Trade library · Service and build
Auto Detailing & Repair
What the platform does for an auto shop: it keeps the repair order, the estimate, and the invoice in the order the Motor Vehicle Repair Act sets, on one record.
What it does for you
- Holds the write-up, the written estimate, the authorization, and the invoice on one job record, in the order the statute wants them.
- Flags the written estimate before diagnostic work starts, not after, because that timing is where shops get caught.
- Keeps detailing, mechanical repair, and body work as three different job flows instead of one blended ticket.
- Reminds you to blur the license plate before a job photo goes anywhere near a post.
Your Command Center, in your words
Auto Detailing & Repair has its own configuration.
Stinger is one system, not a different product per trade. What changes is the configuration it runs on: the words on the screen, the columns on the board, the stages a job moves through, and the rules that decide what comes first. This is the Auto repair configuration, as it ships.
The words on the screen
- A piece of work is called
- Repair order
- An incoming call is called
- Service bay call
- The board is called
- Bay board
Job types: Diagnostic, Repair, Maintenance, Inspection.
The columns on your board
- Check-in
- Diagnosis
- Approval
- In bay
- Ready
An incoming caller is a walk-in customer.
The stages a job moves through
- Captured
- Diagnosed
- Quoted
- Approved
- In bay
- Completed
- Paid
The rules that decide what comes first
- No repair starts without a signed estimate
- Diagnostic fee waived if the repair is approved
- Fleet accounts run net-30
The price list it starts with
- Diagnostic
- $120
- Oil change
- $65
- Brake service
- Estimate
- Major repair
- Estimate
These are example figures, not our prices. They are what the configuration ships with so the screens are not empty on day one. You set your own.
Questions she is set up to answer
- What does a diagnostic check?
- Do you work on fleet vehicles?
- Is a loaner car available?
Vocabulary is repair order, bay, and tech hours; nothing starts without a signed estimate.
How you get it: tell us your trade and we set the configuration up with you during onboarding. See every trade's setup questions side by side.
How it differs
Auto is registered with FDACS, not DBPR, and has no license classes in the contracting sense, so this page carries none. The registration fee tiers and any local requirements are withheld in the config as unverified. The compliance sequence in the Motor Vehicle Repair Act is the settled, cited part.
The dashboard layout is shared across every trade. The build stages, job types, permits, and compliance rules below are generated from this trade's own config pack, so they are specific to Auto Detailing & Repair.
Build stages and phases
Repair order service
- The write-up
- Written repair estimate and disclosure
- Diag
- Authorization
- R and R
- Old parts returned or inspected
- ADAS calibration notice
- Invoice
Detail appointment service
- Condition assessment at the door
- Wash and decontamination
- Paint correction
- Protection
- Interior
- Containment and disposal
- Handover and photos
Collision repair build
- Estimating
- Teardown
- Supplement
- Structural and panel work
- Refinishing and blending
- Reassembly
- Calibration
Job types
Maintenance wash service
The recurring bottom tier of the detailing ladder, and the retention layer. Sold on a plan to the enthusiast on a routine.
Full detail service
Wash and decontamination, protection, and interior, in one appointment. The second tier the trade actually sells.
Paint correction service
Compounding and polishing in stages - one-step, two-step or multi-stage - to remove swirls, oxidation and light scratches, measured with a paint depth gauge and inspected under dedicated lighting.
Coating package service
Ceramic coating or paint protection film over corrected paint. Priced as product tier plus preparation labour, and preparation is the majority of the cost. New-car coating is the industry's best margin because the paint is perfect and the correction step disappears.
Interior detail service
Extraction, steam, leather cleaning and conditioning, odour and ozone treatment. Often triggered by something disgusting having happened - spilled milk, a pet accident, smoke - which makes it urgent and emotional.
Mechanical maintenance service
Oil, filters, fluids, rotations, brakes, belts and batteries. Interval-driven, so the repeat cycle is predictable in a way detailing's is not.
Diagnostic and repair service
A failure, a noise, a light or a failed inspection brings the car in. Drivability, electrical, suspension and alignment, cooling, exhaust and transmission. The customer is not shopping; they are anxious and time-pressed, and trust is the entire purchase decision.
Motor vehicle air conditioning service service
Evac and recharge, dye test and leak diagnosis on the vehicle's air conditioning. In Florida this is not a comfort item.
ADAS calibration service
Static or dynamic calibration of advanced driver assistance systems after glass, bumper, mirror or alignment work. New enough that most independents are not tracking the statutory notice duty attached to it.
Body and collision repair build
Estimating and supplements, teardown, structural and panel work, refinishing, blending, reassembly and calibration. The buy trigger is a collision, the payer is usually an insurer, and the repeat cycle is rare.
Permits
Permit triggers from the pack. The pack does not name the local permit or its filing window on purpose, so this page does not either. The building department confirms those.
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Discharging wash water from vehicle washing, detailing, pressure washing or steam cleaning to a municipal separate storm sewer system
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A generator self-transporting used oil to a collection centre, within the conditions on vehicle ownership, quantity and destination set by the used-oil rule
Compliance rules
Obligations that fire on a job, from this trade's pack. Items marked as an open question were not fully settled by the research and should be confirmed, not asserted.
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Written repair estimate above the statutory threshold state
Open question Whether the threshold has been amended again in the 2026 legislative session was not checked past the 2025 statute text. Defer to the current text of Fla. Stat. 559.905.
Fla. Stat. 559.905(1), verified against both the 2024 and 2025 statute text
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The prescribed disclosure block state
Fla. Stat. 559.905
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Charging for an estimate, and waiver of rights state
Fla. Stat. 559.907
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Going over the estimate state
Fla. Stat. 559.909
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The customer's right to the old parts state
Fla. Stat. 559.909
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Invoice contents state
Fla. Stat. 559.911
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The enumerated unlawful acts state
Fla. Stat. 559.920
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ADAS calibration notice state
Fla. Stat. 559.920
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Whether the Act reaches cosmetic detailing state
Open question Whether pure cosmetic detailing falls inside the statutory definition of motor vehicle repair could not be resolved; the definitions section was not read in full. Defer to FDACS.
Fla. Stat. Ch. 559, Part IX
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FDUTPA and prevailing-party fees state
Fla. Stat. 501.204; Fla. Stat. 501.2105; Fla. Stat. 559.921
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Wash water may not reach a storm drain federal
Open question Municipal stormwater ordinances, wastewater-discharge permits, and whether a given city allows driveway washing at all vary by jurisdiction and are withheld. Defer to the city or county stormwater office.
Clean Water Act sec. 402; EPA - Stormwater BMP: Vehicle Maintenance and Washing; EPA - Car Washing
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Used oil management federal
40 CFR Part 279, Subpart C; 40 CFR 112; 40 CFR 280; EPA - Managing Used Oil FAQ for businesses
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EPA Section 609 certification for motor vehicle air conditioning federal
Clean Air Act sec. 609; EPA Section 609 program; ASE Refrigerant Recovery and Recycling Program
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A written warranty needs a stated period federal
16 CFR Part 700; 16 CFR Part 701; FTC Businessperson's Guide to Federal Warranty Law; Fla. Stat. 559.911(5)
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What generated coating copy may and may not say industry
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Licence plates and customer identifiers in job photos industry
vault/knowledge/social-tag-strategy.md sec. 4
Vocabulary the trade actually uses
- RO (repair order)
- the write-up
- diag
- DTC / codes
- R&R
- comeback
- supplement
- decon
- clay bar
- paint correction
- ceramic
- PPF
The screens
The screens above are the shared dashboard the app renders for every trade. The service, build, and command screens are the same across trades. What changes for this trade is the licensing, compliance, stage sequence, and vocabulary on this page, not the screen layout.
Where it stands today
Config-backed for compliance and vocabulary. Auto runs on the shared service and build screens, not a bespoke auto screen set.
Talk to Vincent
Want to see it configured for your work?
Call or text (772) 529-4144 or email StingerIndustries1@gmail.com. He answers the phone.