Methods and tools for manufacturing reinforced structural components are described. The methods comprise providing a structural component having a steel substrate (15) and a metal coating layer (15).The method further comprises selecting a reinforcement zone of the structural component, guiding a first laser beam (30) to ablate at least a part of the coating layer of the reinforcement zone, locally depositing a reinforcement material on the ablated reinforcement zone to create a local reinforcement on a first side of the structural component, wherein locally deposition of a material on the reinforcement zone comprises supplying a reinforcement material (45) to the ablated reinforcement zone, and substantially simultaneously applying laser heating using a second laser beam (35) to melt thereinforcement material and part of the steel substrate of the ablated reinforcement zone to mix the melted reinforcement material with the melted part of the steel substrate. The disclosure further relates to reinforced components obtained using such methods.