The glass installed was Pilkington. Pilkington is the OEM glass for my three Mercedes and Ferrari. Look at your windshield. The manufacturer is on it. That is what you want. Next time I got a chip, I called Safelite and asked if they could get me Pilkington glass. They said yes, showed up and replaced it. Happened a third time, and Safelite did it a third time.
I had my oem Saint Gobain Sekurit glass replaced with Pilkington glass since insurance didn't want to pay for the OEM. Never had any issues with HUD visibility; however, the replacement was done by the BMW dealer.
Tell them you want Pilkington glass put in. Pilkington is the OEM for Toyota glass.
when i bought my car, i paid 450 for a warranty that covers the windshield, it uses OEM glass replacement. I used said warranty probably 6 months into owning my new ridgeline and new OEM glass+install etc was $1787. Was the only time i felt like i bought something that is usually a rip off, that was totally awesome.
Make sure you get an OEM windshield. Probably pay extra but Ridgelines have an acoustic windshield and if you don’t specify your truck will be noticeably noisier.
Ask your installer for Pilkington Glass. When my OE glass cracked I had Pilkington put in, that was over 10 years ago and I'm still running the same windshield with no cracks.
My wife had to have the windshield changed on her 2024 after a fairly minor rock chip spread into a substantial crack overnight. The OEM on her CR-V is Pilkington, who supplies a lot of auto glass industry-wide. Our insurance didn't allow for OEM glass, so we just made sure the glass shop used Pilkington. The aftermarket windshield hasn't cracked yet, but within a few weeks, another rock hit left a series of defects in the glass (not really chips, but very superficial nicks). Guessing Pilkington just isn't producing a particularly good product, whether it's white label for Honda/Acura or as an aftermarket supplier.
Just over a year of ownership with my 24 Accord and I already have multiple chips and dings on the windshield. All while driving with adaptive cruise control at a far distance.
I had no issues with my 9th gen and that car I drove aggressively when I was younger, you would expect it— but no damages to the windshield.
Love the 11th gen hybrid but the glass quality ain’t it
My 10th gen looks like it’s been through hell. I need to replace it but I haven’t seen a point it is just going to happen again. It’s on like it’s 4 or 5th windshield since 2019
10th Gen owner here, and the glass on mine is garbage to every other car I’ve owned. Haven’t had to replace mine as I don’t have any huge cracks, but the windshield is full of tiny pitting all over. When I wash my car, windshield still looks like shit due to all the pitting.
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