Repairers who do everything right in terms of feathering out sand scratches yet still experience “ghosting” are overlooking the contact between the filler and automaker basecoat, a 3M expert explained last month. 3M senior technical [...]
Toyota last month revealed the next-generation 2021 Sienna would carry a quieter, more rigid body platform and a standard hybrid powertrain. “This is an all-new vehicle from the ground up, including a new chassis platform [...]
An Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study of more than 5,000 crashes found that only about 34 percent of collisions could be assumed to vanish if with a completely self-driving fleet. The researchers also concluded [...]
Ford last week advised shops to use OEM windshield and side glass, warning that aftermarket panes could affect vehicle safety and comfort technology and cabin noise. “Ford Motor Company vehicles contain many state-of-the-art features that [...]
Tractable this spring demoed AI photo estimating going beyond broad repair-replace decisions to include specific body and paint labor times and the replacement of parts like emblems. An insurer using Tractable could know before the [...]
Tractable said the AI photo estimating system recently adopted by a major United Kingdom insurer significantly improves upon insurers’ traditional method of determining total losses. Tractable North American head Julie Kheyfets said Ageas uses Tractable [...]
A new Ford position statement advises collision repairers to use the OEM’s authorized rivets, mandrels and rivet guns when working on aluminum structural and cosmetic components. The June 1 document also prohibits reusing flow-drill screws. [...]
Audatex has failed to act on the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ request the estimating system address an inconsistency in its five-year-old feather, prime and block digital tool. Audatex’s 2007 Database Reference Manual states “Audatex [...]
In addition to highlighting an inconsistency in Audatex’s 2015 feather, prime and block feature, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists has demanded more information on how a significant FPB policy shift had affected labor times. [...]
Repairers slathering a thick buildup of filler on a vehicle do so in error, 3M representatives explained of their products during a webinar last month. 3M senior technical service engineer Ricky Miller showed two images [...]
