BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl talks with Randy Bates, production manager of Bates Collision in Erie, Pa., about PPG’s revolutionary new MoonWalk automated paint mixing system that has transformed his body shop mixing room into a cleaner, safer and much more efficient operation.
Episode 9 of The Road to AAPEX explores the connections and relationships with people that help us navigate an ever-winding road.
The automotive aftermarket is about connections. Connections to the right parts, to the right places, to the right people. It’s the roads we travel down together that make us grow closer and bring us together. That’s the feeling that paves the Road to AAPEX as Babcox Media’s Joe Keene, an ASE-certified technician, traverses the Bonneville Salt Flats in his fixed-up Lincoln Blackwood. Flashback to fixes that made the journey possible: new tires and rims to fuel injectors, windows and a new AC unit.
Every time the suspension is changed, you’re changing the ADAS system.
Episode 8 of The Road to AAPEX explores how far automotive innovation has brought us to get to where we are today, and where it might take us tomorrow.
Autel diagnostic tablets connect directly to EV battery modules, accessing all datastream PIDs for precise diagnostics.
In episode 7 of The Road to AAPEX, Joe Keene rolls through Nebraska and meets kindred spirits as he drives the rare Lincoln Blackwood he refurbished for his journey to AAPEX.
The Irus Mix is a fast and efficient fully automated and completely hands-free mixing machine for the automotive refinish industry.
It could be argued that any aftermarket coatings that are not represented by an OEM offering is custom … but that’s a moving target.
FinishMaster hosted 350 guests at the 4th annual Hood Master and PiN Master Challenge showcasing the skills of collision painters.
In episode 6 of The Road to AAPEX, Joe Keene enters Iowa on his drive to AAPEX and discovers the charm of small-town America along the Lincoln Highway.
