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Debt Instrument, Increase (Decrease) in Basis Spread on Variable Rate

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Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Amount

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Line of Credit Facility Covenant Based on Aggregate Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA

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Line of Credit Facility Covenant Based on Aggregate Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA for Specified Period Following Certain Acquisitions

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Line of Credit Facility Covenant Period Following Certain Acquisitions for which Higher Ratio of Aggregate Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA to be Maintained

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The cash inflow from a debt funding received on a regular basis with maturities ranging from 5-10 years.

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The cash outflow for the settlement of obligation drawn from a contractual arrangement with the lender, including letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time with maturities due beyond one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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The cash outflow to pay off borrowing used to receive debt funding on a regular basis with maturities ranging from 5-10 years.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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DEBT - SMP Holdings Credit Facility (Details)	1 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
DEBT - SMP Holdings Credit Facility (Details)	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	May 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments under term loan						$ 182,500,000	$ 100,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Write-off of debt issuance costs						727,000	1,554,000	0
Borrowings under term loan						0	$ 400,000,000	$ 200,000,000
Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity						$ 700,000,000
Commitment fee on unused portion of the facility (as a percent)						0.50%
Ratio of total indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA						5.0
Ratio of total indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA, for a specified period following certain acquisitions						5.5
Period following certain acquisitions, for which higher ratio of total indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA is to be maintained						270 days
Revolving credit facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)						2.50%
SMP Holdings \| SMP Holdings Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Decrease in basis spread on variable rate				0.75%
Commitment fee on unused portion of the facility (as a percent)					0.50%
Ratio of total indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA				5.0	4.0
Ratio of total indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA, for a specified period following certain acquisitions				5.5	5.0
Period following certain acquisitions, for which higher ratio of total indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA is to be maintained				270 days
Write-off of debt issuance costs			$ 1,500,000
SMP Holdings \| Senior Secured Term Loan \| SMP Holdings Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount					$ 200,000,000.0
Debt instrument, accordion amount				$ 400,000,000
Repayments under term loan	$ 175,000,000		100,000,000
Write-off of debt issuance costs	$ 700,000
Borrowings under term loan		$ 400,000,000
SMP Holdings \| Revolving credit facility \| SMP Holdings Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity				250,000,000.0	$ 150,000,000.0
Line of credit, accordion amount				$ 100,000,000
Repayments of lines of credit			$ 95,000,000
Minimum \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee on unused portion of the facility (as a percent)						0.30%
Minimum \| Revolving credit facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)						1.75%
Minimum \| Revolving credit facility \| ABR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)						0.75%
Minimum \| SMP Holdings \| SMP Holdings Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee on unused portion of the facility (as a percent)				0.30%
Minimum \| SMP Holdings \| SMP Holdings Credit Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)				2.00%	2.75%
Minimum \| SMP Holdings \| SMP Holdings Credit Facility \| ABR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)				1.00%	1.75%
Maximum \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee on unused portion of the facility (as a percent)						0.50%
Maximum \| Revolving credit facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)						2.75%
Maximum \| Revolving credit facility \| ABR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)						1.75%
Maximum \| SMP Holdings \| SMP Holdings Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee on unused portion of the facility (as a percent)				0.50%
Maximum \| SMP Holdings \| SMP Holdings Credit Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)				3.00%	3.75%
Maximum \| SMP Holdings \| SMP Holdings Credit Facility \| ABR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)				2.00%	2.75%