Certain type of windshield glass to use?

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Jun 6, 2012 | 11:20 AM

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Gardimontana_S2K

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Stay away from Safelite for replacements. They're good with repairs but use sh*t glass when replacing a windshield.

Jun 6, 2012 | 02:22 PM

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InTheZone

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Originally Posted by 1FastS2k

I've got 11 years and 260k miles on my original windshield. IT IS DONE! No cracks/spiders, but it is sandblasted and chipped. I really need to replace it, but I'm worried that I'll end up with an inferior wavy windshield. OEM glass has been awesome for me, but what aftermarket glass is good? PPG, Pilkington, etc?

bought my civic with 100,000 miles, windshield looked like it had been sandblasted. Last year and 80,000 miles later I finally decide to get it replaced, which still looked the same as day one, by safelite and couldn't be happier. Glass seems just as strong, just from hearing the knocks from the inside as compared to oem. I've probably had two noticeable rocks hit the windshield from kick ups, but luckily...knock on wood...nothing has chipped/cracked.

And there are no ripples/waves in the glass, it looks smooth. Windshield has about 25,000 miles on it and still looks like factory glass.