ADAS calibration in Brooklyn, NY
after the repair, before the keys.
ADAS calibration is the step that points your car's cameras and radar back at the road after a repair has moved them, so lane keeping, emergency braking and adaptive cruise react to what's really in front of you. Exclusive Collision & Repair does it at our shop at 28 Marginal St W in Cypress Hills, and it goes on your free written estimate before anybody touches the car.
Which repairs throw a sensor off?
Driver-assist sensors get aimed at the factory, then bolted into the windshield, the bumpers, the grille and the mirrors, which happen to be the parts a car hits things with. Replace or reshape one of those parts and the sensor inside it ends up looking a little off from where the car thinks it's looking.
Windshield Replacement
The forward camera clips into a bracket on the inside of the glass, up behind the rearview mirror. Swap the windshield and the camera comes off with the old glass and goes back on the new one, so its aim starts over.
Front Bumper or Grille
The front radar that runs adaptive cruise and emergency braking sits behind the bumper cover, or behind the badge in the grille on a lot of cars. A cover that got pushed in, pulled off or replaced can leave that radar pointed slightly off.
Rear Bumper
Blind spot and rear cross traffic radar hide in the back corners of the bumper, with the parking sensors running across the cover between them. Backing into a pole while you squeeze into a spot can be enough to shift one.
Side Mirror
On a car with a 360 degree view there's a camera under each side mirror, and some blind spot warnings light up in the mirror glass itself. A mirror clipped by a passing truck on a narrow Brooklyn street takes that camera with it.
Frame or Structural Work
Every sensor on the car is aimed against the body it's bolted to. When the structure gets pulled back into spec after a hard hit, the cameras and radar have to be set to where the body sits now.
A Warning Light After a Hit
A light tap in a parking lot can bend a sensor bracket and leave hardly a mark on the paint. A driver-assist warning on the dash after a small hit is the car telling you one of its sensors can't see right.
If your car is in for collision repair in Brooklyn, any calibration the repair calls for is part of the same job here, so the freshly repaired car never has to go somewhere else to get its cameras and sensors set. Had the windshield put in at a glass shop that doesn't calibrate? Bring the car here for the calibration on its own, and the camera gets aimed to the new glass the way the manufacturer specifies for your car.
A bracket bent a hair is enough to throw a camera off.
The car doesn't always put a light on the dash to tell you.
Where the sensors sit, and what they run
Most cars built with driver-assist carry some mix of these five, and which ones depends on the year, the make and the trim level. Give us the year, make and model and we'll tell you which sensors your car has and which of them the repair touches.
Forward camera
Lane keeping and lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking, and the traffic sign reading that puts the speed limit on your dash.
Front radar
Adaptive cruise, forward collision warning and emergency braking, often working together with the windshield camera.
Corner radar
Blind spot monitoring, and the rear cross traffic alert that beeps when you back out between two parked cars.
Parking sensors
The park assist chimes that speed up as you get closer, and automatic parking on the cars that have it.
Surround-view cameras
The 360 degree overhead view on the dash screen, stitched together from the cameras around the car.
Static or dynamic calibration
Static calibration is done with the car parked in the bay. Targets, which are printed boards and reflectors, get set up in front of the camera or the radar at the distances and heights the manufacturer measures out, and the system locks its aim to where they sit. The floor has to be level and the space in front of the car has to be clear, so this part of the work happens indoors.
Dynamic calibration happens on the road. The car gets driven at the speeds and on the kind of clearly marked lanes the manufacturer specifies, and the camera relearns the lane lines as it goes. Some cars call for static, some for dynamic, and plenty need one and then the other.
We follow what the manufacturer specifies for your car, and the calibration is done here at the shop rather than sent out to another business. That G-Class is getting a new windshield with its front bumper still off, so the two places a forward camera and a front radar usually sit are both open on one car.
The sensors live in the parts that get hit
This BMW 8 Series came in with the front corner torn open, and along the bumper you can see the round openings where the parking sensors sit. In the after photo the corner is refinished and the parking sensors sit flush in their openings again.
Before 
After Calibration goes on your auto body repair estimate as its own line, right next to the bumper and the paint. When the repair is going through an insurance claim, that line is where your adjuster sees it, before the work starts.
A new bumper can look perfect from the curb
and still have a radar behind it pointed off the road ahead.
What an ADAS calibration here includes
Every ADAS calibration at the shop comes with the same six things, whether it follows a new windshield or a rebuilt front end.
- Calibration written on your estimate as its own line, before any work starts
- The procedure the manufacturer specifies for your car, static or dynamic
- Done here at our shop in Cypress Hills, not sent out to another business
- The right glass with the correct camera bracket when the windshield is part of the job
- OEM parts on the repair the sensors bolt to
- A lifetime warranty on parts, labor and paint for as long as you own the car
Brooklyn drivers on the shop
“Amazing staff! Charlie was very communicative and helped me through the entire process from start to finish. Not only did he fight the insurance for me when they didn’t want to pay, he also got them to put original OEM parts on the vehicle. Back to new like it never happened. Got my car back in a timely fashion with everything completely back to factory. Thanks again Charlie”
“By far one of the best services in New York!!! They made the whole process so smooth from beginning to end. As a first time customer, I never had to deal with insurance claims. The business helped me get my claim and helped me throughout the process. Not many places work alongside their customer. Exclusive body and repair is the real deal and they work with you. They go above and beyond to ensure when you get your car back, you get it better than ever! Thank you again for all your help! Appreciate you Charlie!”
“Charlie is very professional and helpful with an excellent team, we went to get wheelchair access removed, we were very happy with the results and the price as well . Charlie also mentioned their specialized in insurance! I would highly recommend the service this business has to offer , very honest service.”
“I took 2 of my cars to Exclusive. The first car I took was because I hit a deer and the second one I took was side swiped by another car while my car was parked. They both had major damages but Charlie and his crew put them back together and I got my cars back brand new. Charlie is an awesome dude. He's easy to talk to and puts you at ease when he talks to you about your car. All his staff is amazing and very caring. I highly recommend Exclusive body shop.”
“Very late response because I suck at these things but I have to give a shout and a big thank you to Charlie and the crew for fixing my BMW I8 after crashing it over the summer. I gotta say I got the family treatment after the saddest day of my life because I ain't think I would get my car back but wow it came back more beautiful than ever thanks again. And YES I give my thumbs up for anyone to go there with any car body problems. THANK YOU”
“I brought my car here that a friend recommended after an accident and I'm extremely happy with the results.They came to pick me up very quickly, which made a stressful situation so much easier. The staff was friendly, professional, and made the whole process smooth. The turnaround time was exactly what they promised, and getting into a rental car was fast and easy. The work speaks for itself. I would recommend this body shop to anyone without hesitation.”
ADAS calibration across Brooklyn
Calibration happens at our shop at 28 Marginal St W in Cypress Hills, one block off the Jackie Robinson Parkway, the same building where the bodywork and windshield repair get done.
Drivers from Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island bring their cars to the same address, and the work runs the same way. If the car shouldn't be on the road, we can arrange towing in Brooklyn and across the tri-state with a response that's typically 15 minutes to an hour, or you can start with our estimate request form.
ADAS calibration in Brooklyn, NY: FAQs
What Brooklyn drivers ask us about cameras, radar and calibration after a repair.
What is ADAS calibration?
Does my car need ADAS calibration after a windshield replacement?
Can I bring my car in just for an ADAS calibration?
How much does ADAS calibration cost in Brooklyn?
What is the difference between static and dynamic calibration?
Does insurance pay for ADAS calibration after an accident?
Can I drive my car before the sensors are calibrated?
Do you calibrate after a minor fender bender?
The warning light went off on its own. Is the system calibrated?
Windshield or bumper just replaced.
Have the cameras aimed again.
Call or text with what happened and whether a driver-assist light is on. The estimate is free, the calibration sits on it as its own line, and email gets an answer in about two hours during shop hours.
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