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FenderBender is the top media brand dedicated to supporting collision repair shop owners and operators. We focus on exploring the real challenges, achievements, and solutions within the industry. Our goal is to inspire, equip, and motivate our readers and users to thrive in the collision repair field. We provide engaging and enjoyable content, along with valuable business strategies that resonate with the passion and dedication of our audience towards their businesses and the industry as a whole.

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Hollingsworth Looks to Another Century of Collision Repair

6 days ago | fenderbender.com | Lindsey Gainer

The photos and documents hanging on the walls of the lobby at Hollingsworth Auto Service — a 108-year-old shop in the heart of Savannah, Georgia — paint vivid pictures of a bygone era. Looking at the workers posed next to a vintage 1930s automobile outside the original shop, or an estimate written during the Great Depression for a mere fraction of the average $4,500 RO these days, it’s easy to imagine where it all began.
Menefee: How Innovation Squeezes Small Body Shops

6 days ago | fenderbender.com | Tiffany Menefee

In recent years, the auto collision repair industry has been undergoing a technological revolution. From advanced driver-assistance systems to electric vehicle platforms, the cars rolling into body shops today are far more complex than those of just a decade ago. These innovations designed to make driving safer and more efficient also place immense pressure on small, independent collision repair shops.
Is Your Collision Repair Shop a Distant Memory?

6 days ago | fenderbender.com | Carol Badaracco Padgett

Can you remember what you were doing on any given day 15-20 years ago? Where you went and who you saw there? Probably not. The trouble is, 15-20 years is an estimated timespan between collisions for most of your customers. According to statistics at carinsurance.com, the average driver will wreck a car only three to four times in their life — that’s essentially once every 18 years, it reports.
Quiz for the collision repair techs: How well do you know the DA polishing/buffing process?

1 week ago | fenderbender.com | Jay Sicht

For decades, the rotary polisher/buffer was the tool of choice in body shops. Although detailers and enthusiasts have been using dual action (DA) polishers for decades, they've now become popular in body shops, too. But they require some adjustments.
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Collision Repair History?

1 week ago | fenderbender.com | Jay Sicht

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Collision Repair History? The collision repair industry has a rich history. Test your knowledge with this quick quiz!
Don’t Get Comfortable

3 weeks ago | fenderbender.com | Lindsey Gainer

A person’s office décor can tell you a lot about them…look around, and you’ll quickly learn how they operate, and the wisdom they value most. In the office of Jesse Parks — collision director at Freeman Collision Center in Santa Rosa, California — one of the first things you’ll see is an encouraging sign that reads: “Failure is a temporary state where the most valuable lessons are learned.” It’s a truth he’s seen play out time and time again over the course of his career, he says.
Hands-on Collision Repair Training for the Front Office

3 weeks ago | fenderbender.com | Jay Sicht

Most collision repair technical training is geared toward the technician. “OK,” you might say to yourself. “And water’s wet.”But 3M’s new Front Office Training Course, which launched May 1 at the 3M Skills Development Center in St. Paul, Minnesota after eight months of piloting, has a different goal.
CollisionCast: 'Braking' the Stigma of Mental Health Care in Collision Repair

3 weeks ago | fenderbender.com | Jay Sicht

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, formed in 1949 by what is now known as Mental Health America. This year, its campaign theme is "Turn Awareness into Action," which celebrates "the progress we've made in recognizing the importance of mental health — and challenging us to turn understanding into meaningful steps toward change."In the May FenderBender magazine feature, Andy Tylka, owner of TAG Auto Group in Indiana, talks about how he understands these challenges firsthand.
When Mental Health Challenges Collide with the Collision Repair Workplace

1 month ago | fenderbender.com | Carol Badaracco Padgett

People don’t just walk into their job one day and open up about their mental health struggles. Not in any work setting, and certainly not in a body shop. That means there are a lot of people suffering in silence, experts indicate.
Preparing for collision repair challenges

1 month ago | fenderbender.com | Tiffany Menefee

As the owner of a smaller shop, I’ve always tackled problems head-on. From technical challenges to customer concerns, I’ve handled it all with determination. However, for far too long I ignored the inevitable. I convinced myself that if I kept working hard, the economic pressures and industry changes wouldn’t affect me. Like an ostrich with its head in the sand, I hoped that things would eventually improve. But now, the reality is clear: I’ve been avoiding the writing on the wall.