VeriFacts Automotive LLC has added three new categories of repair capabilities to its Verified Quality (VQ) program. With the identification of these categories, VeriFacts aims to better match its shops with specific types of repairs needed after a crash.
The three categories include:
- Cosmetic (no structural, suspension damage or welding required)
- Structural (all cosmetic including structural, welding, measuring required)
- Aluminum/Composite (ability to repair and weld aluminum along with repair of composite materials)
“Virtually all modern passenger vehicles now contain highly exotic structural steels, structural aluminum and structural composite type materials that require very specialized collision repair equipment and training to restore the structural integrity designed into them by the manufacturer,” said Audie Swedeen, director of technical field operations and training at VeriFacts. “Wouldn’t you want to know if your car has aluminum damage that the shop repairing it actually has the correct equipment and training to properly complete the repairs?”
Added Doug Irish, president of VeriFacts, “The VQ program provides collision repair facility operators as well as consumers with a comprehensive third-party verification of a facility’s technical capabilities including their equipment, materials, technician training and skill levels, and output repair quality along with their overall commitment to safe, quality repairs. During discussions with our insurance advisory and body shop advisory groups, everyone agreed it was in consumers’ best interest to differentiate between shop capabilities, especially now with the exotic materials being used to produce new vehicles.”
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