Why it happens? The fact is that being able to repair cars and being able to build a business to repair cars is two completely different things.
What is the standard view of car service? If you have a car service, the most common opinion is that in order to have a lot of customers and earn a lot of money, you need to put it on a busy highway, where many cars pass. The most common types of car services now are those that repair everything that drives 4 wheels.
Firstly, if you want to make a lot of money, you need to focus on those customers who are willing to pay. Customers who are willing to pay money to solve their problems drive brand new foreign cars. It is a fact. More precisely, this is not always the case, but it is much more likely than the fact that they ride old broken Soviet kopecks.
That is why choosing a niche is so important.
Car service organization: Costs for opening a car service:
Typical one-time expenses:
Construction of a car service or alteration of the rented premises to fit your needs.
Selection of premises or land. Typically, realtors take 100% of the cost of the first month of rent, but they also agree to 50%, if asked well.
Payment of rent for the first and last months. Landlords usually charge 2 months as a guarantee fee.
Equipment and tools.
Shop with spare parts and accessories. In a car service, you definitely need a warehouse with spare parts or places where you can get them very quickly. There are services that are initially built near a major dealer in spare parts, and therefore have the ability to quickly get everything you need.
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Advertising for promotion. As well as rent, it will be one-time at the beginning and then constant as the business is conducted.
Personnel search costs.
Telephony and the Internet. If money is scarce, for the first time you can buy a direct mobile number.
Internet charges - paid for connection. If there is no strong need, the first time you can
use gprs.
Furniture non-production.
Office equipment and stationery. Computers, telephones, faxes, photocopiers, printers. If you want to save, you can buy a used one, but you should keep in mind that such a technique will not last long. Here we also take the cash register. If money is in order, enter licensed software here, although for now this is more a declaration than a reality. Software is usually checked on a tip, just like that they don’t go to companies.
Registration of a legal entity.
The costs of approvals and permits.
Unexpected expenses. At least 10% of the total amount of one-time expenses.
Fixed car service costs:Rent - the first year paid.
Salary. We also definitely include our salary. To perform office work, it is best to take an individual person by assigning him a low salary.
Utility payments (if not included in the rental price).
Equipment service.
Communication and the Internet.
Advertising and customer acquisition.
Deductions to government agencies.
Accounting service. NEVER neglect bookkeeping. Many people consider this matter secondary and put it off for later. Bookkeeping should be in order from the very beginning. Otherwise, then there will be very serious problems.
Consumables for repair work.
Unforeseen expenses - 10%.
Car Service Organization: Equipment Selection
The choice of equipment for a car service entirely depends on:
1. The intended target audience.
If you intend to service new foreign cars, you will need the appropriate equipment equipment, which will differ from the equipment for servicing domestic cars. The higher the class of prospective customers, the more expensive it will be to take equipment.
2. The specializations and types of services that you will provide.
The more types of services you want to provide, the more equipment will be needed and the more expensive it will all be
cost. If you want your car service to be engaged only in body repair, then you do not need equipment
for camber. If you only want to change the oil on the locksmith site and install additional equipment,
If you don’t need to spend money on an engine repair tool.
3. Your starting capital.
So you decided that you would repair foreign cars no older than 5 years old, and you would have a locksmith site for 2 posts, a rake post, tire fitting and diagnostics. Now you know what equipment will be needed. It remains only to meet the budget.
Different manufacturers, different modifications of equipment - these are different prices. After you finish drawing up a business plan, it may turn out that there is not enough money, and you decide not to spend money on an imported tire changer, but rather buy a domestic one. Well and so on.
4. The presence of its own land.
If you rent a room, you should be able to remove the equipment and move if you suddenly need it. But this is not possible for every type of equipment.
Car service organization: How to find an equipment supplier?
There is nothing easier. It’s enough to type the magic phrase “equipment for car service” in any Internet search engine - and you will receive hundreds of offers of any necessary type of equipment of any manufacturer. Or you can go to a specialized exhibition and get acquainted with suppliers there. Moreover, the difference in prices from different suppliers for the same equipment can be up to 20%, so it’s worth considering several offers at once.
Car service organization: What should be included in the car service at the initial stage?
Locksmith section, wheel alignment, tire fitting, electrician, diagnostics. If there is money, then the body area and paint brushes. You can provide other services by outsourcing them, especially those that require special knowledge and equipment, such as engine repair.
Car Service Organization: Locksmithing
Locksmiths - this is the most common type of work in a standard car service. The complete set of the locksmith's post depends on what types of work you will carry out, and what brands and types of machines you will service.
Typical equipment looks something like this:
lift;
workbench with a vise;
tool trolley;
installation for draining and suctioning oil;
hydraulic stand;
installation for pumping the brake system;
device for extracting exhaust gases;
pneumatic tools with a set of shock heads;
portable lamp;
set of heads and hexagons;
hammers, pincers, nippers, pliers, pullers;
set of combination keys (6–32 mm).
Additionally, you may need:
oil filling unit;
a device for compressing suspension springs to replace shock absorbers;
starter-charger for starting the engine and charging the battery;
instrument for checking the tightness of the cooling system;
a set for flushing the cooling system and replacing the coolant;
machine for grooving brake discs;
garage crane for hanging the engine;
hydraulic press for mounting and pressing out bearings;
sink for parts;
set of snap ring pullers;
drilling machine;
pneumatic solid-oil pump for pumping grease;
a set of keys for oil plugs;
stand for disassembling the engine, if you do this;
seat covers and fenders, disposable floor mats, steering wheel covers.
Cost of equipment:
Depending on the manufacturer, prices for lifts are approximately the following:
Two-post electromechanical - from 65 000 rubles.
Two-rack hydraulic - from 98 000 rub.
Four-rack - from 130, 000 rubles.
Scissor - from 150 000 rubles.
Plunger - from 200 000 rubles.
Pneumatic elevators for mounting - from 52 000 rubles.
Rolling one-rack - from 26 000 rubles.
Crafting table
Production furniture can be made to order or buy ready-made. A twin-bench workbench Ferrum (Russia) will cost about 15, 000 rubles.
Tool trolley
You can buy an empty one, but trolleys with a set of tools are more often sold. A cart with a set of 205 items King Tony (Taiwan) will cost about 38, 000 rubles. Trolley for 95 items - 7500 rubles.
Plants for draining and pumping oils
Drain installation - about 12, 000 rubles.
Combined installation for draining / pumping oil - about 18 000 rubles.
Pneumatic oil pan - about 19, 000 rubles.
A hydraulic stand with a loading capacity of 300 kg costs about 8, 000 rubles. More powerful at 600 kg - about 11, 000 rubles.
Installation for pumping the brake system Raasm or Alfa - about 12, 000 rubles.
A device for extracting exhaust gases per car costs about 35, 000 rubles.
Pneumatic tool
In addition to the pneumatic tool, there is a power tool with the same functions. There are different opinions about what type of tool to use in a car service. Pneumatics are safer, weigh less, last longer, but
more expensive and more demanding to handle. At prices: the cost of a normal wrench starts from 5000 rubles.
By area.
The minimum room size for a bench with a two-post lift is 4 m wide and 7 m long with a height of at least 4 m. If you use a scissor lift, it’s enough 3.5 m wide and 6 m long. One locksmith is usually enough for one post.
Car Service Organization: Diagnostic Site
The more complex the car, the more difficult it is to determine what is broken in it and what needs to be repaired. Some problems are visible to the eye, some are not. Diagnostics solves the problem localization problem and, in addition, the assessment of some important technical indicators. Conditionally, diagnostics can be divided into three parts:
1. Diagnostics of the brake system and chassis.
2. Engine diagnostics.
3. Diagnostics of other vehicle systems, such as cooling systems.
Different “parts” require different equipment, the cost of the diagnostic section depends on this.
Diagnosis of the brake and chassis:
brake stand
(Platform stands cost from 5, 000 euros, roller stands from 8, 000 euros. Stands for running gear and steering diagnostics cost from 4, 000 euros, drift detectors from 1, 500 euros.)
suspension and shock absorber tester;
convergence tester.
Engine Diagnostics:
on-board computer error scanner
(The cost of the Carman Scan Light multibarder is about 92, 000 rubles. Dealership Hi-Scan Pro Hyundai and Hi-Scan Pro Kia cost 80, 000 rubles each. For European models, the bad version of the Bosh KTS 520 costs 110, 000 rubles in the basic configuration.
If you are going to engage in “our brands”, then take AUTOAS-SCAN.
The cheapest options are scanners from 15 500 rub.)
motortester;
(Popular models. “Avtoas Profi” –3 (65, 000 rubles in the basic configuration), MotoDocII (70, 000 rubles)
four-component gas analyzer or smoke meter;
(The four-component gas analyzer "Autotest 01.03" costs about 38, 000 rubles.)
pressure gauges;
manufacturers' guide to car models.
The order of prices for assembled mobile diagnostic posts: “Vaz / Gas” - from 167, 000 rubles, “Universal” - from 283, 000 rubles, “Asia” - from 264, 500 rubles, “Diesel” - from 213, 500 rubles.
Diagnostics of other systems:
electronic tester for batteries (about 4500 rubles);
installation for servicing air conditioners (about 130, 000 rubles);
installation for flushing and express fluid replacement in automatic transmission (Semi-automatic installation IMPACT 350 (South Korea) will cost 40, 000, and an IMPACT-350A machine - 70, 000 rubles);
installation for servicing the fuel system (from 9000 rubles);
installation for flushing the cooling system and rapid replacement of the coolant (Cost of installation "KS-121"
Civik company (Russia) - 40, 000 rubles. Power Flush Machine from Wynns (Belgium) will cost 55, 000 rubles.)
In addition, there is a central diagnostic rack with a computer and printer to collect and print information from various peripheral devices.
The area of the diagnostic post depends on the set of services and equipment. If you are not going to engage in the diagnosis of brakes and running gear, then even boxing 4 by 7 m is suitable.
Car Service Organization: Wheel Alignment Area
To provide this service you will need:
1. Stand collapse.
The optical wheel alignment stand for 2 wheels SKO-1M (Belarus) costs 43, 000 rubles, laser ULK-2 (Russia) costs 21, 500 rubles. In the price group up to 400 000 rubles. definitely worth taking "TekhnoVector" - it is much better than cheap imports. The cordless stand of the TekhnoVector gathering disorder "T4216" (Russia) - 220, 000 rubles.
2. Lift or specially equipped pit.
3. Traverse (special jack).
4. Turntables.
5. Movable rear platforms.
On many lifts for wheel alignment, front turntables, rear platforms and a cross-arm are already installed.
In this case, you won’t have to buy them separately. If you take separately, for example, for a pit, turntables will cost 11, 000 rubles, the platform is about the same, the crosshead is about 50, 000.
The required area depends on the stand you have chosen. If, for example, you take a 3D stand and make a hole, then the dimensions of the post will be as follows:
1 m from the entrance to the pit (depending on the layout of the room);
4.5–5 m pit itself;
2 m from the edge of the pit to the rack with the console;
0.5 m stand console itself;
0.5 m to the wall.
Car Service Organization: Tire Fitting Section
To provide tire fitting services, you will need at least:
Tire changer;
balancing machine;
bath for checking wheels;
electro (pneumatic) wrench;
hydraulic rolling jack;
vulcanizer;
tread cutter;
various cones;
tire inflation gun;
cone for cars 4? four;
torque wrench;
crafting table;
consumables for tire repair.
Tire stand: Of the low-cost models, you can take the "Master KS-302A" company "Civic" for 48 000 rubles. A higher class semiautomatic Sice406 for 60 000 rubles. Automation like Sice 415, Hoffman 3300, Teco 35 will cost from 85 000 rubles.
Balancing machine: If the balancer “СМБК 60” of the “Civic” company costs about 48 000 rubles, then the Italian “Teco 62” of the same level is already about 75 000. And decent import stands like “Sice 616” cost from 90 000 rubles.
Hydraulic rolling jack. You can take the Chinese Matrix for 4, 000 rubles, but he will not live long. If you need a reliable jack, then it is better to buy a Spanish Mega for 14, 000 rubles.
Vulcanizer. You can take the Russian Sibek, it makes no sense to buy an import. Cost - from 20 to 75 000 rubles. depending on automation and options. A tire inflation gun costs about 3, 500 rubles.
The cone for cars 4 x 4 can come with the machine. It is necessary if you will service jeeps. If you buy separately, it will cost about 4000 rubles.
Consumables for tire repair - plasters, patches, weights, sealants, chemistry. All together will pull on 15, 000 rubles.
We remind you that this was just a small fragment of the book by D. Dubrovsky “We open a car service: where to start, how to succeed” by the publishing house “Peter”. In the same manual you will find detailed recommendations on the choice of equipment, organization of an accounting system, taxation of car service, recommendations on approaches to pricing, certification issues, etc.
08/18/2019