For 2012, we touch on recycling, marketing, labor rates and claims handling.
See the articles:
Why Should the Shop Make up the Dollar Difference in a Damage Claim?
Challenging Insurers’ Labor Rate Surveys
Ninety percent of the time when a steering angle sensor code is active, it means the sensor needs to be calibrated.
You just finished a car or truck alignment or other repair that might have disconnected power to the vehicle. You pulled the vehicle off the lift and parked it in the lot. The customer pulls away and, within five minutes, they are back complaining an ABS, stability control or ADAS light is illuminated or a warning message is displayed. What happened?
With refinish and ADAS, the theme time and time again comes back to: check the OEM repair recommendations.
The strategic integration of digital tools and technologies in body shops is becoming the new refinish industry benchmark.
It could be argued that any aftermarket coatings that are not represented by an OEM offering is custom … but that’s a moving target.
We’ve come a long way as far as paint technology goes, from not mixing at all to digital color management.
The most critical first step in an exit or transition plan is to develop a financial plan and personal vision of what your life will look like post-business.
Today’s collision repairers are challenged with a new set of concerns, one being the need to follow OEM repair procedures.
CARSTAR Jacobus Founder Jerry Jacobus and son Dave share a passion for collision repair and also model railroading.
The business model of mobile auto glass replacement has given way to brick-and-mortar locations to accommodate windshield calibrations on vehicles equipped with ADAS.
