for the Free State and Northern Cape, and Hendrik Griesel, SAMBRA Chairman for the Eastern Cape &#8211;  to unpack some of the most common myths they encounter in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Most motorists are shocked to discover how sensitive modern automotive paints, plastics, and even safety systems have become,&rdquo; says Muller. &ldquo;A simple scratch or small bump can hide underlying issues you won&rsquo;t see until the damage has spread.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Griesel agrees, adding, &ldquo;What looks like an easy fix often ends up being a costly repair. With today&rsquo;s complex vehicle construction, even minor damage&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76137&#038;page=sambra-experts-debunk-common-motor-body-repair-myths-and-share-what-your-mbr-wants-you-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With social media &ldquo;quick fixes&rdquo; flooding timelines and DIY car-care hacks gaining traction, many motorists unknowingly put their vehicles at risk. To help set the record straight, the South African Motor Body Repairers&rsquo; Association (SAMBRA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), asked two of its experts &#8211; Alewyn Muller, SAMBRA Vice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Precision%20standards%20of%20professionalism.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[99,852,2371],"class_list":["post-43053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-eastern-cape","tag-free-state","tag-northern-cape"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Precision%20standards%20of%20professionalism.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}