Improper repairs review finds 90% of vehicles totaled, 50% with frame damage
— February 21, 2024Significant frame damage, totaled vehicles, and a lack of OEM-recommended procedures such as alignments
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CIC Estimating Committee overviews recent changes to CCC, Mitchell and Qapter
— February 9, 2024Procedure pages (P-pages) are constantly changing and it’s important for the collision industry
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Radar Compliant Paint: Refinishing more than cosmetic job as vehicle technology advances
— January 25, 2024As technology advances, automotive refinishing has become more than a cosmetic function — it could
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I-CAR says ‘mountain of work’ ahead for repairers, recyclers in proper EV battery handling
— February 8, 2023I-CAR says there’s a lot of work ahead for the collision repair and recycling industries in figuring
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Looking to the future: CIC chair, panel talk influences on the industry & telematics
— February 7, 2023Two conversations during the January Collision Industry Conference (CIC) meeting in Palm Springs, California
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CIC: How to make sure your business practices & vendor agreements protect customer PII
— January 30, 2023The Collision Industry Conference (CIC)’s Data, Access, Privacy & Security Committee on Jan.
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Estimate vs. repair planning: How to keep customers informed
— January 23, 2023The Collision Industry Conference (CIC)’s Estimating & Repair Planning Committee is researching
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SCRS open board meeting & CIC coming up in January, the late John Mosley to be honored
— December 26, 2022The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) will host an open board meeting on Wednesday, Jan.
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CIC panel addresses ‘myths’ of telematics
— November 11, 2022Telematics has a long way to go before it can live up to some of the hype surrounding it, members of
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SCRS research concludes blend time is greater than full refinish
— November 2, 2022Blending a panel takes more than 30% more time than a full refinish of the same panel, on average, rather
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