Auto Body Information
Everyday, across the nation, thousands of motorists are involved in auto accidents. The question soon becomes, "Where's the best place to get my vehicle repaired properly and returned to me as quickly as possible?" For most, the auto body repair process is an unfamiliar one — one that occurs, on average, only once every seven years. And there's a lot at stake: In many households, a vehicle is among the largest assets owned— second only to the home. What's more, the family automobile often represents the only means of getting to work or school.
With so much riding on the decision, it's no wonder that many people look to a qualified resource — a recommendation from a friend, family member or insurance agent — to help them make the right choice.
Now, there's another great way to identify repair facilities with a reputation for taking good care of their customers: The CertifiedFirst Network.The CertifiedFirst Network is comprised of dealership and independently owned auto body repair centers that meet high standards for customer satisfaction, and offer impressive levels of quality, courtesy and professionalism. In short, CertifiedFirst is a name to be trusted in the auto body repair industry.
Since 1909, the experts at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute have been evaluating products to determine whether or not they perform as promised so that they can earn the Good Housekeeping Seal. Today, thousands of products carry the Seal and are backed by Good Housekeeping's two-year Limited Warranty. PPG's paint products have this seal! Body Beautiful sprays a superior refinish product, using PPG's "Envirobase" waterborne product line, which allows us to offer our customers a lifetime, nationwide warranty.
UL is the trusted resource across the globe for product safety certification and compliance solutions. Benefiting a range of customers, they have tested products for public safety for more than a century. All of our equipment from office to shop was certified by UL!
Since 1951, ASA has been the leading organization for owners and managers of automotive service businesses that strive to deliver excellence in service and repairs to consumers. "The Automotive Service Association (ASA) advances professionalism and excellence in the automotive repair industry through education, representation and member services."
Training is an ongoing process at Body Beautiful Collision Repair. Mechanical and body shop technicians are required to complete a minimum of 40 hours of technical training per year. To keep up with today’s complicated systems and changing technology most technicians far exceed this training minimum. Body Beautiful pays for the cost of the training as well as wages during business hours.
Mechanical technicians take two Automotive Service Association’s (ASE) certification tests each spring and fall until they reach Master Technician Status which certifies that they have been trained in all automotive systems. ASE’s mission is to improve the quality of vehicle repair and service through the testing and certification.
Our body repair technicians are encouraged to achieve and maintain
Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) Platinum Individual Status.
I-CAR is a nonprofit organization that is focused on helping the body repair industry to achieve a high level of training. Our body repair technicians have achieved the required number of training hours and certifications to allow Body Beautiful Collision Repair the I-CAR Gold status, the highest I-CAR recognition for a collision repair facility.
