This Month: Collision Repair / Suspension, Alignment, Ride Control & Tires
November: Engines & Engine Rebuilding / Heavy Duty Trucks
Articles Written By Michael Anderson:
Loveland, Colo. -- Long before corporations began marketing themselves as "green" or stewards of the environment, Collins Collision Products was carving out a niche by chrome-plating steel bumpers and remanufacturing plastic bumper fascias. This was not only good for the environment, but provided shop owners an alternative to using new OEM parts, said Tempy Bowman, vice president of sales and marketing for Collins Collision Products.
Denver -- A worker swings a hammer to bend red-hot steel into place. Springman Joe Foden is assembling an overload leaf spring for a heavy-duty truck at Denver Spring & Suspension, the same shop where his father and grandfather once worked. Although the technology found in modern passenger vehicles and trucks have changed drastically over the years, the repair methods and physics behind suspensions have remained constant, said Sarah Buffum, owner of Denver Spring & Suspension, which was founded in 1953.