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ADAS & TechnologyArchive week: May 27, 2022 4 min read

Calibration Tool Sales Surge as More Shops Accept That ADAS Work Is Now Their Responsibility

Equipment vendors at spring trade events in 2022 reported stronger-than-expected demand from independent glass shops investing in static and dynamic calibration tools to keep work in-house.

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By
Ethan
ADAS & Technology Editor

By late May 2022, the auto glass industry's calibration equipment sector was tracking a notable inflection point: spring sales data and vendor conversations showed independent shop investment in ADAS recalibration tools accelerating well beyond the pace observed in 2021.

The catalyst was a combination of factors that had converged in 2022. The approaching ANSI/AGSC/AGRSS 005-2022 standard update signaled formal compliance requirements. Insurer direct-repair programs were beginning to ask about shops' calibration capabilities during network renewal conversations. And ADAS-equipped vehicles had reached market penetration levels where a shop that declined to perform calibration was turning away meaningful revenue on nearly every late-model windshield job.

Equipment vendors offering calibration systems—Autel, Hunter Engineering, Bosch, and several newer entrants—reported conversations with shops that had previously regarded calibration as a dealer-only service. The distinction between static calibration (performed with a target chart in a controlled environment) and dynamic calibration (performed while driving at speed) was now a topic of routine discussion on shop floors that had barely heard the term eighteen months earlier.

Will Govan of Agile Truck and Auto Tools described at the September Auto Glass Week conference in San Antonio what vendors had been seeing since July 2022: "Last year involved a lot of education, getting them to know that they actually need this equipment as glass installers. This year, people are a lot better educated and a lot of them actually have our systems currently." The company reported an upward sales trend that began in July 2022 and continued through the end of the year.

For shops still on the fence, the economic argument was becoming clearer: a shop that referred every calibration job to a dealer was leaving revenue on the table while also extending customer appointment timelines. Calibration fees typically ranged from $150 to $400 per vehicle depending on system type, representing a meaningful revenue opportunity on top of the windshield replacement itself.

Key Takeaways

  • •Calibration equipment sales to independent auto glass shops accelerated in 2022 as ADAS penetration, approaching standards requirements and insurer inquiries all converged.
  • •The distinction between static and dynamic calibration—and knowing which each vehicle requires—became baseline knowledge for competitive shops in 2022.
  • •In-house calibration at $150–$400 per vehicle represents meaningful incremental revenue that shops referring all calibration externally are forfeiting.