Heh! Collex is happy to support Family Resource Associates (FRA)! We are sponsoring a hole for their 29th annual Golf Outing on Monday, June 21st at the Navesink Country Club. Check them out! Since 1981, FRA has sought to help children, adolescents and people of all...
In 2009, Collex Collision Experts was once again recognized as an AutocheX Premier Achiever Award winner for excellence in customer service and satisfaction! Our team is extremely proud as 2009 makes it 5 years in a row! Only the top 5% of all shops across...
Every car we repair at Collex is buffed, cleaned and washed for customer pick up. ...
At Collex we believe a properly repaired vehicle has everything to do with quality throughout the entire process. Because of this, we have inter-departmental quality check points: a vehicle will not proceed to the next phase of repair before the technician and production manager perform...
After assembly, if there are any mechanical or system oriented repairs that have still not been completed, they get attended to. As a few examples, this is when any wheel alignment, A/C recharging or fluids that need to be topped off would be completed. Similarly,...
After paint, a repair returns to our body technicians for the careful assembling of the vehicle. Assembly refers to putting the pieces back together – door handle back in the door; moldings back onto the fender, door or quarter panel; headlamp or tail lamp reinstalled; hood...
We mentioned above the use of our two paint booths. A paint booth is an enclosed and controlled environment that allows our painters to apply paint with less worry of contaminants. Both booths are equipped with blowers and heaters, which aid in the curing and...
OK, bodywork done, then you paint it. Right? Is that with a roller or a brush? Well, not so fast. Actually, the paint is applied with a spray gun (HVLP, or high volume – low pressure), but the application of paint is probably the easiest part....
Following frame repair, our technicians at Collex are ready to replace and/or repair the additional damage. Here is where a technician’s work is largely both an art and a discipline toward doing things right. In replacing parts, it is more an application of discipline. There...
If required, a technician will perform frame repair. The term “framework” comes from work required to properly repair the frame or structural components of your car. Years ago, all cars were built with an independent frame with a separate body that was bolted on to...