Have you read my series on my first auto accident? There are three stories about the entire experience, but what I’ve not talked about is the battle for OEM parts over aftermarket parts. OEM parts mean original equipment from the manufacturer, brand new parts off the line. I knew, from working with the awesome sauce [...]
Alan’s Collision Center rarely prefers use of aftermarket parts in collision repair. If the professional team had a choice, they would always use OEM vs aftermarket parts. There’s a battle brewing in OEM vs aftermarket parts in the auto body repair industry. A class-action lawsuit consisting of multiple collision repair businesses from across the country [...]
On June 3, 2015, Alan’s Collision Center, NE Philadelphia, announced a new auto body post repair inspection program to improve safety and reduce risk of poor collision repair for vehicle owners. As more and more auto body shops are getting squeezed with the increasing cost of repair equipment, tools, and labor, the vehicle owner may [...]
When Mercedes-Benz auto body repair includes engine repair that means there are two sets of experts working on your car. You get the mechanics who repair under the hood and pay close attention to the engine. And, you also get the Mercedes-Benz auto body repair team. Just like our team at Alan’s Collision, we repair [...]
Photo Courtesy of PicJumbo Alan's Collision Center is an auto body shop in NE Philadelphia. We've been in business since 1975. So, after 40 years we can honestly say we know something about cars, vehicles, trucks, and anything with four wheels. What we're quite unsure of, however, is the driverless vehicle. In fact, [...]
Anyone who experiences an auto collision requires auto body repair at a collision repair facility. Alan's Collision is an I-CAR Gold Certified auto body shop in Northeast Philadelphia. At Alan's Collision we always prefer to use OEM body parts. No aftermarket body parts are recommended in this collision repair center. We prefer OEM body parts. [...]
Over a busy three days on a weekend beginning March 20, thieves have broken into vehicles in Philadelphia to steal airbags. In all, 17 Hondas and three Acuras were broken into by a theft ring police say have previous prison records. Within one minute, thieves can unscrew three screws and steal the airbag. Vehicle owners [...]
Have you seen this? Last month more than 500 Auto Body Repair shops from 36 states have joined together to file a lawsuit against auto insurer State Farm, as reported by CNN. Shop owners allege State Farm forced them to keep costs low by repairing cars with used, cheap, and sometimes just flat-out broken parts. [...]