Issue link: http://osercommunicationsgroup.uberflip.com/i/887682
Aftermarket Daily News 5 9 Thursday, November 2, 2017 Ivan Tampi Customs Makes a XIK C7 Corvette Have you ever seen a crazy widebody C7 Corvette as XIK as this? Yes, XIK as in sick is the latest works of Ivan Tampi Customs. Ivan created his XIK widebody kit as a limited edition for his exclusive one- of-a-kind builds for his customers. So exclusive in fact that there is only 100 of the XIK widebody kits being produced and numbered for ITC. His new C7 Corvette creation has had the likes of customers from France to Thailand to Dubai and of course the USA. The kit is a hand laid carbon fiber package that is a direct bolt onto the stock bolts and consists of 15 pieces total to complete the exclusive build. Ivan, who launched his new compa- ny as his comeback from being a body kit designer from the late '90s and early 2000s designing the well known Black Widow body kits and Street Fyghter kits for the imports, vows we haven't seen anything yet. Enhanced Line with Competitive Aftermarket Pricing The entire line of All Terrain and Utility Terrain Vehicles has been enhanced. Now announcing a full line of direct replacement radiators at competitive pricing in time to get at the forefront of this rapidly growing aftermarket. The line includes all popular and hard to find applications for the ATV/UTV enthusiast. The timing of this program offering parallels nicely with the direction that the UTV market is heading. Applications available include: Arctic Cat, Bobcat, Bombardier, Club Car, Cub Cadet, Honda, John Deere, Kawasaki, Kubota, Polaris, Suzuki and Yamaha. Products available include: radia- tors, electric fan kits and heater units. This product line expansion with new aftermarket pricing is part of Northern Radiator's continuing effort to be the leading aftermarket complete cooling system source. For more information, go to www .northernfactory.com/utv. GCommerce Adds Multiple Parts Search to the Virtual Inventory Cloud GCommerce has introduced the ability to search for multiple products from a sin- gle vendor with the Virtual Inventory Cloud (VIC) solution. With the latest enhancement to the service, buyers can easily check availability and receive pric- ing, special charges and freight estimates for multiple items from a single vendor – all with one added click. For years, VIC has offered distributors and retailers visi- bility to the inventory availability of their manufacturer suppliers and the ability to place the order and capture the sale immediately. With this latest enhance- ment, speed and productivity are improved, resulting in more sales. "GCommerce continues to innovate supply chain visibility and commerce solutions that enable resellers in the parts distribution business to delight their cus- tomers and increase sales," said Scott Luckett, Vice President Industry Strategy, at GCommerce. "Competition is fierce from all corners and customer expectations require that front-line parts professionals have visibility to all of the products available from all of their sup- pliers, instantly." VIC eliminates the need to call the factory or check the website for available inventory to satisfy a special order or drop ship order. The VIC quote response includes availability, standard pricing, spe- cial charges, estimated freight costs and delivery times – in seconds. And now VIC can easily support a search for the left and right side parts, the front and rear parts or multiple related components for a specific repair. In less time than it takes to make a phone call, VIC returns all the needed information and places an electronic order, whether it's for one part or many more. Luckett added, "Inventory assort- ments continue to expand and it's impos- sible to keep everything in stock. As the need for special orders and drop ship ful- fillment grows, parts distribution contin- ues to look for solutions that locate the product and capture the sale quickly and efficiently. This is what makes VIC an essential supply chain visibility solution." For more information, visit www .gcommerceinc.com. ALLDATA Product Updates Most Extensive in Company's 30-Plus Year History ALLDATA, an AutoZone company, has rolled out its newest technology platform with extensive, integrated updates to ALLDATA Repair ® and ALLDATA Collision ® . One of those is the addition of Interactive Color Wiring Diagrams that give technicians the option to work with non-OE and factory-direct wiring diagrams, functionality exclusive to ALLDATA. This integrated technology platform now offers customers the fol- lowing. More Data ALLDATA is the No. 1 source of factory- direct vehicle data in the industry, cover- ing more than 38,000 engine-specific vehicles – 95 percent of all vehicles on the road today. Better Search A single search look-up now provides both tech-verified repairs and factory- direct information on one screen, helping technicians find relevant repair info faster. Faster Navigation A redesigned, more intuitive interface gives users the information they need with fewer clicks. "The response to the updated ALLDATA Repair and Collision has been extremely enthusiastic," said Mitch Major, Vice President, Commercial Support, AutoZone and President, ALLDATA. "Making these significant enhancements – including interactive color wiring diagrams – was a direct result of feedback from our existing customer base. We listened to what they wanted and now deliver a radically advanced technology platform with best- in-class performance and usability." With this launch, ALLDATA delivers exclusive functionality not found in com- petitors' color wiring diagrams. Now technicians will save even more time because they can: view diagrams side by side: a major diagnostic time-saver, this functionality is unique to ALLDATA'S interactive wiring diagrams; highlight a specific wire: easily track a wire across all pages in the diagram series; hide non- highlighted wires: non-highlighted wires are ghosted out so techs can clearly see the wires/circuits/components they're working on; pan within a diagram: zoom in/zoom out enables techs to hone in on details; bookmark highlighted articles: techs can find frequently-used articles with just a click; print the full diagram series at once: ALLDATA exclusive; and, toggle between OE and non-OE diagrams for comparison: ALLDATA exclusive. The new ALLDATA documentation style, diagram keys and abbreviations are accessible from one screen and are applied across the entire diagram spec- trum. This is far easier and more user- friendly than using multiple OEM repair databases and having to learn dozens of different formats and abbreviations. Technicians will get up to speed faster and start working right away with access to more than 300,000 interactive color wiring diagrams, covering 49 makes and 24,000 models, 1985-2016. More than 400,000 technicians in 115,000-plus shops trust ALLDATA Repair and ALLDATA Collision to turn bays quickly. ALLDATA is migrating existing customers to the new platform in phases. New customers purchasing ALL- DATA Repair or ALLDATA Collision will have immediate access to interactive color wiring diagrams.