Auto Damage Estimator — Phase 2 Prototype

1 · Vehicle

VIN — 17 characters (dash plate or door jamb)

Decoding fills year / make / model / trim / engine from the free federal NHTSA vPIC database. A VIN narrows the vehicle — it yields NO part numbers, and fitment is still verified by the estimator.

Built-in vehicle line

Year Make Model Trim Engine

Trim & engine matter (lamp type, intercooler, cooling). Unknown trim/engine → lines are flagged “verify before ordering.”

2 · Damage intake

Did it leak fluid? Does it still run / drive? Did any airbag go off? Is the wheel pushed back / crooked? Any warning lights?

Guided photos

Take the full set — the same angles an adjuster would want. Photos are local-only: they stay on this device, are never uploaded anywhere, and they print with the estimate as a reference appendix.

🤖 AI photo read (Phase-2 assist)

AI photo read: not connected yet. When connected, it may only suggest the impact zone, severity, and visible-damage parts — every suggestion lands in the review screen marked “AI suggestion — verify,” and the estimator approves or deletes each one. It will never price hidden damage and never skip the human gate.

Tap the impact zone(s)

Severity Damage pattern

Heavy front hits automatically put the windshield in Inspect — never auto-replaced from a template. Corner hits carry tire + rim in Inspect; a “crooked wheel” answer upgrades them.

2b · Build a quote by hand — parts library

The whole quoting system, not just templates: start blank and add any part + its labor from the library — glass, tires, rims, bulbs, bumpers piece by piece, brakes, exhaust, ADAS. Safety items are Inspect-only and never auto-priced. Everything lands in the review screen below, fully editable.

Category Part Side (where the part name needs one)

3 · Shop rates (settings)

Seeded from the spec's 2026 market ranges (body $55–85, paint $45–75, mechanical higher, paint materials $28–45 per refinish hr). These are auto-shop rates — not the $125 SnapTakeOff handyman rate. Preset uses body $65 / paint $60 / mechanical $95 / structural $75, per the spec example.

Body $/hr Paint $/hr Mechanical $/hr Structural $/hr Paint materials $/hr (low) Paint materials $/hr (high) Shop supplies / fees $ Tax on parts %

4 · Estimator review — the human gate (never skipped)

Confirm, re-bucket, edit ranges and hours, exclude or delete lines, add lines. Inspect lines are priced separately and stay out of the headline total. Lines at $0 are priced after measurement.

Parts

Incl.	Part (category only — no part numbers)	Bucket	Low $	High $

Labor (shop template times)

Incl.	Operation	Type	Hrs low	Hrs high

Totals

	Low	High