Auto Repair
Craftsman Collision
About Craftsman Collision
The week after a collision is mostly paperwork and phone calls, and knowing where the vehicle is going takes one worry off the pile. Craftsman Collision works from 2727 35 Ave in Vernon, on the flat below the slope of East Hill, in the part of town where the practical trades sit alongside the rest of the downtown grid.
Collision and body work is a different business than mechanical servicing, even though the two often live on the same street. The job usually starts with an estimate and a claim number, moves through parts ordering, and only then reaches the bay, which is why a repair can wait on a supplier for longer than the actual work takes. Shops vary in how much of that they manage on your behalf. Some deal with the insurer directly, some hand it back to you. Ask about the estimate process, ask whether a courtesy vehicle is part of the arrangement or something you organise yourself, and ask for a realistic date rather than an optimistic one, since parts availability is the piece nobody controls.
There is no shortage of ways to dent a vehicle at this end of the Okanagan. Winter here is colder and longer than it is farther south in the valley, gravel and sand get thrown on the hills through the freezing months, and the routes out to the surrounding townships run through open country where wildlife crosses without warning. Add hail in a bad summer and a windshield's worth of chips from a highway drive, and body work stays a steady trade in a city that serves the whole North Okanagan.
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