Industry Helpful Info – OKABA

Industry Helpful Info

Feel free to explore some great sites to help in the auto repair business.

Body Shop Helpful Info

Downloadable Documents

Education & Training

Shop Supplies, Tools, & Equipment

Body Shop Helpful Info

ADAS Copilot ADAS and Calibration information, knowledge and repair procedure resource.	CARS – Collision Automotive Repair Services, Inc CARS is a stock-based business cooperative that brings collision repair facilities together with vendors and suppliers to gain discounts, rewards, and training on products and services used in their shops.
Collision Advice	Collision Safety Consultants
DEG – Database Enhancement Gateway Access information provider (estimating system) guide pages, get estimating tips, technical repair help and so much more.	NABR – National Autobody Research Home of Laborratehero.com (free, please enter your rates) and Billablegenie.com (a source for paid claims line items.
OEM1Stop OEM1Stop is intended to provide vehicle repair technicians with easy access to the most up-to-date repair information made available by each of its participating automakers.	SCRS – Society of Collision Repair Specialists To educate, inform and represent the collision repair professional in all aspects of the industry.
VeriFacts Automotive Third-party verifier of excellence in collision repair. We collaborate with collision repair shops, vehicle manufacturers and insurance companies to raise the bar on consistency and quality across the collision repair industry.	Who Pays For What Survey With the goal of helping shops become more aware of the "not-included" repair operations they are doing and whether other shops are being compensated for those procedures, CollisionAdvice and CRASH Network developed this survey series to provide a real-world picture of the payment patterns of the eight largest U.S. auto insurers when it comes to "not-included" repair operations.

Downloadable Documents

Reference Chart of “Not-Included” Operations When Installing New Replacement Parts	SCRS Blend Study 2022
SCRS Guide to Complete Repair Planning	VIN Decode List / Sources to Decode VINs for OEMs
Who Pays For What Survey With the goal of helping shops become more aware of the "not-included" repair operations they are doing and whether other shops are being compensated for those procedures, CollisionAdvice and CRASH Network developed this survey series to provide a real-world picture of the payment patterns of the eight largest U.S. auto insurers when it comes to "not-included" repair operations.

Education & Training

AAMS Training	Axalta Experience the difference with our industry-leading refinish products ranging from surface preparation to undercoats, basecoats, clearcoats, color-matching technologies and accessories.
Canadian Valley Tech Center – Chickasha / Yukon / El Reno	Collision Advice
Collision Safety Consultants	Francis Tuttle – 4 OKC Locations
Gordon Cooper Tech Center	Meridian Tech Center – Stillwater / Guthrie
Mid-Del Tech Center	Moore Norman Technology Center

Paint Supplies

Akzo Nobel	Axalta Experience the difference with our industry-leading refinish products ranging from surface preparation to undercoats, basecoats, clearcoats, color-matching technologies and accessories.
BASF We supply and develop functional materials and solutions that enable vehicles to be built and to operate more efficiently. Our product range includes engineering plastics, polyurethane and specialty foams, coatings, pigments, catalysts, axle and transmission lubricants, fuel additives, coolants and brake fluids, as well as battery materials.	CARS – Collision Automotive Repair Services, Inc CARS is a stock-based business cooperative that brings collision repair facilities together with vendors and suppliers to gain discounts, rewards, and training on products and services used in their shops.
English Color & Supply – Lawton, OKC, Tulsa	LKQ Corp LKQ is a leading PBE distributor. Our locations offer quality supplies at competitive prices. Choose from hundreds of products from trusted brands to help you clean, prepare, fix, finish, or paint your next job or quality, high-value alternatives for the automotive replacement parts marketplace.
Muskogee Discount Auto Color Auto Body Paint and Repair Supplier	National Coatings and Supplies National Coatings & Supplies \| Single Source, Inc. (NCS \| SSI) is the go to place for your automotive paint & industrial paint needs.
O’Reilly Auto Part Your paint and body needs from start to finish.	Shawnee Paints
Sherwin-Williams Sherwin-Williams® Automotive Finishes, a division of The Sherwin-Williams® Company, manufactures and distributes a complete line of advanced technology automotive paint and coating systems.	Tasco Auto Color – Norman

Parts Sources

CARS – Collision Automotive Repair Services, Inc CARS is a stock-based business cooperative that brings collision repair facilities together with vendors and suppliers to gain discounts, rewards, and training on products and services used in their shops.	Jim Norton Toyota
LKQ Corp LKQ is a leading PBE distributor. Our locations offer quality supplies at competitive prices. Choose from hundreds of products from trusted brands to help you clean, prepare, fix, finish, or paint your next job or quality, high-value alternatives for the automotive replacement parts marketplace.	Mighty Auto Parts Mighty Auto Parts Oklahoma sources the highest quality auto parts from the world's leading OE manufacturers, serving as the lynch-pin between manufacturers and only professional technicians from coast-to-coast.
O’Reilly Auto Part Your paint and body needs from start to finish.	Parts Voice Find the parts you need.

Shop Supplies, Tools, & Equipment

ADAS Copilot ADAS and Calibration information, knowledge and repair procedure resource.	Advanced Auto Equipment, Inc
Body Shop Marketing – Daniel Burkholder Accelerate Your Auto Body Shop's Profits with Online Marketing. We use powerful online marketing tools to position you as the expert. We take auto body shop marketing to a whole new level.	Car-o-liner Car-O-Liner® is the leading global provider of high-quality technologically-advanced collision repair equipment to the automotive aftermarket. For more than fifty years, we have supplied the industry with innovative solutions, technical development, training and customer support.
CARS – Collision Automotive Repair Services, Inc CARS is a stock-based business cooperative that brings collision repair facilities together with vendors and suppliers to gain discounts, rewards, and training on products and services used in their shops.	Collision Autoware, Inc Shop supplies and fasteners and so much more.
Keco Body Repair Products Shop Glue Pull & Paintless Dent Repair Tools	LV Myers & Associates