• By: Kyle Adams
• Published: 4/4/2016
• Category: Car Tips

Follow this process to fix a flat tire and avoid the frustration of being stranded away from home:

1. Look ahead and locate a safe place to pull off the road away from traffic. The last thing you need once you have a flat tire is to put yourself into harms way by being too close to traffic. Pull as far as you can off the shoulder of the road and as flat of as a surface as possible. You don't want to be at an angle once you have to begin jacking up your vehicle.

2. Turn on your hazard lights. Typically you will find your spare tire, jack and wrench located in the trunk of your car. Place these items on the side of your car opposite of traffic.

3. Loosen the lug nuts with your wrench counter-clockwise. You are going to need to put your weight into it. Don't be shy. Don't take them completely off just yet.

4. Locate the flattest surface possible under the vehicle to place the jack. Be sure to review in your owner's manual how to correctly use your jack. Once you have followed your owner's manual steps to lift your vehicle, be sure to have the tires around 6 inches above the ground.

5. Remove the lug nuts off the vehicle and remove your damaged tire. Be sure to pull the tire off as evenly as possible avoiding any scraping of the wheel.

6. Check the tire pressure on your spare. Be sure to check your owner's manual on your recommended spare tire air pressure and warnings. Place your spare tire on your lug nut posts all the way flush with your wheel-base.

7. Put on all the lug nuts. Hand-tighten the lug nuts on to the posts.

8. Lower the car based off the owner's manual recommendations. Once the vehicle is all the way lowered, begin to tighten the lug nuts. You will tighten one lug nut to about halfway and then go to the opposite lug nut on the wheel and do the same process. Continue this process until all of the lug nuts are half tightened. Once this is completed now do the same process until the lug nut is completely tight. Identify the lug nut opposite and continue to completely tighten going back and forth until all lug nuts are completely tight.

9. Place your tools in your trunk and drive cautiously on your spare. Be sure to follow the recommended warnings regarding your spare tire from your vehicles owner's manual.

• By: Kyle Adams
• Published: 3/2/2016
• Category: Auto Body Shop Announcement

We are thrilled to announce the promotion of Thiago Martins from our Orem auto body shop General Manager to Regional Manager, servicing both our Salem and Orem locations at Martins Collision Repair. Thiago joined the company 12 years ago and has held positions in both the auto body shop in our Orem and Salem locations as well as the auto body shop General Manager for our Orem location.

"Thiago brings a wealth of auto body technical and management expertise to his new role based off his experience beginning as a detailer to working his way up through nearly every position there", says Cameron Adams, Owner of GMI Insurance in Provo, Utah. We are confident in Thiago's abilities as we continue to be the premiere auto body shop in both Orem and Salem.

Please join us in congratulating Thiago as our Martins Collision Repair, Regional Manager. We appreciate his enthusiasm and hard work as we continue to grow and service our customers needs in Utah County.

Best,

Sergio and Ori Martins
Owners

• By: Kyle Adams
• Published: 1/14/2016
• Category: Car Accident

Anyone who has been involved in an auto accident knows how traumatic it can be when your world turns upside down in a matter of seconds. We have provided this guide to help in case this happens to you.

1 – After an accident, look ahead and continue to safely pull your vehicle off to the side of the road.

Being involved in an accident can be a very traumatizing and scary event. Please remember to stay inside your car and navigate your way to the side of the road where you can distance yourself from oncoming traffic.

2 – If someone is injured, you need to do your best to try and get them help.

Do not leave the scene until help has arrived. Remember to be very careful when someone is injured in an accident, because they may have internal injuries that require caution from moving them.

3 – Accidents where there is injury, death or property damage exceeding $1,500 require you to contact law enforcement.

If you are not able to contact law enforcement as a result of the accident, ask your passenger to make contact for you.

4 – Share and receive contact information.

Provide your name, address, registration number, auto insurance provider, auto insurance phone number, insurance agent name, and telephone number. This will allow ease of communication to resolve the claim.

Accidents happen all of the time. They can be very disruptive and cause a tremendous amount of inconvenience and injury. By following this process you can avoid unnecessary disruption, cost and pain.