Estimating Tip – Audatex – Masking Textured Bumpers Multiple Times
Audatex / Qapter DBRM page 141 section 4-4 states “Masking: Audatex refinish labor provides for masking within panel boundaries (e.g., openings, blackout effect, grilles, molded impact strips, indentations, textured/paint to match areas, etc.).” Additional Feedback [...]
SCRS Announces First 2023 OEM Summit Session
Featuring OnStar Insurance, Rivian Insurance and Toyota Insurance Mechanicsville, Virginia, August 31, 2023 — The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) is thrilled to announce details for the first of three OEM Collision Repair Technology [...]
Estimating Tip – CCC- Cleaning Metal Debris & Shavings During Repairs
Recently, DEG Inquiry 31550 identified “removal/clean-up of material debris from drilling/grinding is considered a procedural step when preforming either drilling or grinding.” It’s critical for repairers to clean up metal shavings and debris after repairs [...]
Estimating Tip – Audatex – Power Sunroof Option
Audatex vehicle chapters may exclude sunroof related components and labor unless the correct vehicle options are selected. Example of adding sunroof parts and labor would start in the vehicle options tab after decoding the vehicle [...]
Estimating Tip – Mitchell- Cavity Wax Labor
The Mitchell Collision Estimating Guide (CEG, P-Pages) identifies that labor and materials for Cavity Wax are both NOT INCLUDED. When selecting Cavity Wax from the “Additional Cost & Materials” section, entering labor is not available [...]
