About OCRV Center
OCRV Center is an RV repair company serving Brea, CA and the surrounding trade area from a single 35,000 square foot facility in Yorba Linda. The shop opened in 2015 and has operated from the same building since, doing collision, structural, refinish, systems, and interior work on recreational vehicles, campers, trailers, camper vans, commercial trucks, and municipal fleet units.
This page is the company narrative: how the shop started, how it is licensed, how the technical staff is organized, and the specific work we decided not to take on. It is not a sales page and it is not an equipment list. Those are separate pages and both are linked below.
- Serving Brea vehicle owners since 2015
- California BAR licensed ARD00288521
- EPA ID CAL000367879
- All work performed in shop at our Yorba Linda facility
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We inspect on the lift, document the damage, and give you a written scope. The estimate fee is credited against the repair when you authorize the work.
How the shop started, and what it became
The shop opened in 2015 as a collision facility that happened to be able to fit large vehicles. That last part turned out to be the whole business. Within two years the mix had shifted, because owners of Class A coaches and fifth wheels kept arriving after being turned away by conventional body shops that physically could not get the vehicle through a door.
The problem those owners described was consistent. Their vehicle was too big for an auto body shop, too specialized for a truck shop, and too structurally complex for an RV dealer's service bay, which is generally set up for appliance swaps and factory claim administration rather than for cutting into a sidewall. Nobody wanted the job, and the ones who took it were learning on somebody's motorhome.
So the shop specialized in the direction the work was pulling. Bay clearance came first, then structural measuring equipment sized for a chassis that is forty feet long, then a booth that could take a full coach without sectioning the paint job, then the systems and interior trades that a recreational vehicle needs and a passenger car does not.
The commercial and municipal work followed the same logic in reverse. A box truck, a step van, a service body, and a refuse truck present the same problem as a motorhome: oversized, high value, and awkward for a shop built around sedans. The equipment that handles a coach handles those without modification.
Licensing and compliance posture
We treat regulatory registration as a operating requirement rather than a marketing badge, which means the numbers get published and stay published.
The shop is a registered automotive repair dealer with the California Bureau of Automotive Repair under license ARD00288521. That registration carries obligations we consider load bearing: a written estimate before work begins, customer authorization before exceeding it, and the right to have replaced parts returned on request. Those are the rules that make the six stage process on our process page enforceable rather than aspirational.
Hazardous waste is handled under EPA identification number CAL000367879. Body and paint work generates solvent waste, spent filters, sanding residue, batteries, and process water, all of which leave the property on manifests through licensed haulers. For a fleet or agency buyer whose procurement rules require documented vendor environmental compliance, that identification number is the difference between being an approved vendor and not being one.
The federal identification number is 45-3952171. Public agency and commercial fleet purchasing runs through vendor onboarding, purchase orders, and accounts payable systems that need it before anything else can happen. We are set up for that paperwork and treat it as part of the job rather than an inconvenience.
How the technical team is organized
The shop is organized by trade rather than by job. A vehicle moves between departments as it progresses through the six repair stages, and each department owns its portion of the outcome. This is different from the model where one technician owns a car end to end, and it is the right model for large vehicles because no single person is genuinely expert in frame geometry, urethane paint chemistry, twelve volt distribution, and cabinet joinery at the same time.
Structure and body
Frame and chassis measurement, structural pulling, welded repair on steel and aluminum, sidewall and laminate work, panel replacement, and fiberglass repair. This department decides whether a vehicle is repairable before anyone starts talking about how it will look.
They also own the fabrication side, because on a coach that is more than a few years old the correct answer is frequently that the part no longer exists and has to be made.
Paint and finish
Surface preparation, primer and sealer, color matching against the existing weathered finish rather than the build sheet, booth operation, cut and buff, and protective coating application. Refinish is the department that gets judged in a parking lot by people who know nothing about what happened underneath, which makes it the least forgiving trade in the building.
Systems
Twelve volt and shore power electrical, inverters and converters, solar and battery banks, generators, plumbing and tanks, climate systems, and appliances. Systems work overlaps with collision work far more than people expect, because an impact that moved a wall moved the wire loom and the water line behind it.
Interior and fabrication
Cabinetry, subfloor, flooring, upholstery, wall finishes, and custom metal and composite fabrication. This department is what makes water damage repair possible, because reaching a rotted subfloor means removing and then rebuilding everything sitting on it.
Estimating and claims administration
The people who write the scope, document the file, submit supplements, and talk to sixteen carriers' RV desks. They are not salespeople. An estimator who writes an optimistic scope to win a job creates a supplement fight three weeks later and nobody benefits, so estimating here is measured on accuracy rather than on capture rate.
What we chose not to do, and why
The most useful thing a shop can tell you is what it will turn away. These are standing policies, not case by case judgments, and they have all cost us work we would have liked to have.
No mobile service, no roadside, no fleet route service
Every repair happens in shop at the Yorba Linda facility. There is no service van, no roadside response, and no scheduled route that visits a fleet yard.
The reasoning is physical. Structural pulling requires a frame rack anchored to a floor. Refinishing requires filtered, temperature controlled air, and a panel sprayed in an open yard picks up contamination you will see for the rest of the vehicle's life. Slide and leveling work requires a known level surface to square against. A shop that offers both in shop and mobile versions of these services is doing one of them badly and letting you find out which.
No engine, transmission, or drivetrain work on commercial trucks
We repair the body, the structure, the finish, and the mounted equipment on a commercial truck. We do not open the engine, the transmission, the differential, or the driveline. Those are a different trade with different tooling, different diagnostic equipment, and different training, and a body shop that dabbles in them is guessing with your downtime.
The same boundary applies to chassis mechanical repair on a motorhome. Brakes, steering, and drivetrain go to a chassis specialist. Suspension and leveling components that we do handle are the ones that interact with body geometry and ride height, and that distinction is drawn on the leveling and suspension page.
No repair coverage claims in our marketing
We do not advertise coverage terms, and you will not find that language anywhere on this site. It is a deliberate decision about what kind of customer relationship we want. Coverage promises in advertising attract disputes about scope of coverage rather than conversations about the repair.
What we offer instead is documentation: a photographed file at every stage, part numbers for everything installed, and a line item record of every labor operation performed. If something needs revisiting, that file is what makes the conversation productive.
No vehicle sales, consignment, or brokerage
We repair vehicles. We do not buy them, sell them, take them on consignment, or broker them. A shop that also sells units has a structural conflict of interest when it assesses whether your unit is worth repairing, and we would rather not have that conversation with an incentive attached to the answer.
Get a written scope before the damage spreads
We inspect on the lift, document the damage, and give you a written scope. The estimate fee is credited against the repair when you authorize the work.
Where we are and who we serve
The facility is on La Palma Avenue in Yorba Linda, and Brea is a short drive from the gate. We are open Monday through Friday from eight in the morning to five in the afternoon, Saturday from eight to noon, and closed Sunday.
The customer base splits roughly into private recreational vehicle owners, commercial fleet operators, municipal and government fleets, mobile business operators whose vehicle is their storefront, and adjusters placing work on behalf of a policyholder. Each of those groups wants something different from the same shop, and the audience section covers how we handle each one.
Frequently asked questions
Is OCRV Center located in Brea?
No. The shop is in Yorba Linda, on La Palma Avenue, and it serves Brea along with the surrounding area. We are explicit about this because a shop that implies an address it does not have is telling you something about how it handles the rest of its facts.
How long has the shop been in business?
Since 2015, in the same building, under the same operation. The California BAR registration is ARD00288521 and can be verified with the Bureau directly.
Do you work on vehicles other than RVs?
Yes. Campers and trailers, camper vans and van conversions, commercial trucks, municipal and government fleet units, specialty and electric platforms, and mobile business vehicles all come through the shop. The common thread is size and complexity rather than vehicle category.
Why will you not work on my truck engine?
Because we are a body, structure, and systems shop, and drivetrain repair is a separate trade. Taking a job we are not equipped for would put your vehicle in our yard while we figured it out, which is worse for you than a referral on day one.
Are you an authorized dealer or service center for a specific RV brand?
No. We are an independent repair facility. That means we are not obligated to route parts or procedures through a single manufacturer's program, and it means our scope decisions answer to you or your carrier rather than to a brand.
Written and reviewed by the OCRV Center Technical Team. Last updated .
Book your paid estimate
We inspect on the lift, document the damage, and give you a written scope. The estimate fee is credited against the repair when you authorize the work.
Where to go next
- the proof points behind the positioningLicense numbers, carrier list, and capability breadth.
- what is physically in the buildingBay clearance, booth, frame rack, and waste handling.
- the six stages of a repairHow the departments described above hand off.
- how we work with each kind of customerOwners, fleets, agencies, mobile businesses, adjusters.
- where the drivetrain boundary sitsWhat suspension work we do and do not take on.
- fabrication for discontinued partsWhat happens when the part no longer exists.
- who writes the technical content on this siteThe collective byline and its review process.
- hours, directions, and bookingThe Yorba Linda facility, a short drive from Brea.