Trusted Links & Tools
Resources
Curated external websites, tools, and organizations worth knowing about.
Before You Drop Off
What to Bring on Drop-Off Day (PDF)
Demo link for a fictional shop. A one-page checklist: keys and the wheel lock key, anything you need out of the boot, the toll tag off the windscreen, and the child seat out. Bring your paperwork on paper — we take claim and policy details at the desk, never through the website.
example.com →The Eight Photos We Need for an Estimate (PDF)
Demo link for a fictional shop. Where to stand, what light to shoot in, and why a wide shot of the whole side matters as much as the close-up. Crop your plate out before you send them — we do not need it.
example.com →Understanding Your Repair
How a Repair Runs, Stage by Stage (PDF)
Demo link for a fictional shop. Teardown, parts, structure and panel, prep, paint, reassembly, quality check, wash. What happens in each stage, roughly how long it takes, and which two stages are the usual reason a date moves.
example.com →What a Supplement Is, and Why One Appears Mid-Repair (PDF)
Demo link for a fictional shop. A supplement is a written addition to the estimate for damage nobody could see until the panels came off — a bent bracket, a cracked mount, a rusted-through inner structure. It explains what triggers one, what we photograph, and why nothing gets done to your car until you say yes.
example.com →Why Colour Match Is Hard (PDF)
Demo link for a fictional shop. Factory paint codes cover a range, not a point. Ten years of sun moves a silver metallic further than most people expect, and metallic flake lands differently through a different gun. This is why we spray a test card, and why a blend into the next panel is usually the right call rather than an upsell.
example.com →Post-Repair Inspection Checklist (PDF)
Demo link for a fictional shop. Walk the car before you sign. Check panel gaps against the undamaged side, open and shut every door and the boot, look down the body line at a low angle in daylight, and test the lights and the boot release. Bring anything you find back to us — that is what the check is for.
example.com →FTC Consumer Advice: Auto Repair Basics
A real, public reference from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission — what to ask for in writing before work starts, and what a shop owes you. Included to show how an external link sits alongside downloads. It is not our document, and we do not speak for it.
consumer.ftc.gov →Care & Aftercare
Fresh Paint Care: The First 30 Days (PDF)
Demo link for a fictional shop. New paint keeps curing after it leaves the booth. Hand wash only for the first month, no wax or sealant for ninety days, keep it out of automatic washes, and get bird droppings and tree sap off the same day you find them.
example.com →Vinyl Wrap and PPF Care Sheet (PDF)
Demo link for a fictional shop. Wait a week before the first wash. Hand wash with a pH-neutral soap, no brushes, no pressure washer within a foot of an edge or a seam. Matte and satin finishes never get wax. What edge lift looks like, and when to bring it back to us instead of pressing it down yourself.
example.com →Fleet & Trade
Fleet and Trade Rate Sheet (PDF)
Demo link for a fictional shop, with example figures only. Volume panel and refinish rates for fleet and trade accounts, plus turnaround windows. Gated to portal members so the resource directory's access tiers are visible in the demo — real numbers still need eyes on the vehicles.
Members only