RFID & NFC Labels
When a windshield tag can't read through metallised glass, the answer is the headlight sticker — a UHF tag encapsulated for the heat and UV inside a headlight housing — for reliable vehicle ID on metallised windscreens.
The RFID headlight sticker is a UHF tag designed to sit inside a vehicle headlight, encapsulated in PET with a strong adhesive for that environment. It suits vehicle identification where a windshield tag reads poorly, such as metallised glass. Confirm the chip, frequency band and reader, then request samples to test.
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Uses non-residual adhesive, ensuring it does not interfere with light transmission.
Incorporates a fragile antenna, once removed, the label will be automatically destroyed. This UHF tag is ideal for applications requiring anti-transfer protection.
The antenna is specifically optimized for headlight applications.
| Product Name | RFID vehicle headlight label |
| Protocol | ISO 18000-6C GEN2 Class 1 |
| Material | Antenna: Aluminum etched Substrate: PET |
| Dimension | Label: 99x12mm (±0. 5mm) Antenna: 95x08mm (±0. 2mm) |
| Frequency | 860MHZ-960MHZ |
| Chip | M4QT |
| Working Mode | Passive |
| Reading distance | ≥1. 0M |
| Working Temperature | -25℃～75℃ |
| Storage Temperature | 0℃～25℃ |
| Humidity | 10% ~ 95% |
| Package | Core ID: 76.2mm(3inch) Quantity: 1000～3000PCS/Roll Packing material: anti-static pearl cotton + bubble pad + anti-static bag + outer carton |
The RFID headlight sticker is a passive UHF (860-960 MHz) label built to sit inside a vehicle headlight, encapsulated in PET with an adhesive chosen for that surface. It carries an EPC that a UHF reader at a gate, barrier or checkpoint reads as the vehicle approaches, so the car is identified without the driver stopping to present a card. It is the companion to the windshield tag for vehicles a windshield tag cannot serve.
It reads under the EPC Class 1 Gen 2 air interface (ISO/IEC 18000-63), so it works with any Gen2 UHF reader; the chip changes the memory and features, not the reader. Its specification lists an Impinj Monza 4QT (M4QT) chip, a read distance of one metre or more, and a working range of -25 to 75 °C.
Most cars take a windshield tag, which is cheaper, prints well and is read from the front. Two things defeat it. Many newer windshields have an infrared-reflective metallic coating or heating wires in the glass, and both block UHF. Motorcycles and some fleet vehicles have no usable glass at all. A headlight lens is plastic and transparent to UHF, so a tag placed inside it reads where a windshield tag would not. If a vehicle's windshield has an uncoated sensor window behind the mirror, a windshield tag still works there; the headlight sticker is for the cars that have no such window.
A vehicle credential is only useful while it stays on the vehicle it was issued to. This label uses a fragile antenna: peeling it off breaks the antenna, so the tag stops reading and cannot be moved to another car intact. The adhesive is a non-residual type that does not cloud the lens or block light. That makes the sticker suitable for access schemes where a tag must not be transferred between vehicles.
UHF is a regional band: 865-868 MHz in Europe, 902-928 MHz in the Americas, with other allocations elsewhere, and the antenna is tuned to the band. Tell us the country of deployment and the reader make and model so the label matches your installation. The UHF RFID frequency lookup lists the band and reader power limits GS1 records for each country. As with all UHF vehicle tags, an access system that grants entry on the EPC alone can be fooled by a cloned tag; the factory-locked TID is unique, and your access software should check it as well. The vehicle RFID identification guide covers reader placement and the security tiers.
The headlight stickers, encoded, locked and printed to your specification, and the windshield tag for the vehicles that can use one. We supply samples for your reader vendor's or integrator's tests; we do not supply UHF readers, antennas, barrier controllers or access software. See the vehicle RFID identification guide for the system view and the full RFID labels range for other formats.
Use it when the windshield blocks UHF, which happens with infrared-reflective metallic coatings or in-glass heating wires and no uncoated sensor window, or on motorcycles and vehicles with no usable glass. A headlight lens is plastic and transparent to UHF. For ordinary laminated windshields, a windshield tag is cheaper and reads from the front.
Its specification gives one metre or more. Where you land depends on reader power and antenna gain, the regional band, the headlight assembly and how well the tag lines up with the reader antenna. Test on your own reader and vehicles.
No, not intact. The fragile antenna breaks when the sticker is peeled off, so it stops reading and cannot be transferred. This is what makes it suitable for non-transfer access schemes.
It reads across 860-960 MHz under EPC Class 1 Gen 2 / ISO/IEC 18000-63, but the antenna is tuned to your regional band, 865-868 MHz in Europe or 902-928 MHz in the Americas among others. Send the country of deployment and reader model.
Yes. We write your EPC scheme, lock it, set the passwords you specify and read every sticker back before it ships. We can print a serial number, barcode or QR code on the label, and numbered stickers come with a list pairing each one's TID and EPC with its serial for your software to import.
No. We produce and encode the tags and supply samples for your reader vendor's or integrator's tests. UHF readers, antennas, barrier controllers and access software come from them. The vehicle RFID identification guide outlines what to ask a reader vendor for.
Send the product, quantity and application so we can confirm the options and pricing for your project.
