Mobile ADAS Calibration. A Trade Service, Explained.
Yes, we calibrate on site, and it's a trade service: garages, bodyshops and windscreen fitters whose premises can give the equipment adequate space on a flat level floor. Private driveways and car parks can't, so a private car is booked at the service centre that covers your postcode. Send the registration and we'll price each system in writing and route the job the right way.
- Trade site that can clear a level bay? Mobile at your premises, £210 inc VAT per system.
- Private car? Booked into a service centre, from £162 inc VAT per system.
- Calibration certificate after every job.
- Or call 01246 225051, Mon to Fri, 8:00 to 17:00.
Mobile ADAS calibration at a glance
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Price
Trade mobile from £210 inc VAT per system. At a centre, private jobs start at £162 inc VAT.
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Response time
We call back from 01246 223132 within 3 hours, Mon to Fri 8am to 5pm.
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Coverage
UK-wide. Mobile vans go to trade sites that can clear a level bay; every private job books into the nearest of 80+ service centres.
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Certifications
Certificate to manufacturer tolerances, the same standard dealers issue. Issued after every completed job.
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Booking
Online enquiry above. Or call 01246 225051, Mon to Fri, 8:00 to 17:00.
Why we don't calibrate on driveways
Camera and radar calibration works by setting targets around the car at measured distances, and the equipment that does it requires adequate space on a flat level floor. Cleared workshop bays give it that. Sloping driveways and shared car parks don't, and where the targets can't stand, the calibration can't run.
That's the whole split. Mobile visits go to garages, bodyshops and windscreen fitters whose premises qualify. A private car is booked into the service centre covering your postcode, from £162 inc VAT (£135 +VAT) per system.
What calibration costs, mobile and at a centre
The table is the service-centre card, per system, shown inc VAT with the net figure alongside. Mobile at trade premises runs at £175 +VAT (£210 inc VAT) per camera or radar system, and the multi-system discount there is 45% rather than the centre's 35%, scans excluded. Your quote is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Calibration — per system
Coding a replaced part to your vehicle
- When your job needs a diagnostic scan, it's £54 inc VAT (£45 +VAT), always itemised as its own line. It shows which systems were live before work started.
- Two or more systems in one visit: the highest-priced system is full price, each additional system is 35% off at a centre. Scans aren't part of the discount. Front camera and front radar together come to £267.30 inc VAT (£222.75 +VAT).
- A replaced camera or radar is coded to the vehicle and then calibrated, so a replacement job is the coding line above plus the calibration for that system, with the multi-system discount applied at a centre. Your written quote itemises both.
- On mobile trade visits only: if the technician attends and the calibration can't be completed, a sensor fitted misaligned for example, a call-out fee of up to £72 inc VAT (£60 +VAT) applies.
- Mobile calibration is available for garages and bodyshops with workshop conditions. Ask us.
Who mobile calibration is for
The floor decides the route. Here's where each kind of job goes.
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Garages, bodyshops and glass fitters
A technician at your premises where a level bay can be cleared, £175 +VAT per camera or radar system. Rates and the checks before a visit are on the trade page.
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Fleets and dealers
Several cars on one site suits the mobile fleet, where the premises qualify. Same per-system card, each job quoted in writing, Mon to Fri.
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Private cars
Calibration happens at a service centre, from £162 inc VAT per system. Send your postcode and the covering centre's address comes back with the booking.
How we work out what your car needs
Send the registration and postcode. We read which systems the car carries, price each one off the national card, and book the job into the centre that covers your postcode. Its name and address come with the booking confirmation, and slots come up often within the week, depending on centre availability.
Trade jobs run the other way: you tell us what the site can offer, because a floor the car can sit level on is what decides mobile or centre. Everything else about a trade job, the mobile rate, the checks to run before a visit, and how payment works, lives on the trade page, so we keep it there rather than repeating it here.
Common jobs we route every week: calibration after a windscreen swap, front radar after bumper repair, and forward collision warnings that won't clear. The full per-system card is further up this page, and pricing carries the same card with the coding lines explained.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. A mobile visit carries the technician's travel and the target equipment, so a camera or radar system is £210 inc VAT (£175 +VAT) at trade premises, against £162 inc VAT (£135 +VAT) for the same system at a centre. On a mobile visit a reversing camera is £235.20 inc VAT (£196 +VAT) and parking sensors are £213.60 inc VAT (£178 +VAT); the card further up carries the centre rates. A diagnostic scan, when your job needs one, is priced and itemised separately.
Only at trade premises. The test is the site, not the car: if a garage, bodyshop or glass depot can clear a level bay with room for the targets, most camera and radar work can run there, and the trade page is where to start. If the job is your own car, the answer is already decided: it books into a service centre, and you don't need to arrange anything about the space, because the centre has it as standard.
No. Mobile is a trade service, so for a private car we don't quote it at all, however the driveway looks. The reason is the setup: targets have to stand at measured distances around the car on a floor that's flat, level and clear, which a bay can be emptied to provide and a sloping drive, street or office car park can't. Your car goes to the service centre covering your postcode, from £162 inc VAT (£135 +VAT) per system, and its address arrives with the booking confirmation. Your quote is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Both routes are UK-wide. A private car books into whichever of the 80+ service centres covers your postcode; send it with the registration and the confirmation carries the centre's address. The mobile vans travel to trade premises Mon to Fri, and how far they go depends on where they are that week, so send the job and we'll answer for your site rather than guess here.
It doesn't reach the calibration, because none of it happens outdoors. A mobile visit runs inside the trade site's own bay, and a private car is calibrated inside the centre. Where a procedure finishes with the car driven to confirm the result, the technician handles that as part of the job, which is one reason the car needs a valid MOT and fuel or charge in it.
Yes, that's who it exists for. A technician comes out to bodyshops, glass fitters, garages and fleet sites where the bay qualifies, at £175 +VAT per system (£210 inc VAT), Mon to Fri. The only money off the card is the multi-system rule, 45% off every system after the dearest on a mobile visit, with scans outside it. Trade carries the checks to run before you send a job and the rest of the operating detail.
Send the registration. We'll route it right.
Number plate, postcode, and whether it's a trade site or a private car. We come back with the per-system price in writing and the first open slot, mobile or centre. About 60 seconds.