Aluminum Series: Fixing Dents
Aluminum is different than steel. If you don’t take this into account, you’ll set yourself up for failure.
Technical: Measuring for Damage
Improved vehicle designs have resulted in protecting vehicle occupants but creating damage further away from the direct contact area. How are you finding that damage?
Auto Glass Academy Opens for Enrollment
Academy provides affordable, instructor-driven, hands-on technician training to the auto glass and body industries.
AudaExplore, Mercury Insurance Partner to Support Crittenton Services for Children and Families
The donation, made in conjunction with Solera’s LIFT program, will benefit Crittenton’s Independent Living Program that aids teenagers who lack secure homes in establishing their independence.
CARSTAR Puget Sound Collision Centers Donate Car to Deserving Military Family
The vehicle’s recipient, Daniel H. DerHammer, was on active duty from January 1996 to November 1998, and was in a HMMWV accident and suffered a broken neck and back in August of 1998 while his unit was in NTC Yakima.
Dynabrade Inc. Announces Retirement of President, Appoints Hardy Hamann New President
Ned T. Librock will remain with Dynabrade in the new role of president emeritus and advisor to the Board of Directors.
ASA Launches New OE Information Resource
The ASA OEM Resource website will serve as a consolidated hub for manufacturer-specific scan tool information, calibration and reprogramming updates, training materials and service information.
Tire Review Editor Passes Away
Jim Smith spent more than 30 years working in the tire and automotive industries, with the last 16 years spent at the helm of Tire Review, a sister publication of BodyShop Business.
What Should I Charge for Feather, Prime and Block?
We’ve begun charging for feather, prime and block, but we’re not sure what the labor times should be per area or the material rate. Is there a place I can find rates in my area or do you know what the average would be?
Get Continuous Flow of Nitrogen With New 6066 Nitrocell
The new 6066 Nitrocell extracts nitrogen from the shop’s compressed air supply continuously, so there will be no more problems with empty nitrogen bottles.
