With the regulation requiring vehicle manufactures to average 54 .5 MPG by 2025, lighter cars must be produced. However, as Shawn Collision mentions, don’t break the bank preparing for aluminum repairs just yet. There are some basic tools that will do a good job without spending a fortune. To learn more about the basic tools…
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Feb
22
Tips For Repairing Aluminum and The Tools To Use
Feb
14
CARSTAR Present Donations to Veterans Recovering at VA Puget Sound
CARSTAR SALUTES MILITARY VETERANS AT VA PUGET SOUND WITHPRESENTATION OF ELECTRONICS ON BEHALF OF IPODS FOR WOUNDED VETERANS MORE THAN 100 MILITARY VETERANS RECOVERING FROM WARTIME INJURIES RECEIVE IPODS, E-READERS AND ITUNES GIFT CARDS TO HELP WITH THEIR RECOVERY SEATTLE, WA (February 13, 2013) – CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts and iPods for Wounded Veterans today…
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Feb
13
Bondo: DIY Dent Repair Using Bondo
Bondo, which is now a 3M company has packaged bondo in DIY kits. They introduced this when I attended their bootcamp at their 3M headquarters. This kit allows the consumer to buy smaller quantities, which makes it ideal for the small do it yourself repair at home. For more information about the dent repair…
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Feb
05
Full Frame Repair Video
In this video, Collision Hub covers a training video for full frames. Toby Chess presented this training during the January 2013 Society Of Collision Repair Specialist (SCRS) board meeting. Enjoy!
Feb
02
Drive Safe on Super Bowl Sunday 2013 – More Auto Accidents Occur
Super Bowl Sunday is a time for family, fun, and friends, but also a time to be safe. There is an increased amount of auto accidents immediately after the game. Jacob and I made a quick video for you below. Below are a few of the car commercials available at this time on YouTube. We’ll…
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Jan
29
1 of 15 YouTube Next How-To Guru’s = Better Video For You
I am excited to announce that my YouTube channel is one of 15 channels selected by YouTube to be the Next How-To Guru’s. What does this mean? I will be attending online webinars to help me produce better quality videos. I am not sure what all to expect yet, but I know this means better…
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Jan
11
Electric Vehicles: Lessons of Success and Failure
By Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx You do not look at penguins to judge how the world’s birds are prospering. You should not look at on-road electric cars to assess how electric vehicles in general are progressing. Both are somewhat special cases. Electric cars are neither small enough to be lower cost than conventional ones…
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Dec
25
How New Cars Are Being Repaired in the Auto Body Shop – SEMA 2012 Class
Have wondered how new cars are being repaired in body shops? After watching this video, you will learn some of the new repair methods being used so you will know what goes on behind the auto body shop doors. Car are being made much different than they used to to meet the demands on the…
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Dec
19
Celebrities and People of SEMA 2012 in Las Vegas
There were many celebrities at SEMA 2012 in Las Vegas this year. Unfortunately, I was not able to get a photo of many of them. However, I was able to get a few pics of people and places to share with you. I added them to the short video above. If you like this video,…
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Dec
18
How To Airbrush Graphics on a Car Paint Surface
This is an updated video with a voiceover. The original video was horrible with sanders and buffers in the background. You could not hear what I was saying. However, this is a question I get often. Can you spray graphics on a car paint surface when the car is not being repainted. This video covers…
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Dec
10
Auto Body Websites For Body Shops
If you own an auto body shop, it is important to have on online presence in today’s competitive market. However, creating a website takes knowledge and is time consuming. Now there is a company specializing in websites for auto body shops. If you own a collision repair shop and don’t want the hassle of building…
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Dec
07
Zig Ziglar’s Memorial Video
I don’t know if you ever heard of Zig Ziglar, but he was a motivational speaker who inspired me through the years. One of his quotes I liked was “You can have anything you want in life if you will help enough other people get what they want.” It took me awhile to fully understand…
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