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Profit Center Potential: Rental Vehicles

Minimize your customers’ inconvenience and keep revenues in-house by renting your own replacement vehicles. Lancer Insurance Company offers auto collision shops a unique revenue source by providing the coverages you need to get into the profitable vehicle rental business.

DETOURS: The Ultimate Tailgater

With as popular as tailgating seems to be these days, Doug Kielian, who owns Auto Kraft Body & Paint, Inc., and DSK Auto Products in Lincoln, Neb., thought he could put the rear end of a crashed pick-up to good use in a parking lot on game day.

TSBs Can Generate an Additional Income Stream

So what does it mean for you to “one up” the competition? You’ve invested time and money to install the latest and greatest software systems throughout your business. You have the best frame rack and electronic measuring devices available on the market. You have the most talented welders who allow you to replace panels and

Potential Profit Center: Vehicle Rentals

Lancer Insurance Company offers auto repair and collision shops a unique revenue source by providing commercial automobile insurance coverages you need to get out of the free replacement vehicle business and into the profitable vehicle rental business. Lancer offers 24/7, 365 days a year claims handling, on-site safety and compliance visits and other valuable loss

Easy to Apply Heat and Noise Shield

Al’s Heat and Noise Reducer (HNR) is a proprietary blend of latex synthetic polymers. It contains acrylic, PVA and vinyl styrene reinforced with ceramic microspheres that provide incredible insulation, heat reflection and sound deadening properties. HNR can withstand up to 500°F and reflects exterior temperatures by 45°F or more and reflects up to 36 percent

Repairing Vinyl Wraps

Vinyl wraps are becoming more and more popular as consumers are choosing to customize their vehicles before purchasing…which means you’ll be seeing more of these cars in your shops. Here’s more on the trend and what you need to know about handling repairs.

Establish Your Own Rental Fleet

Lancer Insurance Company specializes in providing the insurance coverages needed by entrepreneurial body shop owners whose customers need rental vehicles. Rather than referring clients to a third-party auto rental firm, Lancer offers body shop owners the opportunity to rent their Lancer-insured vehicles and keep the rental revenues for themselves. Call (800) 782-8902 ext. 3027 or

Chrome Shine with Steel Bond

PChrome allows users to add a chrome-like shine to non-metallic replacement parts. This new, three-part system shines like traditional chrome, plus it’s durable and resistant to scrapes and scratches. PChrome costs $3.50 per square foot. Though this finish is easy to apply, first-time users are encouraged to sign up for PChrome University. Visit www.pchrome.com.

Performing Custom Modification

Performing high-quality custom modification can be extremely rewarding, not to mention provide higher net profits than your average collision job.

Run Your Own Rental Operation

Recognized as one of the nation’s leading insurers of commercial vehicles, Lancer Insurance Company can help you successfully navigate through the details associated with establishing your own rental fleet and turning it into a new profit source. Call (800)782-8902 ext. 3027 or e-mail [email protected].

Boosting Business with PDR

You say you’re too busy to learn paintless dent repair or don’t have the patience to mess with a dent for hours. But an increasing number of you are finding that using PDR tools to get the metal not necessarily
perfect but up ‘close’ helps reduce the size of the repair, saving time and material costs.

OEM Wheel Repair at Your Shop

Have you ever considered wheel repair as a profit center for your organization? Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists (AWRS) is the world’s largest mobile wheel repair service. With its mobile reconditioning facility, AWRS’s certified technicians provide cosmetic repair and straightening on any OEM or aftermarket wheel at your company location. With over 150 franchises, AWRS services