Protege5_TO

Pro_fan wrote

>>"Are you saying you're gonna be paying like $600 for this windshield replacement??"

The answer to this is NO - Not all. Only half of it...

90210brandon wrote:

>>Well, I guess our advice about a thin windshield didn't matter eh?

I really appreciate your comments guys.... I really do.

I still have time to change my mind as the glass is in back order and it will take couple of weeks to order it in. But here is the reason.

The guy qouted me $365 for an aftermarket glass. It comes with 90 days warranty for parts. For an OE glass with he qouted me $565 ($400 for glass and $165 for install). The OE comes with 1 year warranty.

Either way I still have to pay $300 ... and my insurance picks up the rest.

Why I decided to go for OE glass?

First of... the warranty is one year as compared to 3 months (aftermartket).

Another thing is that ... IMHO thin is ligther than thick... Now our car is already heavy enough for its size.. putting a heavier glass will definitely add extra weight to the car. But is thin less stronger than thick? IMHO our glass is not bad because i got hit so many times before it broke.....i can still recall that the last time was really.. really a big hit ... that i think any glass would not be able to withstand the blow....

The other thing is that I read some mix opinions (not in this thread) regarding aftermarket glass. Some say that the aftermarket is prone to streaks and rain marks... is this true....?

Well.. i am not trying to say that all after market parts are bad... for our car but.... I am very very disappointed with after market bulbs ... I have owned my car for over a year now and I have bought 6 pairs of aftermarket head light bulbs - and one pair of after market fog bulbs. They all broke in just ranging from one week to a couple months. Yes... they are not over wattage.....and ironically those bulbs that i bought were not the cheap ones... So now after all those expensive bulbs ... I have my stock head and fog bulbs in my car.

Again i not trying to say that all after market is bad cause i replaced the stock HU and the intake with an after market one.....

I guess.. what i am trying to say is that ....anything that is glass related.... i want to use OEM parts...:-)

Now i could still change my mind on this....is there any other good name glass that i could compare with this PPG?

Thanks,


Protege5_Toronto.

90210brandon

Fair is fair. Thanks for the explanation. Good luck with the glass.

mrjiggy

GOD DAMN SUV"S...I HATE EM....GAS GUZZLING, ROAD HOGGING, INCONSIDERATE, EARTH POLLUTERS... BURN IN HELL WITH ALL THE GASS YOU GUZZLE I HOPE YOU SUV DRIVERS **** GAS IN HELL

90210brandon

Where did that come from Mr.Jiggy????

mrjiggy

I believe an SUV kicked the rock up that broke his windshield...Since somebody mentioned SUVs...I thought I's throw in my $ .02

Protege5_TO

TheMAN wrote:

>>the OEM glass is made by Carlex.. an American company

Carlex Glass is a division of Central Glass LTD of Tokyo Japan. So our glass is actually made by Central Glass ltd. of Tokyo Japan.

Here is the main website of Central Glass:
http://www.cgco.co.jp
And if you go to their history page:
http://www.cgco.co.jp/english/about/index_history.html
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December 1989 Carlex Glass Company, an automotive glass manufacture, was established in the U.S.A. as a joint venture with Ford Motor Group. (In Dec. 1995, this joint venture was dissolved and became a 100% owned subsidiary company of Central Glass Co., Ltd.)
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Thanks,

Protege5_Toronto.