Reference and Research

www.onlineconversion.com/

This website offers a conversion tool that can convert measurements of weight, volume, length, temperature, area etc. There are apps for smart phones as well.


www.YouTube.com

There are some interesting collision related channels that have DIY collision info, 3M SOPs, product info etc.  Subscribe to channels on your web browser or on your smartphone using the YouTube App.

Channels to Watch:

  • Collisionhub- They have news, events, DIY info, and educational videos.
  • FenderBenderMag- You tube version of the online magazine.
  • 3Mautobodyrepair  – They have 3M SOP’s.
  • Kpauser   – They have compliance information.
  • Learnautobody  – DIY’s some good info, some bad info.
  • Cityofstarscollision – some of their repair videos.
  • Butlercollision – They have some DIY videos.  Some good info, some bad info.
  • SATAgmbh  – They have SATA spray gun refinish videos.
  • Mitchellintl – This is Mitchell’s youtube channel.
  • CCC – This is CCC Info channel
  • Autorepairhelp101 – They have DIY videos.
  • DIYautoschool – Everything that is wrong about autobody repair.  This guy is trying to get his own reality TV show for his bodyshop.  Great examples/evidence of how not to repair a car.  He thinks he is educating people on how to do bodywork the “right” way.  Extremely comical. Use to show employees on what not to do.
  • SWRNC – same guy as DIYautoschool – it’s the youtube channel for his “business” Southwest Rod and Custom in Texas.  Entertaining to say the least.  It’s no wonder this guy is struggling as a bodyshop owner.  He should go into business as a video editor.

www.SaferCar.gov/vinlookup.

Against a backdrop of increasing automotive recalls, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has gone live with its online VIN-based recall search tool at

Under a recent NHTSA mandate, all major light vehicle and motorcycle manufacturers are required to provide VIN search capability for uncompleted recalls on their own websites, with the data updated weekly. NHTSA’s new VIN look-up tool relies on this information from those sites.