Im having my windshield replaced this week by safelite and wondered if they may be stronger in general and contain the black ceramic dots behind the rearview mirror. Another thing that ran across my mind was the fact that the oem one sheds rain off pretty good. Do the aftermarket pieces have the same coating? Thanks in advanced!

 

saran wrap would be better than the ****ing stock peice.

 

What happened to your windshield?

 

i'm not going to lie bud... i've had that stock POS for almost 4 years and 80k... i think any windshield with rain-x will work just fine


my only huge huge huge huge.... say again.... huge.... complaint, is that the angle of the windshield/height of the car seems to catch every rock chip known to man


never have i ever owned a car with so many damn rock chips... almost makes me want to replace just for that

 

actually.... i still own that POS.... i'll ask the OP's question as well.... would an aftermarket windshield prevent that?

 

I have so many chips if the sun hits it I can hardly see through it...

 

ha... yeah... especially with that winter sun sitting so damn low in the sky. It is pretty terrible. All I know is that the rear window was $800 when someone threw a rock through it. I'll live with the front one as is for a little while longer ....

 

i've had mine replaced by SafeLite about 3 months ago. its better then OEM for sure.

 

like against rock chips? or just water run off?

 

safelite is pretty cheap, like under 200 for a front windshield, no?

 

My safelite is better.

 

Does the SafeLite have the exact same dot matrix as OEM? Maybe we can compare them one day to show everyone the exact differences between OEM and SafeLite?

 

i dont' find the oem windshield all that bad...i only have one chip in it...my bumper/hood on the other hand...

 

Well for me it's not so much chips *knock on wood* that are an issue. More than that, it's the fact that the windshield looks sandblasted. It's particularly bad when the sun hits it. It looks aweful.

 

For me it's the issue of making sure there no streaks at all on it. I'm **** like that. As for chips, I have one in middle of my normal view so it kinda bugs me. Windshield is all around pretty clean and smooth tho... Rain-X is a must IMO

 

ahhhhhhh, i know what you're saying now....and i have that too

I switched my wiper blades to Bosch Icons and i don't need to use Rain-X anymore...

 

+10000000000

cant see a damn thing when the sun hits it.

 

Just never had the time to replace the windshield with the foot long crack. To those the the pitted windshields, damn i didnt know it could get that bad.

 

my windsheild cracked almost all the way across yesterday, how much for a new windsheild you guys think? i cant afford to pay 1k. How much for one of these safelites you guys are talking about

 

Mine was cracked by the first stone at 1k miles. My first Safelite was great until the rear view mirror fell off in my hand at 3k miles (took a creator of glass with it). They replaced it for free and at 47k miles, its still fine.

I'd go back.

Chris