About one month ago, caught a small pebble in the windshield, right in my line of sight. Two small glass dings resulted. Had SafeLite come to do a 'glass repair'... the tech says he 'stabilized' the damage so it would not spiderweb, but the damage was still very visible from my driving possition, and as I stated above, right in my line of site. I told SafeLite I wanted the windshield replaced - they said 'no problem, $800 bucks' ( or so . . don't recall exact quote).

A year ago, my wife's BMW, with HUD, needed a new windshield - SafeLite did the job and replaced the galss with non-OEM glass. The HUD image was fuzzy. After a few calls, SafeLite claimed their replacement glass was from the same supplyer that BMW uses - -but the glass did not have the BMW logo etched in the glass. Long story short, SafeLite got official BMW OEM glass, replaced the non-OEM glass with the 'official' BMW glass and everything we 'perfect'.

Back to the Corvette story - - - so, bsed on my BMW HUD glass experience, I asked if the glass they intended to use for my Corvette had the 'GM HUD' logo on the bottom right of the gass. Tech didn't know - told him to find out and that he was not authorized to proceed unless the rplacement glass was OEM with logo. A few days latter, SafeLite manger called me an 'assured me' the glass they intended to use was from the same manufacturer as the factory glass, but it did not have the GM HUD logo. Hummmm - I have heard this story before. I told him, 'forget it. I'll go to the dealer'.

Called my friendly, local Chevrolet Dealer (Gearhart Chevrolet, Denville, NJ), spoke to Bernie (the service writer I have been working with for 30+ years) - Bernie told me he would handle it. Took three weeks to get the glass - - - but it was installed yesterday - - 'GM HUD' logo and all - perferct. A little more expensive than SafeLite, but the glass and HUD image is Factory Fresh.

Sorry for the long post - but any of you with HUD should know, at lest from my experience - - OEM glass is the way to go if you need to replace your windshild if you have the HUD option.

Al Engel, 'Save the Wave'

 

Great info, I always go with OEM glass replacements for that reason and tell the insurance company that I want the factory glass installed. My Cadillac has laminated glass for soundproofing and you will know the difference if you got a lesser quality replacement.

 

Yes, thanks for the heads up (pun intended). I would have called SafeLite not knowing the difference.

 

Mine was replaced a few months ago. The Certified part was $1,400 and the non GM part was about $1,100 but State Farm covered the certified GM part, no questions asked. But I have a chip in the new one already :-(

 

I worked for an auto glass distributor for 9 years in the 1990s. Always insist on OEM glass or from a quality auto glass maker like PPG, LOF, Carlite.ect... Whichever brand that was OEM to your model
Run away from Safelite!!! They use their own brand of garbage auto glass.. The Safelite brand always had fitment issues and would break MUCH easier then an OEM shield.

 

Wow! OEM Glass, installed, with curtesy vehicle loaner for the day + tax was less than you are saying you paid for the glass alone!

Al Engel 'Save the Wave'.

 

I'm assuming your response was to my post. I paid nothing for the windshield since I have full glass coverage with State Farm. But yes, the OEM part is expensive.

 

List price is a Hugh make up from what we charged the installer.