The Database Enhancement Gateway, which allows repairers and insurers to make inquiries and suggestions of the estimating providers at no cost, offers weekly tips for repairers on the Audatex, Mitchell and CCC programs online and through the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ email list. [...]
Editor’s note: The latest issue of Ford’s free On Target newsletter for collision repairers contains an in-depth I-CAR look at potential structural and ADAS considerations on the 2019 Ford Expedition and its sister Lincoln Navigator. [...]
Certification is expensive, but a collision repairer can afford the personnel and equipment costs if they’re willing to challenge insurers, according to a shop leader. “You have to be willing to fight to get paid [...]
Training and equipment requirements for OEM certification can be a cost and logistical issue, according to two collision repairers who provided insight into managing both. “It’s expensive,” said Tim Kilkeary Jr., president of Eighty-Four, Pa.-based [...]
Collision repairers who watch, participate in or build cars for track racing might wish to take note of a new SEMA campaign for a bill carving out a performance EPA emissions exemption. Senators introduced the [...]
Vehicle technological advances, both in electronics and in the materials used to form auto bodies, drew significant interest among Repairer Driven News readers this year. Materials in our top 20 stories’ headlines include high-strength steel, [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists on Monday announced the Washington Independent Collision Repairer’s Association had become its newest affiliate. WICRA launched earlier this year under the leadership of President Jeff Butler (Seattle-based Haury’s Lake [...]
Supercars are not the bread-and-butter of the average collision repairer, but they’re notable sometimes for revealing cutting-edge technologies that someday might filter down to a luxury car, or even a mass-market one. With that in [...]
You don’t need to wait for the OEMs to market your certified auto body shop to consumers. A repairer can leverage OEM certification into a lucrative business model today if they’re willing to cultivate relationships [...]
Continental earlier this month announced a miniaturized sensor it said could detect minor impacts such as low-speed parking lot collisions or some jerk keying your car. Calling the technology a variation on the sound sensors [...]
