Attaching an e-Tag to a new windscreen

If you're in Victoria you can pick up a new mount from citilink offices or get one sent out, if not I would use a good quality double sided tape, Rhys.

The etag itself comes off the base which stays permanently attached to the windscreen - I assume you levered off the old base - when you got your etag you should have got a spare base use it. If you do not have one they are free from the RTA.

I have bases in all my vehicles and just switch the actual etag as required.

Also it is good to know that as long as you have the rego number listed on your account you do not actually need the etag itself. When you go through without the tag a pic of the number plate is taken which is linked to your account and the fee appears on your account as normal - there are no additional fees over the toll.

But to answer your question - yes rear vision glue is OK but the original bases use good quality double sided tape - so just get some of that - the cheap stuff falls off after a little while though.

Garry

Question from Western Australia......


what's an E-Tag????


What's a Toll Road?????


hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Gotta love living in the only State that that ain't BROKE !!!

Bunnings have a new type of stick on velcro called True grip/ sure grip. The old type used to peel off in the heat but this ones does not. Fantastic for things like Etag. Then when you need the remove the mount it comes off with "some effort", wipe the remaining glue with shellite and your done.

Sticks to dash boards as well. I then stick a piece of matching carpet over the top. If you then put a bit of velcro (hook) on phones etc, you can drop them onto the carpet and no sliding everywhere.

I don't have an e-tag. A few months ago I tried to pay a few tolls by telephone in Queensland but the system would not accept my rego number. Seems it could not cope with the number of digits/letters that a WA registration has :-)) I then managed (with some effort) to talk to a real person who because of a very broad accent I had huge difficulty understanding what she was saying. Believe me it's is a lot easier with an e-tag then try and pay afterwards !

KK

Phone City Link and give them your account number or Rego and they'll post you out a new adhesive mounting bracket for the E-tag.
Ask for two and then you'll have spare if you ever need to replace a windscreen.
ozjohn.