Some replacement parts may be shipped with support bracing that would need to be trimmed away before installing on the car. Any modifications to the component requiring trimming of unneeded bracing would be NOT INCLUDED. [...]
Estimating Tip: Access to OEM Owners Manuals FREE! DEG has compiled a list of links directly to review OEM Owners manuals. Owners manual information may include necessary procedures or requirements not found in the repair [...]
Some replacement panels may require additional mounting hardware for attached components. The labor and hardware cost to install these misc. fasteners to the replaced panel are NOT INCLUDED unless specified in the footnotes in the [...]
Recent DEG Inquiry 16791 addresses when an headliner "lowering" operation is included with another component labor operation time that "If the repair facility decided to remove the headliner rather than raise/re-lower, that would require an [...]
Some repairers may experience a bill payer stating that "Flex additive Materials are included in Audatex". To clarify this topic, Audatex users should reference the following information in Audatex DBRM guide to clarify the following [...]
Mitchell has made it easier to access helpful OEM information within the estimating system. This is not a substitute of researching OEM information directly, but rather use as a great starting point to perform safe [...]
This week’s tip will discuss some changes in how the "add for foglamp" features will now appear in Additional Operations group in the front bumper section in CCC. You can view this tip [...]
Please reference this video regarding feather prime and block operations for welded panel operations that may require additional repairs to the replaced panel. You can view this tip and others on the DEG [...]
In this week’s estimating tip, please watch the video showing how modifying a part and or operation type labor time can affect your estimate to adjacent and or attached parts to the component being modified. [...]
Recent Inquiry 16631 regarding PDR/ GLUE PULLING states "Paintless Dent Repair, PDR, is not an operation included in the MOTOR collision-estimating database and therefore PDR included and not included operations are not part of the [...]
