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Currently showing items 1 to 25 of 33 10/28/2008 Collision: Can Today’s Bodyshops Be Environmentally Friendly? By Charlie Barone  Ahead of the Game Ever since the green movement gained a great deal of  popular support, a number of collision re... 10/28/2008 Collision: Spraying Waterborne Paints by Doug Goethe Lose the ’tude I’ve seen all kinds of changes happen in this industry ever since I started working as a painter in a ... 10/28/2008 Collision: Waterborne Color Matching By Doug Goethe My color matching is better with waterborne, but it’s a tricky subject. Everyone sees color differently because each indi... 10/28/2008 Collision: Mitchell Releases Fourth Quarter 2008 Industry Trends Report Mitchell International, Inc., a leading provider of information, workflow, and performance management solutions to the collision claims and repair i... 9/12/2008 Lubricants: Modifying Consumer Oil Change Habits A perspective by Mike Hunter Is it a good idea for your shop to try and save your customers 50% or more on their oil change services? With two si... 9/12/2008 Lubricants: Performance Oils and Additives: Got Zinc? How do you choose the right oil for your racing or performance engine application? While you don’t have to be a chemist to know there are dif... 9/12/2008 Lubricants: Oil Drain Intervals One of the great debates in automotive service is oil drain intervals. The correct oil change interval is the one prescribed by the engine manufactu... 9/12/2008 Lubricants: David Vizard Dyno Tests Joe Gibbs Racing Oil Back in the spring of 2005, I received a call from Joe Gibbs Racing's (JGR) Lake Speed, Jr. Lake had called to tell me about the new flat tapp... 9/12/2008 Lubricants: Racing Oils Can Offer Extra Power & Protection For Your Performance Engine Building high performance engines doesn't come cheap. The components you use cost more, the time you take to build each motor is longer, and paying ... 9/12/2008 Lubricants: Quaker State Dispels Some Motor Oil Myths • “Oil Brand A caused sludge in my father’s car 10 years ago.” Assuming for a moment that the oil itself caused the probl... 9/12/2008 Lubricants: ConocoPhillips Lubricants Academy Updates Comprehensive Online and Hands-On Training Programs ConocoPhillips Company, the fourth largest U.S. lubricants supplier, recently announced that ConocoPhillips Lubricants Academy has updated a wide ra... 9/12/2008 Lubricants: The Great Oil Debate Are oil changes every 3,000 miles really necessary? It depends on how a vehicle is driven. Some newer cars and SUVs have sophisticated “... 9/12/2008 Lubricants: Variety of Oil Blends Required to Meet Today's Engine Requirements Years ago, a shop could consider its shelves well-stocked if it contained a selection of single-viscosity oils in detergent or non-detergent blends.... 8/20/2008 Special Report: A Case of Bad Gas Bad gas comes in many different varieties. There’s the kind you get when you gulp down a double bean burrito. But not so funny is the kind ... 8/20/2008 Special Report: Alternative Fuels - Diesel Vehicle Growth in the U.S. 8/13/2008 Special Report: Automotive Telematics Defined Telematics is a term that describes all the electronic communications and “infotainment” on today’s high-tech vehicles. A... 8/13/2008 Special Report: Telematics: Aftermarket Threat or Opportunity? Posted: Aug. 13, 2008 By Amy Antenora Editor, Aftermarketnews.com There was a time when a “Jetsons”-like future seemed just... 8/12/2008 Special Report: ASA Publishes Report on Telematics BEDFORD, Texas – The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has published a report focusing on the potential effects that telematics may have on ... 7/16/2008 Special Report: Road Trips – General Motor’s Turbine Firebirds Are Coming to Hershey Hershey, PA –  Fifty years ago, before the internet, television and modern mass marketing transformed how we shop for our cars, America&... 6/16/2008 Special Report: Alternative Fuel – Honda Announces First FCX Clarity Customers and World's First Fuel Cell Vehicle American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced June 16 the five of the first customers for its advanced new FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicl... 6/10/2008 Special Report: Alternative – Fuel: With Gas at $4/Gallon Average, Plug In America Calls on Americans to Demand Electric Cars EL SEGUNDO, CA - June 9, 2008: As gas hits $4 a gallon nationwide, Plug In America (PIA) calls on citizens from coast to coast to demand that automa... 6/10/2008 Special Report: Alternative Fuel – EVcast.com's Daily Podcast on Electric Cars Takes Off SUDBURY, Mass., June 10 –  Within a few days of launching, the EVcast, the new podcast on electric vehicles (EVs), had over a thousand dow... 6/10/2008 Special Report: Alternative Fuel – Delphi Team Receives U.S. DOE Funding to Help Lower Cost of Power Electronics for Hybrid Electric Vehicles KOKOMO, IN: Jun 10, 2008 – Delphi Corporation announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to lead an industry-gove... 6/10/2008 Special Report: Alternative Fuel – E-FUEL Unveils World’s First Home Ethanol System Los Gatos, California (May 8, 2008) – The world’s first home ethanol system was unveiled today by the E-Fuel Corporation www.efuel100.co... 6/10/2008 Special Report: Alternative Fuel – Johnson Controls-Saft Named as Battery Supplier for Ford Test Fleet of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 10 -- As increasing numbers of consumers look for fuel-efficient, low emission vehicle options, a test fleet of Ford Esca...     12 Next   Last