The owner can see the car. You can prove the work.

Why a shop pays for this

A restoration takes months, and the customer usually cannot stand in the bay. If the only update is a phone call, they fill the silence themselves. A written status, with the photos behind it, is how you stay in front of the car without living on the phone.

The decisions are the other half. Paint, interior, extra metal, and upgrades should not live in a text thread. When the owner signs off in the portal, you have a record. When they ask for something new, it is a priced request, not a maybe.

How it works

1. 1

   Post the stage, the photos, and what is next. The owner sees the same status the shop sees.

2. 2

   Send reviews and sign-offs before you paint, assemble, or spend their money. They approve from the phone.

3. 3

   Take upgrade requests in writing. Price the work, then start it only after they say yes.

4. 4

   Keep specs, parts, costs, messages, and files on the build. Nothing important stays in one person’s inbox.

5. 5

   Hand over that same file at delivery. It is the warranty and service record for the car.

What the customer gets

A clear view of their car, and a record that still matters after it leaves the shop.

Status they can check

Current stage, the last shop update, photos, and what comes next. They do not have to call to find out where the car is.

Approvals and sign-offs

Paint, interior, and stage reviews arrive with a note. They approve or hold the work before you proceed.

Upgrade requests

A place to ask for extra work, see the price, and decide. The request stays on the build instead of in a text.

One file for the car

Specs, details, photos, receipts, the title, VIN photos, and the build sheet. One location, not five inboxes.

Warranty and service later

After delivery they still have what was done, what they approved, and how the car was built. That is the file a later service visit starts from.

What the shop gets

Less chasing, a written yes before extra work, and a delivery the customer can point to.

Fewer status calls

The answer is already posted. The floor shows every car and whether it is waiting on the owner, the shop, or a part.

A yes you can keep

Change orders and stage sign-offs are written down before irreversible work. You are not reconstructing a verbal approval six months later.

Upgrades that do not get lost

Owner requests become priced add-ons. The shop decides what to quote. Nothing starts on a maybe.

One operating record

Specs, costs, parts, messages, and documents sit on the build. Shop-only files stay off the owner’s page.

More value in the car you deliver

A documented car is easier to trust, easier to warranty, and easier to service. The portal is part of what the customer paid for, not a side app.

Works alongside your shop software

It doesn’t replace your estimating, accounting, or shop-management software. It connects through CSV import and webhooks, the same way a Zapier-style feed would.

Built for client privacy

• Each shop’s builds stay on that shop. Another shop cannot open them.
• Cost and markup stay off the owner’s page. The owner sees the customer price.
• A document marked shop-only is not sent to the owner.
• The shop can export builds, costs, parts, and approvals.