JayT
Veteran Member
Hey folks
I am having my windshield replaced after one year for a horizonal crack nearly the entire length below the viewing area of the windshield near where the wipers rest.
I just requested OE glass, is this better/worse than aftermarket glass in your opinion?
reasoning...
Here is the history, last January I hit a deer that rolled up onto the hood and scratched the glass, and it needed to be replaced (note it did not crack the OE glass). The autobody shop subbed this out to an autoglass specialist.
The same kind of crack I am talking about (I swear it looks identical) above "appeared" in April 08, the autoglass place replaced it again under warranty as a "stress crack".
So here we are a year later (nearly) and I am again replacing this windshield. This time my insurance company is charging me my $100 dollar deductable.
To my knowledge nothing has hit my windshield, in fact it looks (and is "brand new") and it is hard form me to say when this newest crack "appeared" but I just noticed it yesterday (it is kind of hard to notice unless you look close since it is below the dash)
Anyway I can eat the $100 bucks for peice of mind if I can make sure that I don't have to do it again (I mean if I collide with something that is one thing), so I have definitely changed glass installer, and I just wanted to know if the OE glass is better?-- since the car is old enough that my insurance company may haggle or say I have to pay extra for the OE glass.
Thanks for your opinions and sorry for the long rant.
ps. I have not contacted the original glass installer or the body shop, they were both just disasterous when it comes to the work they did on my car and I am happy (with exception of being out $100 bucks) to be done with them.
I am having my windshield replaced after one year for a horizonal crack nearly the entire length below the viewing area of the windshield near where the wipers rest.
I just requested OE glass, is this better/worse than aftermarket glass in your opinion?
reasoning...
Here is the history, last January I hit a deer that rolled up onto the hood and scratched the glass, and it needed to be replaced (note it did not crack the OE glass). The autobody shop subbed this out to an autoglass specialist.
The same kind of crack I am talking about (I swear it looks identical) above "appeared" in April 08, the autoglass place replaced it again under warranty as a "stress crack".
So here we are a year later (nearly) and I am again replacing this windshield. This time my insurance company is charging me my $100 dollar deductable.
To my knowledge nothing has hit my windshield, in fact it looks (and is "brand new") and it is hard form me to say when this newest crack "appeared" but I just noticed it yesterday (it is kind of hard to notice unless you look close since it is below the dash)
Anyway I can eat the $100 bucks for peice of mind if I can make sure that I don't have to do it again (I mean if I collide with something that is one thing), so I have definitely changed glass installer, and I just wanted to know if the OE glass is better?-- since the car is old enough that my insurance company may haggle or say I have to pay extra for the OE glass.
Thanks for your opinions and sorry for the long rant.
ps. I have not contacted the original glass installer or the body shop, they were both just disasterous when it comes to the work they did on my car and I am happy (with exception of being out $100 bucks) to be done with them.