

The Italian Booths Behind Every Carl's Collision Repair
A spray booth is the part of a body shop nobody asks about. Customers ask about the estimate, the rental, the timeline. They almost never ask what their car gets sprayed in, but they probably should. The booth is where the repair becomes invisible, or doesn't. It's the difference between a panel that matches and one that's a quarter-shade off in afternoon light. As part of our commitment to excellence, we made a call: when it was time to invest, we'd buy from the company buil


PPG Picked Our Shop. Here's Why That Matters.
In the summer of 2023, PPG sent a film crew to Carl's Collision Center to shoot a case-study video about the PPG LINQ digital ecosystem. Carl Garcia walked them through the shop, showed them the mixing room, and let them measure what the technology was actually doing for our throughput. The number they came away with was a 15% key-to-key productivity increase. That's the headline. The part that doesn't always get said out loud is the part we want to lead with: PPG is a global


Carl’s Collision Is Tesla Certified — What That Actually Means for Your Car
Tesla doesn’t trust most body shops. We’re one of the few they certified — what that took, what it changes, and what it means if you own a Tesla in southern New England.






