Video Index
Tech-Cor Research videos and other companies’ repair video content.
Industry Information and Repair Videos
3M Collision Repair Solutions
3mcollision.com
- How-To Center — Body Department
(body repair, bumper repair, sealing and coating)[repair videos and process information]
- Standard Operating Procedures for Steel (SOP)
[view PDF]
- Standard Operating Procedures for Aluminum (SOP)
[view PDF]
- Standard Operating Procedures for Heavy Duty Trucks (SOP)
[view PDF]
- Standard Operating Procedures for Steel (SOP)
- How-To Center — Detailing Department
[repair videos and process information]
- How-To Center — Glass Installation and Repair
[repair videos and process information]
- How-To Center — Waterborne Solutions
[process information]
- Library of Videos — Various Categories
[repair videos and process information]
- 3M Auto
[product information and usage videos]
[YouTube Channel]
- 3M Collision Repair
[YouTube Channel]
- Introducing Impact Resistant Structural Adhesive IRSA
[YouTube video]
- Top 10 Questions: Structural Adhesives
[YouTube video]
- 3M Panel Bonding Adhesive
[YouTube video]
- 3M Tech Tips: Applying Panel Bond Adhesives
[YouTube video]
- Door Skin Application with 3M Metal Bonding Adhesive
[YouTube video]
- 3M TECH TIP: How to match OEM Textured Seam Sealers
[YouTube video]
- Introducing Impact Resistant Structural Adhesive IRSA
Aeromotive Services Inc.
www.aeromotive.us
- Wire Damage Evaluation Training for Insurance — [open presentation PDF]
This presentation provides “How to Evaluate and Estimate Wire Damage” for insurance professionals. Including good rules of thumb information about wire damage evaluation and available services from Aeromotive Services Inc. - Evaluating Wire Damage and the Corrective Action:
The topics will walk a Manager, Estimator or Technician through the process of evaluating wire damage and the corrective action to solving one of the industries larger concerns, the architecture of the electrical system.- Part 1: The Anatomy of a Wire Assembly [YouTube video]
We will walk through the terminology, component identification, crimp terminations, and industry standards. - Part 2: Wire Marking Applications, Wire Identification, Types of Cabling and Their Role [YouTube video]
A demonstration on repair preparation. - Part 3: Various Types of Damage [YouTube video]
An explanation what is repairable in the field and what should not be repaired. A demonstration of a field repair. A discussion on re-manufactured wire assemblies. - Part 4: Splicing Techniques – “Live” Demonstration of Sonic Welds to a Wire Assembly [YouTube video]
Splicing techniques soldered and crimped in the field. - Part 5: Cable Wire Protective Cover, Connectorization and Securing [YouTube video]
Testing in the field and in a manufacturing environment. - Part 6: High Speed Cabling-FAKRA System, Shielded Cable and Role of 3D Printing [YouTube video]
- Part 1: The Anatomy of a Wire Assembly [YouTube video]
- Training at Your Fingertips
aeromotive.us/news/training
- Automotive wire and harness repair issue videos
[YouTube Channel]
- Non Collision Wire Damage [YouTube video]
- How to Cut, Strip, and Splice [YouTube video]
- How to Crimp Terminals [YouTube video]
- How to Order Connectors [YouTube video]
- The Six Inch Rule [YouTube video]
- The Six Wire Rule [YouTube video]
- Repairing Wire with the Six Inch Rule [YouTube video]
- How to Replace a 2 Cavity Connector [YouTube video]
- How to Replace a Damaged SRS Connector Housing [YouTube video]
- How to Repair Multiple Wire Damage [YouTube video]
- What to Do When the Damage Exceeds the 6×6 Rule (reprocess the harness) [YouTube video]
- Wire Harness Damage Limitations (reprocess the harness) [YouTube video]
- Removing/Replacing Wires from a Fuse Box [YouTube video]
- Removing/Replacing an ECM 48 Way Connector [YouTube video]
ALLDATA
www.alldata.com
- ALLDATA videos
[YouTube Channel]
- Support and Training
[Repair Information and Diagnostic Support]
- Support and Training
[Resources: Tips, Webinars and News]
BASF Refinish
www.basfrefinish.com
- Automotive refinish and product videos
[YouTube Channel]
Bosch – Front Camera Calibration Demonstrations
ADAS – Bosch Webinar on Recalibrating Driver Assistance Systems [play webinar recording]
Car-O-Liner
www.car-o-liner.com
- Alignment Systems
[YouTube Channel]
CCC Information Services Inc.
www.cccis.com
- Collision repair estimating software solutions videos
[YouTube Channel]
- Using CCC ONE Touch
[YouTube video]
- Using CCC ONE Touch
Celette
www.celette.com
- Celette repair equipment videos
[YouTube Channel]
- MZ Repair System
[YouTube video]
- MZ Repair System
Collision Hub
www.collisionhub.com
- Collision repair and refinish industry videos
[YouTube Channel]
- I-CAR Joins Repair University For Aluminum Update
[YouTube video]
- Quarter Panel Replacement: Weld Bonding with STRSW
[YouTube video]
- Repairing Aluminum Body Panels With Collision Damage
[YouTube video]
- Understanding Collision Repair For Steel Components
[YouTube video]
- Windshield Safety and Removal — Part 1 of 4
[YouTube video]
- Windshield Replacement — Part 2 of 4
[YouTube video]
- Windshield Replacement — Part 3 of 4
[YouTube video]
- Windshield Replacement — Part 4 of 4
[YouTube video]
- I-CAR Joins Repair University For Aluminum Update
Creative Repair Solutions’ Headlight Tab Repair Kit
creativerepairsolutions.com
View a repair alternative for broken headlight mounting tabs
- 2014-18 GMC SIERRA
- 2016-18 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 HID LED
- 2014-20 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HID
Ford – Collision Report Videos
fordcrashparts.com/collision-report-videos
- F-150 Aluminum Door Skin Replacement
[YouTube video]
- F-150 Bedside Repair
[YouTube video]
Eastwood Company
www.eastwood.com
- Auto body tools, products and information videos
[YouTube Channel]
Fender Bender
www.fenderbender.com
- Auto body repair and information videos
[YouTube Channel]
Hunter Engineering Company
www.hunter.com
- Steering and Suspension Informational Videos
[YouTube Channel]
- Inspection of Suspension Components [YouTube Playlist]
• Inspecting a Conventional Tie Rod End [YouTube video]
• Inspecting a Twin I-Beam Ball Joint [YouTube video]
• Inspecting a Sway Bar Link Kit [YouTube video]
• Inspecting a Sway Bar Frame Bushing [YouTube video]
• Inspecting a Strut Rod Bushing [YouTube video]
• Inspecting a Rack and Pinion Mounting Bushing [YouTube video]
• Inspecting a Pitman Arm to Center Link Connection [YouTube video]
• Inspecting a MacPherson Strut Control Arm and Bushing [YouTube video]
• Inspecting an Upper Control Arm Bushing [YouTube video]
• Ball Joint Looseness Inspection [YouTube video]
• Ball Joint Wear Indicators [YouTube video]
• Idler Arm Inspection [YouTube video]
• Inspecting a Lower Control Arm Bushing [YouTube video]
• Inspecting a Rack & Pinion Tie Rod End [YouTube video] - Tire Life and Tread Wear Patterns [YouTube Playlist]
• Fixing Tread Wear [YouTube video]
• Center Tread Wear [YouTube video]
• Inside and Outside Shoulder Wear [YouTube video]
• Outside Shoulder Wear [YouTube video]
• Inside Shoulder Wear [YouTube video]
• Tread Lug Wear [YouTube video]
• Tread Cupping [YouTube video] - Alignment Angles [YouTube Playlist]
• Why Do Cars Need Wheel Alignment? [YouTube video]
• Four Wheel Alignment (Thrustline) [YouTube video]
• Toe Measurement [YouTube video]
• Camber Measurement [YouTube video]
• Caster Measurement [YouTube video]
• Turning Angle [YouTube video]
• Steering Axis Inclination (SAI) – Included Angle [YouTube video]
• Frame Angle [YouTube video]
• Dog Tracking [YouTube video]
• What Causes Alignment To Change? [YouTube video]
• Collision Alignment – Understanding Advanced Diagnostic Alignment Angles [YouTube video]
• Collision Alignment – Blueprint a Car for the Collision Repair Industry [YouTube video]
- Inspection of Suspension Components [YouTube Playlist]
I-CAR
www.i-car.com
- Auto body repair and information videos
[YouTube Channel]
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)
www.iihs.org
- Educational and consumer safety videos
[informational videos to view or purchase]
Topics include:- Understanding Car Crashes: It’s Basic Physics
- Understanding Car Crashes: When Physics Meets Biology
- Young Drivers: The High Risk Years
- Making Safer Roads
- Sober Thoughts on Drinking and Driving
- Helmet Laws: Whose Freedom?
- The Institute’s entire video library
[YouTube Channel]
(research and ratings news, crash testing footage and informational films)- Insurers Preventing Harm
[YouTube video]
- 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air vs. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu IIHS Crash Test
[YouTube video]
- Consumer Reports Commentary on 1959 Bel Air vs. 2009 Malibu Crash Test
[YouTube video]
- Understanding Car Crashes: It’s Basic Physics
[YouTube video]
- Understanding Car Crashes: When Physics Meets Biology
[YouTube video]
- Young Drivers: The High Risk Years
[YouTube video]
- A new chapter for IIHS vehicle research
[YouTube video]
- Insurers Preventing Harm
LORD Fusor® Automotive Aftermarket Products
www.lord.com
- Repair videos (adhesives, sealers and specialty products)
[repair video list]
- Repair procedures (adhesives, sealers and specialty products)
[repair procedure list]
Meguiars USA
www.meguiars.com
- Auto body car care product informational videos
[YouTube Channel]
- How to Professionally Remove Paint Defects
[YouTube video]
- How to Remove Swirl Marks & Scratches
[YouTube video]
- How to Professionally Remove Paint Defects
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
www.safercar.gov
- New vehicle crash test videos, courtesy of the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP)
[YouTube Channel]
Polyvance
www.polyvance.com
- Plastic repair and equipment videos
[“How to” information and video list]
- Plastic repair videos
[YouTube Channel]
- Plastic Identification… What can be welded? What can’t?
[YouTube video]
- Basic Nitrogen Welding Process — TAPAS
[YouTube video]
- Why use Nitrogen to Weld Plastic?
[YouTube video]
- Welding PVC – Temperature Matters!
[YouTube video]
- Rebuilding a Broken Headlight Tab
[YouTube video]
- Headlight Tab Repair Clinic
[YouTube video]
- Nitrogen Plastic Welding: Bumper Tab Strength Test
[YouTube video]
- Nitrogen Plastic Welder — Bumper Flange Repair
[YouTube video]
- Nitrogen Plastic Welder — Repair a Tear to the Edge of a Bumper Cover
[YouTube video]
- Nitrogen Plastic Welder — How to Repair Broken Slot Tabs
[YouTube video]
- Nitrogen Plastic Welder — Recreate Missing Pieces on a Bumper Cover
[YouTube video]
- Nitrogen Plastic Welder — Repairing Large Holes in Bumper Covers
[YouTube video]
- Nitrogen Plastic Welder — Dodge Challenger Bumper Repair
[YouTube video]
- Nitrogen Plastic Welder — Hyundai Sonata Tab Flange Repair
[YouTube video]
- “Hot Spot” Cordless Plastic Stapler
[YouTube video]
- How to Repair Thermoset Polyurethane with a Plastic Welder
[YouTube video]
- Polyurethane Bumper Repair
[YouTube video]
- Repairing Blow-Molded Jeep Bumpers
[YouTube video]
- How to Retexture Bumper Covers
[YouTube video]
- Uses of the 6450 Bumper Bag Plus
[YouTube video]
- How to Use the 6450 Bumper Bag Plus
[YouTube video]
- Plastic Identification… What can be welded? What can’t?
PPG Refinish (USA)
us.ppgrefinish.com
- Automotive refinish and product videos
[YouTube Channel]
- PPG Create Sprayout Card SOP
[YouTube video]
- PPG Identify Color Formula SOP
[YouTube video]
- PPG Basecoat Blending Waterborne SOP
[YouTube video]
- PPG Bumper Sensor Process SOP
[YouTube video]
- PPG Spot Blender
[YouTube video]
- PPG Create Sprayout Card SOP
Refinish Network
www.refinishnetwork.com
- Auto body repair videos
[YouTube Channel]
- How to Blend Car Paint
[YouTube video]
- How to Blend Car Paint on a Bumper
[YouTube video]
- How to Blend Clear by Back-Masking
[YouTube video]
- How to Blend Clear Coat (Base/Clear) — Spot Repair
[YouTube video]
- How to Clear Headlights with an Aerosol
[YouTube video]
- How to Paint Plastic
[YouTube video]
- Three Stage White Car Paint
[YouTube video]
- How to Blend Car Paint
Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc. – North America
www.sgabrasives.com
- Norton Abrasives — Best Practice Videos
Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS)
www.scrs.com
SCRS Presents: Performing Diagnostic Scans
[YouTube video]
- Auto body repair videos [YouTube Channel]
- Adhesives
[YouTube video]
- Corrosion Protection Part 1 of 3 – Primers
[YouTube video]
- Corrosion Protection Part 2 of 3 – Seam Sealers
[YouTube video]
- Corrosion Protection Part 3 of 3 – Cavity Wax and Undercoating
[YouTube video]
- Energy Flow and Steps for Identifying Structural Repairs
[YouTube video]
- Exploration of Aluminum Repair Techniques
[YouTube video]
- Full Frame Replacement
[YouTube video]
- MIG Welding Part 1 of 3 – Equipment and Power
[YouTube video]
- MIG Welding Part 2 of 3 – Settings, Setup and Training
[YouTube video]
- MIG Welding Part 3 of 3 – Protective Equipment
[YouTube video]
- Resistance welding Part 1 of 3 – Power and Preparation
[YouTube video]
- Scanning, Diagnostics and Calibration
[YouTube video]
- Squeeze-Type Resistance Spot Welding How and Why
[YouTube video]
- Adhesives
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes
www.sherwin-automotive.com
- Auto body repair videos
[YouTube Channel]
- Color Families and Pictographs
[YouTube video]
- Color Space Explained
[YouTube video]
- Fix that Run
[YouTube video]
- How to Blend a 3-Stage Basecoat Color
[YouTube video]
- Prime to Shine
[YouTube video]
- Sand that Nib
[YouTube video]
- Color Families and Pictographs
Standox GmbH
www.standox.com
www.axaltacs.com/us
- Standox NA
[YouTube Channel]
Windshields
- Crack Repair (17 inch)
[YouTube video]
- How It’s Made
[YouTube video]
- Removal using the Equalizer® Viper™
[YouTube video]
- Repair Kit Instructions – Chip Repair
[YouTube video]
Wire Repair
- How to solder wires together (best tips and tricks) [YouTube video]
- How to splice wires with crimp, solder and waterproof connectors [YouTube video]