In Collision Repair, Every Procedure Is Significant
Not every part or procedure is life-threatening, but even the most insignificant thing can damage your reputation.
GM: New Collision Repair Procedures ‘Detailed Right Down to the Individual Welds’
During a March 17 Collision P.R.E.P. session at NORTHEAST 2018 in Secaucus, N.J., Mark Szlachta asserted that GM has “gone well over and above” in the latest iteration of its repair procedures.
3M Automotive Aftermarket Division Keeps NASCAR Teams in Fast Lane
It’s said that an individual is never more than 10 feet away from a 3M product. In the NASCAR garage, it can be said that a crewmember or driver likely is in constant contact with a 3M product.
Looking for Auto Body Techs? Get Involved with Your Local Vo-Tech School
Rather than try and steal techs from a competing shop (the model for any brand-new collision location), turn mechanics into body techs or train the local HVAC technicians to fix cars instead of furnaces, go where the interest in collision repair already exists.
How Aluminum Repair Has Changed the Auto Body Industry
As stubborn as this industry is to change, the F-150 forced us all to look to the future and change.
Auto Body Equipment: Battery-Powered Rivet Gun and Other ‘Kool Tools’ from SEMA Show Floor
Kye Yeung and Toby Chess demonstrated a number of products from the 2017 SEMA Show during their “Kool Tools” presentation.
Should Collision Repairers Pursue OE Certification?
We believe OEM certification will become the standard in just a few short years, and only those who are making the investment and effort today will be prepared to accept the liabilities that are now beginning to be recognized and will surely grow in the future.
Ford: New Modular Apron Tube on F-150, F-250 No Longer ‘Beast of a Repair’
Both vehicles now incorporate “upstream designs to enhance and improve overall repairability.”
Riveting Stuff
As we see more aluminum enter our industry, along with hybrid construction materials, we’ll see a lot more rivets being used.
ProSpot PR-5 Rivet Gun System Approved for Tesla Repairs
The PR-5 system is approved for self-piercing rivets (installation and removal); flow form rivets (hole preparation and installation); and structural blind rivets on Tesla repairs.
