Most vehicles built in the last decade have a camera mounted behind the windshield. It powers the safety features you rely on without thinking: lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control.
What replacement changes
Even a perfect windshield install shifts the camera's view by fractions of a degree. At highway speed, a fraction of a degree is the difference between reading your lane correctly and reading the one next to it. That is why manufacturers require recalibration after glass replacement.
How calibration works
- Static calibration aims the camera at precision targets in the shop
- Dynamic calibration fine tunes the system on a road drive
- Many vehicles need both, and we confirm against your manufacturer's spec
The question to ask any glass shop
If you get a windshield quote that seems too cheap, ask one question: does this include ADAS recalibration? If the answer is vague, the safety systems in your vehicle are the corner being cut. Ours includes it, because a windshield that looks right but sees wrong is not a finished job.