A method for producing a vehicle body or a vehicle body module includes producing at least one sandwich component 1 having a first metal sheet layer 2, a semifinished product layer 3 formed by a non-cured semifinished product pre-impregnated with a matrix, and a second metal sheet layer 5, forming the vehicle body by joining the sandwich component 1 into a vehicle body part 6, the matrix of the semifinished product layer 3 of the sandwich component 1 being uncured, and dip coating and drying the vehicle body, the matrix of the semifinished product layer 3 of the sandwich component 1 being cured during the dip coating and drying of the vehicle body.