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What to do about windshield replacement

Posted By: 375inStroke

What to do about windshield replacement - 08/16/21 05:53 PM

What's everyone using for windshields? From what I've read, AMD, ECS, and Pilkington are fine for quality and thickness. Anything else is too thin.
Posted By: Cab_Burge

Re: What to do about windshield replacement - 08/16/21 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by 375inStroke
What's everyone using for windshields? From what I've read, AMD, ECS, and Pilkington are fine for quality and thickness. Anything else is too thin.

Thin is lighter up work
Posted By: CSK

Re: What to do about windshield replacement - 08/17/21 01:55 AM

Pilkington, the others I have seen are wavy
Posted By: larrymopar360

Re: What to do about windshield replacement - 08/17/21 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by Cab_Burge
Originally Posted by 375inStroke
What's everyone using for windshields? From what I've read, AMD, ECS, and Pilkington are fine for quality and thickness. Anything else is too thin.

Thin is lighter up work
Doesn't seal properly
Posted By: SomeCarGuy

Re: What to do about windshield replacement - 08/18/21 01:24 AM

My car has a pilkington. Seems ok but I just got it so haven’t had time to notice if it’s thin.

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Posted By: GoodysGotaCuda

Re: What to do about windshield replacement - 08/18/21 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by larrymopar360
Originally Posted by Cab_Burge
Originally Posted by 375inStroke
What's everyone using for windshields? From what I've read, AMD, ECS, and Pilkington are fine for quality and thickness. Anything else is too thin.

Thin is lighter up work
Doesn't seal properly


and doesn't fit well against the stainless trim
Posted By: 1972CudaV21

Re: What to do about windshield replacement - 08/18/21 08:49 PM

Call around to your old glass shops and see if they have a PPG collecting dust.
Posted By: topside

Re: What to do about windshield replacement - 08/18/21 10:29 PM

Over decades in the collision repair biz, I've seen flawed (wavy or ill-fitting) glass from both PPG & Pilkington.
PPG is supposedly the better of the two, but sometimes it's not.
Not sure where AMD or ECS is sourced, but hopefully they're checked before shipping.
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: What to do about windshield replacement - 08/19/21 09:58 PM

I had bad luck with an amd windshield. Brand new and within a month it Almost looks like the two layers of glass are separating. Called amd, and they didn't want to hear about it.
Posted By: 58pwrwgn

Re: What to do about windshield replacement - 08/20/21 01:19 PM

There is a dot number on the windshield. That will tell you who manufactured it.
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