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Turbos Are Cool Again – Here’s How To Keep Them That Way

Tomorrow's Technician

Turbo use has shot up from 5% of vehicles in 2010 to close to 50% in 2024, and that number is only going to keep growing. These lines are subject to mechanical stress from the engine, turbo, road vibrations as well as thermal expansion and contraction. Mechanical stress can cause the materials to fatigue overtime.

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Turbos Are Cool Again – Here’s How To Keep Them That Way

Brake & Front End

Turbo use has shot up from 5% of vehicles in 2010 to close to 50% in 2024, and that number is only going to keep growing. These lines are subject to mechanical stress from the engine, turbo, road vibrations as well as thermal expansion and contraction. Mechanical stress can cause the materials to fatigue overtime.

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Diagnosing BMW LED Lighting Systems

Tomorrow's Technician

Due to the higher light output, these systems were engineered with beam leveling mechanisms and a way to clean the light to alleviate glare for oncoming drivers. Diagnostic Strategy One of the first platforms to get the Dynamic lighting system with LEDs was the F10 and F15 for the sixth-generation 5 Series made between 2010-2017.

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Brake Pad Errors and Mismatches

Brake & Front End

Translating Brake Pad Marketing Jargon For Better Brake Jobs It can be confusing when you look at an advertisement or the side of a brake pad box. Taken at face value, you would think that there would be no more brake noise, more precise stopping distances and that brake pads last forever. As a technician, you know this is not true.

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2025 Proven Marketing Strategies for Auto Repair Shops: Lessons from the Last Quarter

Shop Marketing Pros

Real UX Killers If your site has slow-loading pages, cluttered layouts, tiny fonts on mobile, and it feels like it was built in 2010, you’re getting punished. Let’s not sugarcoat it. This past quarter hit hard. If your traffic dropped, the phones went quiet, or leads slowed to a crawl, you’re not alone. The frustrating part?

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Better Together

Fender Bender

Coming Full Circle After graduating with his collision refinishing technology and management degree from WyoTech in 2007, Chris went to work for Arlie’s in Marion, Kansas, before taking a job at Vern Winter Body Shop in McPherson, Kansas, in 2010. “I always knew that was the direction he was going,” Kena says.

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Honoring Tom Piippo: A Legacy of Leadership in the Automotive Industry

AutoInc.

His leadership led him to serve in various ASA roles, including regional director, the Mechanical Operations Committee (MOC), and most recently, ASA national secretary/treasurer. He was ASE Technician of the Year in 1999, 2005, and 2009, and received the 2010 Al Valle Award from ASA-Michigan.