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AutoCosmetic.com on Canada's Motoring 2005 Show
Press Release: March 18, 2005
Once again the AutoCosmetic team is on national television. This time it's TSN's Motoring 2005 (Motoring Television). Originally launched in 1988, Motoring is simply a TV show about cars, and the people who drive them.
What better venue than that for PDR television star, Tony McGrath to display PDR technology and results!
Please check out the 3 minute, appearance segment to the right.
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"Motoring 2005" Segment Video
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Auto Cosmetic Inc. and Speed Channel once again “Transform” how you think about dent repair.
Press Release: August 30, 2004
The highly successful Speed Channel television show “Tuner Transformation” has chosen Auto Cosmetic as it's exclusive Paintless Dent Removal specialists.
Every Tuesday at 7:00pm EST, Tuner Transformation takes an otherwise ordinary owners car and transforms it into a tuners dream. The problem is quite often many of the vehicles aren't in the best of shape and often come with creases, dents and dings. This is when the shows specialists turn to Tony McGrath of AutoCosmetic.com to help bring the car to showroom quality presentation for the owners reveal at the end of the show.
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"TT Scion" Segment Video
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Auto Cosmetic has made several on-camera appearances to date so be on the lookout every week to see if the team gets to apply their proprietary tools and techniques to the latest imperfect donor cars.
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Auto Cosmetic Inc. and Speed Channel take the "Dent" out of high priced bodywork
Press Release: March 10, 2001
Auto Cosmetic Inc., Canada's largest Paintless Dent Removal training center is pleased to announce that they were the featured guests on Speed Channel's "Dream Car Garage" show, which aired on Sunday March 18, 2002 at 6:30 pm EST.
For years, Auto Cosmetic has been providing Paintless Dent Removal training and this latest Television feature recognizes their commitment to achieving the highest quality standards in the industry.
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"Dream Car Garage" Segment Video
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"We have tried to position ourselves as the leaders in the PDR field, both through the innovative training methods that we teach, and in the top quality work that we put out of our retail shop every day" states owner Tony McGrath. He adds: "The fact that Speedvision would come to us really says a lot about the reputation we have built up in our business community". "We do a lot of High End dent removal for companies like BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Acura and Lexus.
The skills we use to repair those vehicles are the same skills we show our trainees how to master every day". "If you are looking for a career in Paintless Dent Removal, you owe it to yourself to start your training with us".
Dent Removal Process Saves Automotive Skin - Tom Hnatiw - Toronto Star
The last time I carried a business card with a title under my name, I worked for a company that, among other things, helps carmakers launch new products to their dealers. Back in '95, we were helping launch the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique in Canada. We had four days to get the show cars ready. Jackie Stewart was going to be there. Jackie Stewart!
We hopped into one of the fully tarted-up V6s to pop over to Ford's agency, a round trip of about 10 km. Not 10 seconds after we got out of the car, some guy in a rusty panel van pulls up beside the thing and bashes it with his door.
I had just read about a process for dent removal that required no painting. I was able to contact a local guy who did this work for dealers. He came over that afternoon and, for $100, made the dent disappear. I was deliriously happy.
Now the process is available to GTA motorists, thanks to Tony McGrath owner of Auto Cosmetic.com. He serves his retail clientelle through the Wheel and Tire Zone in Mississauga. The process involves working at a dent from the back of the panel. Various tools and techniques allow a skilled technician to restore the sheet metal without laying a hand on the paint.
"It's really the paint that's the big difference," said McGrath. "For the last 15 years or so, the process they use to paint cars ends up with a really durable finish. It takes quite a whack to actually crack the paint." So virtually all small and even some large dents can be exorcised, as long as the paint is undamaged.
While preparing this column, it occurred to me that my buddy Hosaki wasn't going to like this. Hosaki, a fellow racer, runs Birchmount Collision.
"I'll tell you what," he said. "I've used paintless dent removal more than once around here. There's no such thing as an OEM-quality paint job at a shop - even Birchmount. So if we can preserve the customer's paint on his high-end car, we're gonna do that."
"Most people can't believe their eyes," says McGrath. "I know I couldn't." The process saves you time; you don't need a rental car. And over the long run, it keeps your car looking better than if you had it repaired and painted the conventional way."
Like any car guy, I needed to know how it worked. So I snooped around a bit. McGrath's tool box is full of things that look like brutalized screwdrivers used to try to pry open a submarine or something. The trick is to be able to reach the back of any given panel without dismantling it. The technician has to have the skill to roll out a dent he can't see from the business end - and use a tool that travels in about three directions at once. Naturally, an important part of the trade is expertise in panel removal and replacement.
I'll bet McGrath knows every single panel fastener on a first-name basis. If you've ever tried to remove and replace a door panel on a modern automobile, you know this is no mean feat.
Tom Hnatiw is host of Speed TV's Dream Car Garage, and Sports Car Revolution TV shows, check your local listings for air times. e-mail: tomhnatiw@sympatico.ca
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