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Your 2017 Favorites: Articles

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Now that the new year is underway, let’s take a look at some of your favorite things from 2017. Let's start with your favorite articles.

It's no surprise that the number one read article for 2017 is a best practice. The I-CAR Best Practice: Recycled Outer Quarter Panels w/Rolled Hem Flanges shot up to the number three article overall since the launch of the RTS website, and is the number one article published in 2017.

Another hot industry topic led to, I-CAR Best Practice: Full-Body Sectioning Should Not Be Done. This article comes in second for 2017, fifth place overall. In third place is the article, 3M Corrosion Protection Quick Reference, which highlighted 3M’s helpful guide to corrosion protection with 3M products.

Your top ten 2017 articles are:

  1. I-CAR Best Practice: Recycled Outer Quarter Panels w/Rolled Hem Flanges
  2. I-CAR Best Practice: Full-Body Sectioning Should Not Be Done
  3. 3M Corrosion Protection Quick Reference
  4. ASA Position Statement: Pre- and Post-Repair System Scanning
  5. Weld-Through Primer Guidelines
  6. Weld-Through Primer Guidelines: Ford/Lincoln
  7. Battery Disconnect Considerations
  8. OEM Linking Pin: Spot Welding On Nissan/INFINITI
  9. OEMs With Free Collision Repair Information
  10. Weld-Through Primer Guidelines: FCA/Stellantis - UPDATE

The RTS team continues to look forward to regularly publishing new articles, with the latest and greatest collision repair information. Follow us on Twitter.

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Hyundai Does Hyundai have a sectioning procedure available?
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