Don’t Eat the Bear in One Bite: Planning Your Future in Steps
Just like you don’t need to eat the bear in one bite, you don’t need to have a fully fleshed-out plan in order to have a successful future as a retired body shop owner.
Mystery of the SEMA Show Sticker Man Solved!
Meet Mickey Kahl, owner of Kahl’s Body Shop who’s been fighting insurers in his town a lot lately.
Plastic Repair for Today’s Modern Vehicles
It’s important that plastic repair considerations keep pace with the technological advancements of today’s vehicles.
Meet the Auto Body Instructor: Amanda Levine and Deana Jones
With Amanda Levine and Deana Jones both dedicated to teaching collision at the Center for Applied Technology North, the school can offer a more focused approach.
The Challenge of Windshields and Calibrations
By building a consistent process for calibration, you may find you can reduce some of your frustration over required parameters and failed procedures.
Vehicle Electronics Explosion: Do You Know Your DTCs?
Having a thorough and complete understanding of DTCs and how systems are networked together is becoming more and more necessary when repairing vehicles.
EV Batteries: Handling, Disposal and Storage
Key considerations for the proper and safe handling, storage and disposal/recycling of EV batteries.
Auto Body Refinish: Are Today’s Colors Harder to Match?
It appears we’re dealing with the most unique and difficult colors in the history of car painting … or are we?
Electric Vehicle Repair: It’s Inevitable
Now is the time to evaluate your needs and prepare for the EV evolution in collision repairs.
Meet the Auto Body Instructor: Michael Bonsanto
Michael Bonsanto, a collision repair instructor at Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne, N.J., is grateful for the opportunity to repopulate the industry he loves.
Vehicle ADAS: I Dumped My Old Car for a Computer
It was surprisingly not too hard to say goodbye to my old jalopy.
Does Process Improvement Really Work in the Auto Body Shop?
The question is not, “Do process improvement methodologies work in collision repair facilities?”
It’s, “Why don’t they work more often?”
