With today’s cars loaded with new technology, and diagnostics and OE repair procedures playing a larger role every year, I-CAR training is undoubtedly more important now than ever.
When you sign on the dotted line with any paint distributor you expect its products to perform at a high level and you anticipate the availability of a wide range of value-added options.
The Calibration Station, with four locations in California’s Central Valley, features a quartet of purpose-built facilities 100% dedicated to diagnosing cars with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
Some collision repair lifers open auto body shops by accident or fate, while others plan for decades before they make the move.
With six locations in the Houston, TX, area, Frank’s Collision Repair repaired more than 8,500 vehicles last year. While many auto body shops were struggling during the pandemic, this mini-MSO was reporting major numbers month after month.
Alex Doria, co-owner of Fix Auto Santee, is a veteran of the collision repair industry with a core skillset that include networking with insurance companies, business development and marketing.
Located on Route 553, a 20-mile state highway in Indiana and Cambria counties in Pennsylvania, 553 Auto Body & Collision and its sibling company, Super Car Restoration, operate side-by-side in the same facility.
Jim Cavalleri has seen it all in his decades in the collision repair industry, first as a technician and now as the owner of Top Shop Collision in Tonowanda, NY, which lends some weight to his assessment of Sherwin-Williams® new Sunfire PRO™ complete refinish system.
Matt Radman’s early memories of his mother Marina’s body shop in Mesa, AZ, include taking apart an electric motor and a motorcycle engine as a child. Marina opened Coach Works Auto Body in 1986.
Painters know a well-designed and well-built spray booth will set them up for ongoing success. “You’re only as good as your equipment,” a veteran refinisher said once, and it’s true.