20+ recommended rules
New shops start with common checks already active, including scans, hazardous waste, flex additive, alignment, glass, masking, and cleanup operations.
Estimate Playbook
Catch missed operations with rules built for your body shop.
Upload an estimate or supplement. Collision Lens checks it against 20+ common recommended rules already active for new shops, plus the rules your shop creates. Collision Lens also calculates De-Nib and Polish and Wet/Dry Sand, Rub-Out, and Buff labor hours from applicable refinish time.
Estimate Playbook reviewReady from day one
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20+ recommended rulesCommon checks are active for every new shop
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Your shop's own rulesShop, conditional, insurer, vehicle, and question rules
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Paint labor calculationsDe-Nib and Polish plus Wet/Dry Sand labor
AnswerA shop-owned estimating system
Start with common checks. Add what matters to your shop.
Every new shop starts with 20+ common recommended rules already active. Managers can then add rules from real supplements, DRP requirements, vehicle patterns, and operations the shop does not want missed again.
Shop rules
Create a repeatable list of labor, materials, parts, scans, fees, and documentation your shop wants reviewed on every estimate.
Insurance / DRP rules
Add carrier or DRP requirements that run only when the estimate identifies the matching insurance company.
Vehicle rules
Check year, make, and model-specific items such as one-time-use hardware, clips, calibrations, and related operations.
Conditional rules
When one operation appears, require the related operation your shop expects, such as an alignment after qualifying wheel work.
Review questions
Ask the estimator a focused yes-or-no question when the PDF alone cannot prove whether a related charge applies.
Duplicate review
Give estimators a second look at repeated line items that may need clarification before the estimate is finalized.
Paint-operation calculations
Calculate De-Nib and Polish and Wet/Dry Sand, Rub-Out, and Buff labor from the applicable base refinish time and show the math in the report.
Why body shops use it
Estimating consistency should not depend on who has time to review the file.
New estimators are still learning. Experienced estimators get interrupted. Managers cannot manually check every estimate the same way every day. A saved collision estimating playbook gives the whole shop one review standard.
- Review labor, materials, clips, scans, setup work, and related operations.
- Train estimators against the shop's actual estimating expectations.
- Turn lessons from prior repairs and supplements into reusable rules.
- Create a PDF review report the estimator can work through before submission.
Estimate audit workflow
A second look without another manager reading every line.
Review taskManual processEstimate Playbook
Start with common operationsBuild and remember a checklist20+ rules already active
Remember recurring operationsDepends on memory and experienceSaved as shop rules
Apply insurance / DRP requirementsChecked case by caseRuns only for the matched insurer
Check vehicle-specific itemsRequires prior knowledgeRuns by year, make, and model
Calculate paint operationsMath is worked out separatelyCalculation and supporting math in the report
Build your estimating playbook once.
Use it to review every estimate your shop writes.