When your vehicle first hit the dealership showroom floor it was gleaming, vibrant, and smooth. As time goes on, though, weather, minor roadbed quality problems, and parking lots can cause imperfections to appear on your vehicle’s panels. Sometimes something as simple as a rock bouncing off the road or a... Read more »
Your vehicle’s color and clear coat plays an important role in your car’s overall appearance, as well as how you, the driver, identify yourself with your vehicle. Throughout the years, automotive manufacturers across the world have improved the application of automotive paint so that is is as much of an... Read more »
Automotive collisions can range in severity. Even if you and your loved ones are uninjured, the damage to your vehicle could render it undrivable. In some cases, even if the vehicle can be driven, it might not be safe or legal to do so. A time like this can indeed... Read more »
Sometimes even a minor automotive collision can alter elements of your vehicle’s safe operation that don’t immediately seem obvious. Even if you can live with the aesthetic imperfection left by a damaged bumper or altered body panel, your vehicle’s frame and alignment could lead to latent issues. This could come... Read more »
Many vehicles are turned off the assembly line with a rich paint job and gleaming clear coat that provides the vehicle with a luster that draws you in and tempts you to buy it. Even after enjoying the vehicle for several years, it’s possible for scratches in the pain or... Read more »
Door dings, minor divots, and small areas of weather damage can start to accumulate on your vehicle’s body panels over time. This can leave you with an unattractive vehicle, even if it has never suffered a significant automotive collision. In the past the perception was that you simply had to... Read more »
An automotive collision can have a profound effect on you personally. Even if you aren’t injured the psychological effects and financial ramifications can have a major impact on your life. Choosing not to have a damaged panel inspected or repaired by a professional collision repair specialist can prove to be... Read more »
As the demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles increases in the marketplace, more and more truck manufacturers are turning to lightweight materials in body and box construction. Some will use lightweight aluminum in the floor pan of the box to save a significant amount of weight. This also has the benefit... Read more »
Over time as we travel in our car, minor bumps, scrapes, and chips can occur in our paint. If these are ignored, rust can occur, which can lead to many problems. Many people think paint on a car is not important, however, this would be incorrect. The paint on your... Read more »
By law, a vehicle must have functioning bumpers to be considered road legal. Sometimes a minor automotive collision can affect a bumper with little to no overt damage caused to any of the other body panels. Giving in to the temptation to simply live with the slightly disfigured bumper, could... Read more »
