by [email protected] | Mar 6, 2018 | Driving Tips, Vehicle Safety
Are Infotainment Screens Too Distracting? Recently, Fiat Chrysler unveiled the new 2019 RAM 1500. It came with some impressive technology like harman/kardon audio, 360-degree cameras, and Apple CarPlay. But the show-stopper was an enormous, 12” infotainment screen in...
by [email protected] | Feb 20, 2018 | Aluminum Repair, Auto Body Repair, Paintless Dent Repair, UCC News
Efficiency Cutting auto body repair time by even a single day is a huge benefit to our customers, and we’re constantly working to make sure you don’t have to spend any extra time without your vehicle. Fortunately, Universal Collision Centre is part of the largest auto...
by [email protected] | Feb 6, 2018 | Auto Body Repair, Hail Damage, Paintless Dent Repair
Maybe you scraped a bollard. Maybe you left your car out during a hailstorm. Maybe you smashed it with a runaway shopping cart. It doesn’t really matter how you did it: a dent is a dent. But don’t sweat it. Thanks to a process called Paintless Dent Repair (PDR),...
by [email protected] | Jan 23, 2018 | Auto Body Repair, Paint
Car Painting At Universal Collision Centre, we would say that the most important part of a repair is making sure our customers vehicles are returned to their original levels of safety and performance. But our customers are also emotionally attached to their vehicles,...
by [email protected] | Jan 9, 2018 | Driving Tips, Vehicle Safety
Not long ago, a headlight was a headlight. Every vehicle featured halogen bulbs and a series of mirrors. They offered fair effectiveness and longevity, and were cheap to replace. But the game has changed dramatically. With the advent of LED, HID, and laser beam (yeah,...
by [email protected] | Dec 27, 2017 | Aluminum Repair, Auto Body Repair
Owners, or prospective buyers, have proven wary of adopting vehicles with aluminum bodies. The most obvious case is the Ford F-150, which met resistance (partly from competitors) when it switched from steel to aluminum alloy a few years ago. Critics mostly speculated...
by [email protected] | Dec 19, 2017 | Auto Body Repair, Driving Tips
Vehicles are expensive. Not just at the moment you sign some paper to buy one, but throughout the course of ownership. Gas, insurance, depreciation, oil, and regular maintenance form a bit of a fiscal sinkhole on their own. So, when you dent your bumper, or scratch...
by [email protected] | Nov 27, 2017 | Driving Tips, Paint
Winter Car Wash During a Saskatchewan winter, keeping your car clean is next to impossible. When the temperature oscillates across the freezing point, your vehicle oscillates from ice-covered to dirt-encrusted. While it might seem futile, keeping your vehicle clean in...
by [email protected] | Nov 9, 2017 | Driving Tips
If you ask the calendar, it may be autumn. But, judging by the weather forecast, winter is here. And that means acute amnesia will divorce Saskatchewan’s drivers from the ability to travel safely on snow and ice. Here are some tips to help improve your winter driving...
by [email protected] | Oct 25, 2017 | Driving Tips, Vehicle Safety
Electronic Stability Control Electronic Stability Control is often called the greatest automotive safety feature developed since the seatbelt. Regardless, most drivers don’t know what ESC does, or whether or not it’s installed in their vehicle. If your vehicle is a...
