Because October is Fall Car Care Month, this blog contains some fall car care tips to get you in the spirit of the season. Fall is an ideal time to check that your vehicle is in top shape before heading into harsh winter weather and temperatures. Keeping up with basic preventative maintenance helps prevent breakdowns […]

Schaefer Autobody Centers announces their Maplewood location is now a BMW Certified Collision Repair Center (CCRC). The certification gives the independent auto body leader two BMW-certified shops in the St. Louis Metro Area, with the other being in O’Fallon, Illinois. Up until recently, only a BMW dealer-owned body shop could become a CCRC. Schaefer Autobody’s […]

Hopefully you’ve been fortunate enough to have little experience with an automobile accident so far. If that is the case, you may not know exactly what to do when you find yourself in that situation. We want to provide you with a few helpful tips to remember the next time you are in an accident. […]

The end of summer signifies a lot of things: the approach of fall, football season and the new school year, to name a few. Whether you’re preparing your car for the extra commute to school and extracurricular activities or your student’s car for their first year on the road or the drive to college, here […]

You might think an icy winter would be the worst time of year for auto accidents, but you’d be wrong. Summer is actually when vehicle accidents increase in number, sometimes drastically. There are a few likely reasons for the increase: Busy roadways – People are more active in the warmer months. After all, there’s a […]

Are you ever driving along then the windows in your vehicle fog up freaky fast? It has happened to all of us! Here are some science-based tips to quickly defog & defrost your windows. No more pulling over to fight for visibility. Turn your heater on high.You want to absorb as much of the excess […]

Since June is National Camping Month, we wanted to share some fun tips for an activity everyone can enjoy! Camping is something that can be done just about anywhere and by all ages! Have you ever thought about camping in your car? It can be done! Start your trip with a full tank of gas, […]

What Does Total Loss Mean? When something is deemed a total loss it means the paying party has decided not to repair the vehicle. Typically, a vehicle is declared a total loss when the cost of the auto body shop repairs would exceed the actual value of the vehicle. States and insurers vary with their […]

How Do I Know If I Have Hail Damage on My Car? Weather is oftentimes unpredictable and hail can show up out of nowhere. Frozen precipitation falls and it can come down at varying speeds, shapes, and sizes which in turn can create unique damage on an uncovered vehicle. When the hail is over and […]

Materials used to produce car seats will deteriorate over time, jeopardizing the safety and integrity of the product. When the plastic shell starts to deteriorate it becomes more brittle. This could create a situation where the car seat doesn’t hold up the way it should in an accident, which defeats its purpose. Even the metal […]