Who Is Doing Your Diagnostic Scans?
The person who is performing your diagnostic work is as critical as the person welding the frame rail on a vehicle.
Measuring Vehicles: Are We Missing the Obvious?
Do you remember when we used to set-up and measure almost every car we repaired? Why did we stop?
Scanning & Recalibration: Market Rates
When it comes to the pricing of scanning and recalibration, we need to make sure we’re all talking the same language.
Vehicle Test Drives: More Than You Think
The days of driving a vehicle around the block to check for problems are over. With today’s sophisticated technology, test drives have become so much more.
Plastic Repairs: Are We Throwing Away Opportunity?
Plastic has become such a large percentage of a vehicle’s makeup that repairing it has become a mainstay in the collision repair industry. But training is the key.
Electronic Blueprinting: Necessary for Today’s Vehicles
How many times are you missing scanning, reprogramming or recalibration procedures?
Vehicle Scanning and Recalibration Shockers
In my travels, I hear many shocking statements from collision repairers across the country that prove we have a long way to go when it comes to education on scanning and recalibration.
OE Certification: We All Benefit
Whether it’s your customer, policyholder or vehicle consumer, customer satisfaction is the key to success in the collision repair industry. The OE certification process is an important part of achieving this.
Scanning and Recalibration: Big Picture Thinking
The systems and features in today’s vehicles are the complex part. It’s hard for any of us to fathom how some of the electronics work. Now, we have to factor them into the repair process.
How Today’s Welders Could Be Making a Difference in Your Shop
The welders we have available today are much more capable than the ones we had just five years ago and are changing repair processes in shops.
Dissecting Today’s Vehicles
With the advanced materials in today’s vehicles, looking up the OE procedures has become a necessity.
Reader’s Choice: Is Aluminum Here to Stay?
Yes, aluminum is here to stay. You just need to figure out what you want to do and evaluate what you can afford not to be able to do in your shop.
