Profiting from Customer-Pay Repairs
Afraid to make an insurance claim, many consumers are paying out-of-pocket. This trend not only presents some challenges for collision repairers, but also some opportunities.
Diversifying Your Repair Busines
If you’re managing your shop effectively, then maybe it’s time to consider broadening your scope from collision repair to cosmetic car care. Diversification can be an excellent source of additional revenue in your collision repair business if it’s done for the proper reasons and with the proper management. For nearly 25 years, I’ve been involved
PDR: The Urban Legend of Body Repair Revealed
Back in ’80s, strange tales circulated about paintless dent repair techs’ “magically” disappearing dents. As the rumors grew, I convinced myself that these guys were dabbling in the black arts. (If not, then why all the secrecy, huh?) But when I got tired of losing work to them, I decided to take my chances and learn the skill myself.
Dent Fix Brings New Glue Technology to PDR
Let’s face it. The PDR, or Paintless Dent Removal, market is hot and getting hotter every day. Just open any trade magazine and you’re deluged with all the PDR tool offerings that exist. Manufacturers are offering every configuration of tool imaginable in exotic materials, color coded, titanium centers with kryptonite tips. It gets overwhelming when
AutoWorks PDR Merges with Catastrophe Solutions
AutoWorks Paintless Dent Repair and Catastrophe Solutions International announced the closing of a merger that unites two of the premier claims management and automotive hail repair companies in North America.
Profit Center: Proper PDR Estimating
Having trouble estimating for paintless dent repair and hail damage? Follow these steps for success.
ASA Announces New Collision Division Operations Committee Study
Study is in response to recent questions raised by the National Alliance of Paintless Dent Repair Technicians (NAPDRT) regarding repair processes on aluminum body panels.
Three Tools In One
Dent Fix Equipment’s DF-DB69 Dead Blow Hammer is three paintless dent repair tools in one.
Web-Est to Distribute PDR-Software
Estimating platform for paintless dent repair professionals includes OEM part pricing, R&I labor times.
Find Quality PDR Techs
TopTech Finder, an open job marketplace bringing together automotive repairers and paintless dent repair (PDR) technicians, provides an online search engine to connect automotive repairers and qualified PDR technicians.
