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Do You Know How Paint Material Caps Apply To You, In Your State? Part II

  Case in point, Missouri, there is a fair claims section (20CSR100-1.050 Section (20) (d) which reads that an insurer “cannot prepare an estimate unless the amount is such that the person can reasonably be expected to have the care repaired for the estimated amount.” If you only look at the word reasonable, you will …

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Do You Know How Paint Material Caps Apply To You, In Your State? Part I

Insurance companies put paint material caps on estimates, is there a law regarding this? And how does this apply to you and your estimates? Is this happening in your state, and if so what does it mean? These are questions being asked throughout the industry. It’s not as if this is new information, it’s been …

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How To Get Rid Of The Parts Department Middle Man Part II

  April 23, 2014—PartsTrader announced Wednesday that it has completed the national deployment of its electronic parts procurement system. When PartsTrader first rolled out in 2013, a considerable amount of opposition was met almost immediately. The reason for this opposition was due to the system’s inclusion of State Farm Insurance’s Select Service DRP. State Farm was quick …

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Body Shop Owners And PDR Technicians: Aluminum Alloy Is Here To Stay Part V

  For a body shop, not a PDR Technician, you will need to provide an Explosion-Proof Vacuum to clean excess dust from the clean room. This type of vacuum sucks the hazardous particles into a water bath to prevent thermite reactions and explosions. As a PDR Technician, you’re going to want to be sure that …

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Body Shop Owners And PDR Technicians: Aluminum Alloy Is Here To Stay Part IV

There is a great deal of body shop ignorance going on. This could be intentional or because the body shop owners have no idea that there is potential for fatal situations. As a PDR Technician, it is your responsibility to know what danger there can be if the clean room is not available in a …

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Body Shop Owners And PDR Technicians: Aluminum Alloy Is Here To Stay Part III

So Why So Clean? The clean room that is required for working on aluminum is probably the most expensive part of this new technology. It needs to be fully separated from all other types of work where there may be other technicians performing welding, bonding, riveting, sanding, grinding and structured procedures on aluminum components. This …

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Body Shop Owners And PDR Technicians: Aluminum Alloy Is Here To Stay Part II

  You Should Probably Know: By now, if you haven’t heard already, aluminum is appearing far more often in vehicle designs. An example of this is the new release of the Ford F-150 truck. In truth, it hasn’t even been released yet. It won’t be seen on the showroom until this fall. The reason for …

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