the vehicle 1 fig1 is covered with a plastic sheet 20 which is held in place by means of a contact adhesive 30 fig3 the beveled edges 21 of the plastic sheet 20 are sealed by the application of an edge sealant 40 which is feathered out from the plastic sheet onto the surface of the vehicle to create a smooth appearance the materials necessary to practice this method can be provided in kit form as shown in fig5 wherein a plastic kit container 50 contains a plastic sheet 20 a contact adhesive 30 and a sealant 40 the plastic sheet 20 is preferably a sheet of polyvinyl chloride material polyvinyl chloride is reasonably resistant to solvent attack from most commercial contact cements and has a surface to which paint either lacquer or enamel adheres the particular sheet plastic employed must not be brittle it has been found that the type of polyvinyl chloride sheet used as a house or building siding works very well in practicing the present invention plastic sheet 20 must have sufficient pliability that it can be manually shaped to conform generally to the area to be repaired yet it must be sufficiently rigid to resist oil canning denting and other localized deformations it has been found that for areas where there is a sharp bend on the vehicle body or for small repair jobs a sheet of polyvinyl cloride about 20 mils thick is best for larger areas and for areas where no sharp bends are required a sheet of polyvinyl chloride having a thickness of approximately 40 mils is best the thicker sheet is particularly.