I-CAR: Old ‘kink versus bend’ rule obsolete; ‘We don’t work on mild steel vehicles anymore’
— August 17, 2017I-CAR said last month that the educational organization’s old “kink versus bend” rule
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Mercedes 3-D prints aluminum spare parts for old trucks, Unimogs
— August 17, 2017Daimler announced earlier this month it had successfully 3-D printed a “highly resistant”
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I-CAR: Follow OEM on sectioning or don’t do it — and don’t ever clip
— August 16, 2017I-CAR last month declared its old general sectioning guidelines inappropriate for modern collision repair
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I-CAR: OEM procedures ‘service specifications, NOT recommendations’
— August 16, 2017What does I-CAR really say? Probably not what some of you think, based on a Collision Hub live event
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Boyd/Gerber earnings notebook: Tech shortage, dealership centers, other trends
— August 16, 2017Besides the discussion of DRP shop pricing, Boyd’s second-quarter earnings call offered some perspective
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Jalopnik discussion on which parts shouldn’t be bought cheap might yield food for thought for body shops
— August 15, 2017While an informal survey of readers with Internet handles certainly isn’t a scientific way to research
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Volkswagen’s brand-new unibody midsize SUV Atlas has extensive ultra-high-strength steel content
— August 15, 2017Volkswagen’s largest SUV for sale in the U.S. is a unibody chock-full of ultra-high-steels, the
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Specter of rekeying returns for some shops as Estify loses Mitchell license
— August 11, 2017Estify has lost its license to use Mitchell, creating a headache for not only the startup but the independent
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Boyd/Gerber: Rising DRP pricing reflected spending on techs, training, equipment, overhead
— August 11, 2017The CEO of the Boyd Group, which owns the Boyd, Gerber and Assured Automotive chains in the U.S. and
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Locking in SEMA travel dates? Don’t forget new Monday SCRS classes on tech, severity, shop culture
— August 10, 2017With less than three months to go before SEMA, it’s time to start getting serious about travel
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State Farm’s F-150 rating, Pa. shops’ experience might bode poorly for higher aluminum labor rates
February 18, 2016 | Business Practices | Insurance | Repair Operations | TechnologyState Farm’s rating the aluminum F-150 the same as the 2014 steel F-150 for premium-calculating
Ford SmartLink scans DTCs, transmits codes to owners in ‘plain English’
January 30, 2017 | Announcements | Business Practices | Repair Operations | TechnologyFollowing third-party competitors like Meineke, T-Mobile, Verizon and even the insurer Metromile, Ford
New PPG MVP video shows collision repair Q&A with Audi, Toyota, Mazda, CDS
June 5, 2017 | Announcements | Associations | Business Practices | Education | Market Trends | Repair Operations | TechnologyPPG’s MVP Business Solutions has made available a new video that allows auto body shop owners,
CIECA: Aluminum labor codes available now ahead of fall update
June 22, 2015 | Announcements | Associations | Repair Operations | TechnologyThough a request to add aluminum labor codes into the CIECA standards came too late to join the update
Media rediscovers collision repair again; here’s tips for working with reporters
March 6, 2015 | Business Practices | EducationAs we also saw back in January, the media has rediscovered that a lot of snow and ice on the roads causes
