Estimating Flashcards
max repair time for bumpers and fenders
6 hours
max repair time for doors, hoods and decklids
8 hours
max repair time for quarter panels
10 hours
max repair time for uniside, pillars and aperture
12 hours
max repair time for roof
15 hours
what to look for in flood damage when assessing damage to engine
milky oil. hydro lock happens when water enters cylinder at end of stroke and water doesn’t compress, piston can’t complete its stroke and can pend connecting rod, crack crank shaft, or blow seals.
what time of damage can be PDR’d?
cone shaped. if the dent has a floor at the bottom, it means it can’t be popped out as the metal was stretched.
fist sized dent: repair time
roughly an hour for every fist sized dent
repair time for a scratch longer than one inch
one hour
repair time for a nick less than one inch
half hour
three steps figure into every estimate:
- damaged panel
- Blend next to damaged panel on horizontal plane
- Remove and Install parts
what are the 10 most common repair processes on estimates?
Replace Repair Refinish Remove/ Install Remove/ Replace Blend Sublet Mechanical PDR Hazardous waste removal
what are 3-4 parts to each quarter panel?
- welded on quarter panel
- wheel well liner
- fuel door
- quarter glass above it
four parts to a trunk to estimate?
- decklid
- trunk lid trim panels and trim kit
- emblem
- nameplates
what connects to the radiator support?
condenser
radiator
fan assembly
what are five parts to a uniside? and what else is a uniside also called?
- windshield pillars
- Roof Rails
- center pillar
- quarter panel
- rocker panel
AKA Aperture panel
what are three parts of a coolant system
- condenser
- radiator
- fan assembly
plus coolant revivor and windshield washer reservoir
what is LKQ
used parts, requires 25% markup on estimates, but some carriers only allow less percentage
common abbreviation for refinish
RF
2 common abbreviations for repairs
RP
RPR
3 qualifications to blend
- metallic paint
- light paint color except white
- share horizontal plane with another panel.
white and black generally don’t require blends.
creases cause…
increases
if you see buckling in quarter panel or uniside, what do you add to estimate?
2 hours for set up and measure and change labor rate to frame
what are the average costs of 2 and 4 wheel alignments, and mount and balance
69.99 & 89.99
mount and balance generally 15
3 parts of hood to estimate
- hood
- insulator - keeps heat off of hood and keeps paint from discoloring. suppresses engine noise, suppresses engine fire - fire melts tabs, liner drops onto engine to give a few seconds to get out.
- information labels
three major types of frame pulls
pull for mash - front or rear
pull for sidesway - diagonal rear
pull for unibody - side impact, t-bone
all are 2 hours at frame labor.
rim damage estimates
repair or replace with OEM, can recondition at 189 estimate
what 7 things to add to an estimate if wheel shifted forward or backward?
- strut
- upper control arm
- lower control arm
- knuckle
- hub bearing
- 4 wheel alignment
- mount and balance
4 parts of a bumper on an estimate
bumper cover
absorber
reinforcement/impact bar
brackets
3 types of headlights
xenon
xenon-halogen
led
8 parts to estimate on a door
- outer panel skin
- door shell (includes skin and frame)
- handle
- glass
- weather stripping
- belt/body side molding
- door trim panel (interior)
windshield 4 parts on an estimate
- windshield
- wipers
- washer nozzle
- cowl - rear of hood supports windshield and diverts rain
3 parts of a fender on an estimate
fender
fender liner
fender flare (not on all cars)
wheel tilted in at top or bottom, what 5 things to write on the estimate:
- strut or upper control arm
- knuckle
- hub bearing
4 mount and balance - 4 wheel alignment
