Spies Hecker Paint Used For SPEED Channel Shows
Spies Hecker and Will Castro, the Long Island car customizer, and his crew from Unique Autosports will be featured in three fall specials airing on the SPEED Channel. The first special, scheduled to premiere Nov. 4 at 10 p.m. EST, will feature LeBron James and his Ferrari F430, along with a Toyota Sequoia Platinum NBA
VeriFacts ACE Award Finalists Announced
VeriFacts Automotive announced the finalists for its annual Achievement in Collision Repair Excellence (ACE) Awards, which recognize outstanding quality of work. One award honors individual technicians (the March Taylor Technician ACE Award) and the other honors collision repair centers attaining higher repair quality as measured through the VeriFacts Shop Coaching Program. To qualify for an
New DCR Facility Opening in New York
Mentor, Ohio-based DCR Systems and Shults Auto Group, a 16-franchise dealer group headquartered in Jamestown, New York, are opening a 12,000-square-foot collision repair facility using DCR’s patent-pending lean-based operating method at Shults Accident Repair Center on Oct. 15. The center is a rebuild of an existing facility owned by the dealer franchise. Shults Accident Repair
Many Economy Cars Not Economical to Repair
In a recent series of crash tests, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) assessed how well the bumpers of 20 small car models would protect the vehicles from damage in low-speed collisions. The worst performers are the Hyundai Elantra, Toyota Prius and Volkswagen Rabbit, each sustaining about $4,000 damage or more in a single
No Waste Here
DCR Systems, built on over 50 years of family tradition in collision repair, is a lean business that’s onto something big after announcing an exclusive partnership with Toyota. The editors of BodyShop Business visited DCR Systems’ Classic Accident Repair Center in Mentor, Ohio, on August 7, 2008 to talk to DCR Systems President and CEO
Time to Strategize
Many repairers still don’t truly comprehend the real purpose of ‘lean.’ Understanding that it’s simply a strategy and nothing more will go a long way toward beginning the process of implementation.
Customer Care to the Max
Fred Haas Collision Center earns accolades through a customer-centered approach and continual process improvement.
Laying it on Thick
Sprayed-on bedliners, once the realm of only a few manufacturers, are now available from many different sources as very basic systems to incredibly elaborate ones.
911 Collision Centers Donates “Overhauled” Vehicle to High School Grad
911 Collision Centers of Tucson, Ariz., recently made one high school graduate’s summer by donating an "overhauled" 2000 Toyota Camry to a raffle at an area high school. The donation was part of Project Graduation, a program that promotes partnership between school administration, parents, law enforcement and the business community in Tucson. A
Spot-On
Squeeze Type Resistance Spot Welding (STRSW) offers many advantages over MIG welding. But there are pitfalls to watch out for, which I have painfully experienced myself so you don’t have to.
