Vehicle Test Drives: More Than You Think
The days of driving a vehicle around the block to check for problems are over. With today’s sophisticated technology, test drives have become so much more.
Plastic Repairs: Are We Throwing Away Opportunity?
Plastic has become such a large percentage of a vehicle’s makeup that repairing it has become a mainstay in the collision repair industry. But training is the key.
Electronic Blueprinting: Necessary for Today’s Vehicles
How many times are you missing scanning, reprogramming or recalibration procedures?
Calibration: Understanding Steering Sensors
For stability control and steering sensors to be accurate, most of them need to be calibrated on the vehicle.
Vehicle Scanning and Recalibration Shockers
In my travels, I hear many shocking statements from collision repairers across the country that prove we have a long way to go when it comes to education on scanning and recalibration.
Are Your Welds Dressed for Success?
Although dressing welds may not be rocket science, the process does require an understanding of welding and the metals being welded.
How Will ADAS Change Undercar Repairs?
Are you afraid of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)? There’s a lot of hysteria regarding ADAS in the news, but the current reality of ADAS at the shop level is quite different.
Doctor Gun, I Presume?
One man who is still around who taught me about both spray guns and selling PBE products with enthusiasm was Doctor Gun.
Refinish: Separating Your Body Shop from the Competition
How can we showcase our refinishing skills in a manner that separates us from other shops and drives business to our door?
Alignments and New Technologies: What You Need to Know
New technologies are merging and changing how suspension and vehicles can be damaged in a collision and adding new dimensions to alignments.
Scanning and Recalibration: Big Picture Thinking
The systems and features in today’s vehicles are the complex part. It’s hard for any of us to fathom how some of the electronics work. Now, we have to factor them into the repair process.
The Evolution of Spray Guns
Both spray gun technology and the cost of spray guns have increased dramatically since I first wrote about them in the September 1991 issue of BodyShop Business.
