There isn’t any other sound quite as fear and anxiety-inducing as a pebble or rock smacking your windshield at 60+ MPH on the highway, only to see a dent or crack immediately forming. Similarly, few events feel as exasperating as walking to your parked car and seeing a crack formed on your windshield, seemingly out […]

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Hail damage is an interesting thing to deal with, to say the least. Why? Well, when hail hits the area where you live, you could deal with anything from small dents on your car’s hood and roof to shattered windows, depending on how large the hailstones are. Let’s look at what hail damage can do […]

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No one wants to be Googling “Car Paint Shops Near Kansas City” the morning after a night of fun firework-fueled festivities. What’s even worse is to realize that the damage will be severe enough to require maintenance. If you’re the unfortunate owner of a firework damaged car, have no fear, because McCarthy Collision Centers have […]

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If you had to pick the single most important thing about a car, what would it be? A lot of people would say money-oriented things like price or fuel economy, while others might say interior space, and others may even say technology or style. In our opinion though, the most important aspect of vehicle design […]

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Car doors are something most of us expect to just work – they should open and close without concern whether your vehicle is brand new or has a quarter million miles on it. Unfortunately, that flawless execution we anticipate is not always the case, and there is a huge list of possible reasons your door […]

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The holiday seasons can be incredibly frantic in Blue Springs and Lee’s Summit, and we imagine you’re going to find yourself in some absolutely packed parking lots as you gather your gifts and prepare for those big family gatherings. There’s a chance the combination of Kansas City’s slick roads, frantic gift shopping runs, and packed […]

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Everybody agrees that nothing’s worse than waking up to an unexpected mess on your car. And the only thing worse than a bird pooping on your shiny, new car is having a bunch of eggs smashed onto it by some neighborhood kids. So, if you’re looking for how to remove egg from a car, you’re […]

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Although it’s not as glamorous a career as “celebrity chef” or “person who writes Netflix categories,” an automotive body technician is arguably more important. What would happen if either of those two professions didn’t exist? Blander food and blander streaming options. That’s not to take anything away from the Ramsays, Flays and Rays of the […]

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Car batteries are notoriously fickle and some of the most volatile parts living beneath the hood. It doesn’t take much for them to go bad, and they usually only live for a few years before needing to be replaced. But when they die, they do so in glorious fashion: Like when you’re already running 20 […]

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You decided to get some shopping done today, so you’ve spent all day bouncing between malls and department stores. You have one more stop to make, but it’s six o’clock, so rather than try to fight for parking up close, you just flip your ride into the very back of the lot—you need to get […]

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