This website has a lot of useful power points under committees and reports. It also has contact information for a lot of the insurance heads.
www.degweb.org
This website was developed to help improve the quality and accuracy of collision repair estimates, through proactive feedback from the collision repair industry and other “end users” to the Information Providers (IPs) that supply the databases for the various estimating products. This site enables repair shops to submit Requests for Reviews for Database replacement times on the website. Response time is generally within 48 hours.
This is a website that will show you with actual photos of where to find paint codes for vehicles.
www.law.justia.com/us/cfr/title49/49-6.1.2.3.17.html#49:6.1.2.3.17.0.1.1
This website is the Federal website that explains where the VIN numbers must be displayed on a vehicle and what to do on LKQ parts, as well as replacement parts.
www.paintscratch.com
This website is for the purpose of buying paint touch up kits. However, you can also look up for FREE paint codes on a vehicle and look at color chips WITHOUT buying touch up kits. Great way to determine a paint code if you can’t find it. It does include some RV’s as well as motorcycles.
www.partsvoice.com
This website is the largest open OEM parts locator in the US and Canada. You are able to search for parts based on part numbers or descriptions. This website is awesome.
www.realoem.com
This is a website that allows you to look up BMW part numbers and parts prices. It also allows you to decode all BMW VIN numbers and to view the same exact parts graphics as the dealerships for any model of BMW, with complete parts breakdowns.
www.safekids.com
This website will give you information on child safety seat regulations.
www.stopsteering.com
This website contains OEM position statements and basic information on aftermarket parts, claims handling, insurer steering practices and other matters consumers should consider during the repair process.
www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov
This website is a great website to download items that you could utilize for Twitter feeds or FACEBOOK posts. This website also will assist you with videos in English and Spanish that you might utilize for Consumer awareness presentations and Press Releases
www.3m.com/automotive
This is 3M’s website. It has training videos for their new products, SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures), catalogs and a ton of other great resources.
Subscription based site for accessing all makes repair procedures and technical service bulletins for vehicles 2000 and newer.
www.autocomposites.org
This Automotive Composites Alliance web site has information regarding the manufacturing process and the characteristics of carbon fiber parts for automotive use.
This is a helpful website for firefighters and for technicians to familiarize themselves with which vehicle components are made of UHSS/Boron materials. This website would also be helpful for estimators in educating them on which panels could NOT be repaired due to their being UHSS/Boron.
This website is the premier networking, training and multi-media marketing website created for the collision repair industry.
www.intlmag.org
This International Magnesium Association web site provides information regarding the use of magnesium for automotive applications.
www.paintscratch.com
This website is for the purpose of buying paint touch up kits. However, you can also look up for FREE paint codes on a vehicle and look at color chips WITHOUT buying touch up kits. Great way to determine a paint code if you can’t find it. It does include some RV’s as well as motorcycles.
www.steel.org
The American Iron And Steel Institute website contains technical information regarding the use of advanced strength steel for automotive applications.
www.tech-cor.com/bulletins.asp
This is Allstate’s TECH –COR research Center website. It is free and allows you to see several bulletins and sectioning procedures from the OEMS.