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Field Notes, ADAS blueprinting
Friday, August 21 · #76
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This week, collision shops are asking a harder question: how do you blueprint a vehicle for repair when ADAS systems change the whole scope of work? It's not just about calibration anymore.

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1. ADAS is forcing shops to rethink repair sequence

The industry is starting to see that ADAS systems don't fit neatly into traditional repair blueprinting. Cameras, sensors, and calibration dependencies mean work order sequencing, parts ordering, and scope estimation all shift. Shops that ignore this end up with scope creep, timeline surprises, and denied calibrations. The blueprint itself has to change.

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📬 Hit reply. Reply: what's the one ADAS step that keeps blowing up your repair sequence, parts delay, calibration timing, or something else?

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Published by Absolute ADAS. Mark Fowler, owner. Mobile ADAS calibration in Western Washington. 50,000+ calibrations on the floor.

👀 Tomorrow: we'll break down which calibration dependencies are triggering the most scope creep and what shops are changing in their blueprints first.
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