Estimating Tip: Mitchell- Labor Times for welded panel and inner panels

Mitchell Labor General Information >> Labor Times states >> ” Times for some operations are applicable after necessary bolted, attached or related parts have been removed. DEG Inquiry 19212 response from Mitchell states “Labor times [...]

2021-12-13T09:59:59-05:00December 13th, 2021|DEG Estimating Tips|

Estimating Tip: CCC/MOTOR: Updated Guide to Estimating (GTE P Pages)

CCC/MOTORS has updated the Guide to Estimating (P Pages) ”Rev 12-21”. Users can access to most current up to date guide by visiting this link: https://help.cccis.com/webhelp/motor/gte/guide.htm Users can quickly identify new changes by seeing update icon [...]

2021-12-06T09:37:51-05:00December 6th, 2021|DEG Estimating Tips|

Estimating Tip: CCC, Mitchell and Audatex – EV Charging / Plug-in Vehicles is NOT INCLUDED.

Charging Electric Vehicles (EV) is NOT INCLUDED in any of the three Information Provider’s published labor times per CCC Inquiry 19143 , Mitchell Inquiry 19142 and Audatex Inquiry 19144. Repair facilities may need to consider [...]

2021-11-24T11:24:17-05:00November 29th, 2021|DEG Estimating Tips|

Recent DEG Inquiry 19031 states "Allowances for replacement of welded panels include consideration for covering/protecting the interior of the vehicle from damage during welding. Masking of adjacent exterior panels, suspension is not factored into the [...]

2021-11-09T10:37:41-05:00November 9th, 2021|DEG Estimating Tips|

Estimating Tip: CCC- Refinishing Jeep Wrangler/ Gladiator Flares

Repairers having to refinish late model Jeep Wrangler / Gladiator fender / bedside flares will need to perform masking of the textured unpainted areas. The labor to mask the textured areas is INCLUDED per CCC/MOTOR [...]

2021-10-29T15:46:43-04:00November 1st, 2021|DEG Estimating Tips|

Estimating Tip: CCC, Mitchell and Audatex- Retrieving remnants of rivet/ debris

Some components may require drilling out rivets and punching the rest of the rivet which may cause the backside to fall into a cavity or enclosed area. Any additional labor to remove components/ trims to [...]

2021-10-25T09:34:10-04:00October 25th, 2021|DEG Estimating Tips|

Estimating Tip – Mitchell- Wheel R/I not included in bumper labor

Recent DEG Inquiry 18849 states “Per p-page for front and rear bumpers, removing and installing the wheel has not been factored into the R&I Bumper labor allowance” additionally “Raise and Supporting the vehicle is NOT [...]

2021-10-14T16:28:11-04:00October 18th, 2021|DEG Estimating Tips|
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