Estimating Tip – CCC ONE Web – H-NOTES
CCC ONE Web users will find "H -NOTES" can be accessed at the bottom of the part selection screen next to the labor footnotes. Existing CCC Desktop users can still access the "H-NOTES" in its [...]
Estimating Tip – Solera Qapter (Audatex) – Three-Stage Spray Out & Let Down Panels
According to the Solera Qapter DBRM Section 4-4 Refinish Guidelines, three-stage refinish allows for 2 spray out/let down panels; included as part of the "setup" time. The three-stage refinish formula includes everything in two-stage setup [...]
Estimating Tip – Mitchell – Masking Glass
DEG Inquiry 38709 provides feedback from Mitchell regarding glass masking operations –sometimes referred to as "roping" when using lift tape to pull back seals when refinishingpanels with components attached. Mitchell responded that the information can be [...]
Estimating Tip – Solera Qapter (Audatex) – Changing Zone Selection
Solera Qapter users can quickly change the "Zone Selection" screen by using the left and right buttons on the top left corner of the parts image screen.
Estimating Tip – Mitchell – Side Body Refinish
When repair or replacement of side body panel (Quarter panels) needing refinish, additional labor may require extending basecoat / clear coat into the side body aperature/ uniside panels. When selecting refinishing operations, additional labor can [...]
Estimating Tip – CCC – R&I Headlights does not include Aim Lights
Recent DEG Inquiry 38543 features feedback from MOTOR that establishes "anytime the headlamp assembly is removed from the vehicle the ’Aim Headlamps’ operation should be performed and added to the estimate."Additionally, in DEG Inquiry 37473 MOTOR states: "The estimated [...]
Estimating Tip – Solera Qapter (Audatex) – Corrosion Protection
Solera Qapter DBRM page 146 Section 4-4 Refinish guidelines states "Corrosion protection is the process and materials used to prevent corrosion."End users can itemize materials and labor for individual products using standard manual entries in Qapter when considering [...]
Estimating Tip – CCC – Additional Labor BMW Door Replacement
Recent DEG Inquiry 38423 provides feedback on replacement of BMW door shells that may require additional labor for loose fasteners & hardware. "After review, determining an estimated work time for loose fasteners/hardware would require an on-the spot [...]
SCRS Quick Tip: In-Process Scanning
Pre-scans, In-Process scans and Post-scans are independent operations, all of which serve different purposes in the repair process. Kris and Barry discuss how simple repair steps may introduce new diagnostic touble codes (DTCs) as a [...]
Estimating Tip – Mitchell – Add to transfer glass workflow
Mitchell Cloud Estimating (MCE) users should follow the correct workflow when transferring glass from the original damaged liftgate to a new replacement liftgate.DO select "add to transfer liftgate glass" from the labor-only operations. Doing so [...]