Got a new windshield....

[VROOMCP]

One thing that drove me crazy was all the pitting the OEM window had. I've always heard that the OEM windshields were softer, hence the pitting.

I decided to go with a PPG - Looks great, best of all it was $140 installed. I would post pics, but it's so smooth and clear, no one would notice.

I was hoping to be able to keep the original window to give it away, but a 17 year old window really wants to stay in place...and it cracked..:(

[JasonC]

It is nice to have a new windshield. I replaced mine awhile back with a PPG one. It cost me $114, but i installed it.

[MR 325]

My car really needs one. I saved one that had to be no more than a year old from a parts car so hopefully I'll put it in soon.

[mudflaps]

wow, thats pretty cheap installed.

[silversleeper]

how can i make sure that the windshield replacement company uses a PPG window? and what makes a PPG windshield better than another?

I just got an online quote from Safelite AutoGlass and it came to $238. That sucks.

[Jscotty]

how can i make sure that the windshield replacement company uses a PPG window?

Call them up and ask them if they use PPG windshields and if they do, indicate that this would be your preference.

[fretburnr]

i've needed to do this for some time. mine's not OE - its got distortion and is pitted to hell.

[Lof8]

thread from the dead. where did you guys get windshields put in for $140?? Just got a huge crack in mine and need a replacement.
Any advice other than just take it to an autoglass shop?

[Jand3rson]

Just try to find the best auto glass shop around you, and try to find one that will work with your deductible.

I need a new one, too. Mine has 3 or 4 little chips that are turning into small spider cracks.

[Eric]

I bet i have the most pitted windshield on this board!

mine is the OE windshield from 1989! i still have the engine brake in instructions on the upper left corner of the windscreen.

i've heard of a company in england that makes heated ones. I want one of those, otherwise it would have been replaced long ago

[Hartge_H27]

^ that sounds like something i would want. my range rover has a heated windshield.

[Aptyp]

Lol, I need a new one badly as well. Can't see shit driving into the sun.


How do you get that cheap? Everyone around me wants $300, but that's with rubber seal and trim.

[golde30]

i replaced my OE pitted to hell one 2 years ago, but its a china windshield. no distortion, but its pitting really easily. probably replace it again in a couple years with an OE one.

[TDE30]

Is PPG the factory windshield? If not, does anyone know if the factory ones (the Sekurit/Sicursiv ones) are still available from the dealer?

[Jand3rson]

Is PPG the factory windshield? If not, does anyone know if the factory ones (the Sekurit/Sicursiv ones) are still available from the dealer?

I remember a while back, Jordan was die-hard about getting an OEM windshield, I think he kept having to go back and forth with the dealer because they kept getting him an aftermarket one. I don't remember if he actually ended up getting the OEM one or not.