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                Recalibration • Car Craft • ADAS Solutions
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PAINT&PANEL SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2020
 ADVANCED CALIBRATION SERVICE
                              CAR CRAFT WA WAS
JUST ROLLING OUT ITS ADVANCED CALIBRATION SERVICE AS THE COVID LOCKDOWN HIT, BUT IS NOW BACK OUT ON THE ROAD SERVICING MEMBERS.
HE MOBILE SERVICE IS INITIALLY
offered as a benefit to Car Craft members. Barry Liddle is the tech- nical wizard behind the service. He’s a first class mechanic with a back- ground in motorsport including as techni- cal support in the World Rally Champion- ships and for Australian Motorsport teams. His last gig was with a windscreen re- placement company and while he was with them set up their recalibration de- partment. He is invigorated by the chal- lenges each new model presents for ensur- ing all the ADAS systems are restored to factory settings. “It’s a constantly evolv- ing business. New equipment keeps arriv-
ing from Hella Gutmann in Germany. We have a great relationship with Steve Cook at Hella Gutmann Australia and between us work out how to get the best out of the new equipment. It's been challenging over the national and Melbourne lockdown - we connect over Zoom and collaborate - two brains are better than one.”
One of the issues with any recalibra- tion system in Australia is covering the huge range of vehicles on sale. “With ad- ditional software and equipment Ad- vanced Calibration Service has near 100% coverage.
"I’m the only person outside of dealer- ships that is offering this type of service in WA and there are plenty of challeng- es. For example, VWs are totally differ- ent to a Ford or a Hyundai and then there can be a huge difference between the same make and model from the same year," Liddle said.
Liddle says there is a still a need for more education. There is still an impres- sion that it’s only the prestige vehicles that have ADAS systems when so many ‘Mum and Dad’ cars such as Hyundai, Kia and Fords are loaded with sensors, radars and cameras. There is still a misconception that if no fault shows up on the pre-scan that there’s no need for recalibration.
“Our service to members means that we have them covered. Any issues that the car might have had that aren’t accident re- lated are documented and they have re- cords and a report to show that every as- pect of the ADAS systems are working to manufacturers’ specifications.”
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