The new SILENCIO line of windscreen wipers from Valeo offer an exact-match replacement, meeting OE standards. Hybrid wiper blades bring together the mechanical sturdiness of a traditional metal frame with the aerodynamics of a flat blade. This offers a streak-free wipe, even at high speeds, alongside reduced wind noise.   

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Victoria Evans from Esprit Windscreen Repair Equipment shares insights into how ADAS is changing the windscreen repair game, and how savvy mechanics can adapt to boost profits while providing a better service. Windscreens aren’t what they used to be. Once just a piece of laminated glass, today’s windscreens play a key role in a vehicle’s ...

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As the days become shorter and the roads wetter, windscreen repair becomes a more pressing concern for drivers. You could be the one who profits, argues Esprit Windscreen Repair Equipment’s Victoria Evans. As winter brings more showers and colder days, customers will be coming in with windscreen issues more frequently. While tyres and brakes often ...

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Turn windscreen chips into an opportunity instead of a disappointment. Esprit explains. If you’re regularly carrying out MOTs, your heart may sink when a customer comes in with a cracked windscreen. You know that you’re going to have to tell them that the car will fail the MOT, or they’re going to have to fork ...

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A new voluntary code of practice for glazing technicians will ensure that the safety of motorists remains top priority during the replacement or refit of vehicle windscreens. Industry experts including the likes of Thatcham Research, National Windscreens and Nationwide Crash Repair Centres, have issued the ‘ADAS Glazing Code of Practice’, which is aimed at ensuring ...

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A rapid increase in new vehicles with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) featuring windscreen cameras brings major challenges and also opportunity for the whole aftermarket in 2016, claims the newly rebranded Automotive Glazing Academy (AGA).

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