Commercial vehicle glass across Sydney

We come to the vehicle. That is the point of a mobile service and it matters more on a work vehicle than on a car, because the alternative is a driver spending half a day delivering and collecting it. What we need is somewhere dry and sheltered enough for the adhesive to bond properly, and room to work around the front of the vehicle. There is no callout fee anywhere we work. Tell us about site access when you book.

A straight windscreen replacement is about two and a half hours on site, or around three hours where the vehicle carries a camera behind the glass and needs recalibrating. The vehicle is ready to drive and load when we finish, because we stay with it through the adhesive cure rather than handing it back and asking you to wait. A chip repair is about half an hour. Planning the job around a period the vehicle is standing anyway is what keeps the real downtime close to zero.

It can, and which limits apply depends on the weight of the vehicle. Over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass, the National Heavy Vehicle Inspection Manual sets specific limits for the wiped area in front of the driver: a bulls-eye or star fracture over 16mm across, a hairline crack over 30mm long, or a crack from the edge of the windscreen over 75mm long are each grounds for rejection. Under 4.5 tonnes, the NSW light vehicle standards apply instead, and those permit only two of three defined damage types in the area in front of the driver. Trucks are inspected at the roadside considerably more often than private cars, so damage ignored for months tends to get found.

Not automatically, and this is worth being clear about before you choose. A resin repair restores the strength of the glass and stops the damage spreading, which is genuinely valuable, but it leaves a visible mark. The limits above describe damage in the driver's vision area, and a repair does not erase it. On a truck that has to pass an inspection, replacement is the safer answer. We will tell you which situation you are in rather than quietly taking the smaller job.

Many now do, and it is the requirement most often overlooked on a work vehicle. Driver assistance systems reading through a camera behind the windscreen are standard on a lot of current commercial vans, and replacing the glass means that camera has to be recalibrated exactly as it would on a passenger car. We perform dynamic calibration, which is a controlled road drive with a scan tool connected, and it is included in the price of the replacement. Where a manufacturer specifies static calibration, which needs workshop conditions we cannot reproduce at a yard, we will tell you and recommend the vehicle goes to the dealership for that part.

Yes. What decides it is how many, what they are and where they are parked, since each vehicle needs its own glass on the service vehicle and its own working time on site. Tell us the count and the models when you book and we will plan the visit around it. We offer business accounts and invoicing rather than payment on the day for each vehicle.

Usually one to three days, and the deciding factor is the glass rather than the queue. Where we hold the glass for a common vehicle we can often attend the next business day. Where it has to be ordered in, which is more likely on commercial body builds because the glass varies so much between variants, allow three days. Send the build details when you book and we will tell you which of the two you are looking at.

Monday to Saturday, 7am to 5pm. We do not attend outside those hours, so a job on a vehicle that only stands still overnight needs planning around a working day rather than fitting into the gap.