Two Rock Strikes Within 30 Minutes - Two Cracks

[dmfelger]

Two bottom dump gravel trucks spewing crap and we get two cracks on our windshield within 1/2 hour of each other. One maybe every five years or so, but two in 30 minutes?

Anyway, $745 labor and around $800 for parts. Insurance deductible - $500.

Did not take the windshield policy when we bought the thing. Still ahead unless ins co decides to be a d**k.

[bren3085]

i found the same thing..on the x5 the front windscreen glass seems to be extremely soft!

I got 2 cracks from small stones being flung up on the freeway..had to to it replaced..since then i've found this new one to be stronger..

[ard]

1. Cheaper than if the rocks had hit paint.

2. I ave a $100 deduct on Comprehensive and it has been cheaper for me given my glass issues... (one every year or two for each car and I have 5)

3. Comprehensive also includes deer strikes, and I've had 3 of those in 5 years.

[onefish2]

Try Safelite. Should be less than $500 with OEM BMW glass.

My other car is a MINI Cooper and I am on my 3rd windshield. I have glass coverage with insurance but if I had to pay out of pocket it would have been about $300 for labor and materials and that was with OEM glass both times.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by bren3085

i found the same thing..on the x5 the front windscreen glass seems to be extremely soft!

A lot has to do with the angle of the windshield -- the more upright it is, the more impact it absorbs from rocks.

[ard]

Originally Posted by onefish2

Try Safelite. Should be less than $500 with OEM BMW glass.

My other car is a MINI Cooper and I am on my 3rd windshield. I have glass coverage with insurance but if I had to pay out of pocket it would have been about $300 for labor and materials and that was with OEM glass both times.

What is "OEM BMW" glass..in your book?

Because glass companies sell OEM(ie the manufacturer that made the OE glass for BMW) and many people say "I want OEM" meaning "I want BMW" and they get "OEM" which is, say LOF/Pilkington, PPG, Carlite, Guardian... one of these MAY be the company that made the BMW glass, but you have no idea which, and more importantly no idea on the specs in terms of product quality that the OEM uses for their private label glass as compared to the BMW glass.

And Safelite is about the worst vendor to install glass. They are terrible, on average (before people start saying "oh, then did mine during lunch and it looks great")

[dmfelger]

The auto glass company our ins co recommended told us the 2011 replacement glass is too new and at this time is a dealer item. We don't have HUD, but do have auto sensor wipers.

[3Series]

[QUOTE=ard;832519]What is "OEM BMW" glass..in your book?

Because glass companies sell OEM(ie the manufacturer that made the OE glass for BMW) and many people say "I want OEM" meaning "I want BMW" and they get "OEM" which is, say LOF/Pilkington, PPG, Carlite, Guardian... one of these MAY be the company that made the BMW glass, but you have no idea which, and more importantly no idea on the specs in terms of product quality that the OEM uses for their private label glass as compared to the BMW glass.

I know what you are getting at but OEM is BMW. OES is an orig equipment supplier.

OEM would have the brand symbol on the glass. OES would not.

Textar brake pads are OES, OEM, you would get a BMW branded box.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by 3Series

OEM would have the brand symbol on the glass. OES would not.

Different people and suppliers use the terms differently, e.g.

Definition of OE Original Equipment, OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer, Genuine, Aftermarket Parts :: epsparts.com - European Parts Specialists, Ltd.

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The only thing which is 100% correct is that not everyone agrees to the meanings, even those entities selling the parts.

The only way to know for sure is to make sure that when you buy parts, or have work done, that you have a common understanding with the provider of the parts and/or service of what OE, OES, OEM etc. means and what parts will be used.

[ard]

Originally Posted by 3Series

I know what you are getting at but OEM is BMW. OES is an orig equipment supplier.

OEM would have the brand symbol on the glass. OES would not.

Textar brake pads are OES, OEM, you would get a BMW branded box.

See, this is part of the problem with "OEM".

YOU may think that is what it means, but most vendor do not.

In actual fact, the genesis of "OEM" was to connote parts made by the original equimnet manufacturer, but not sold under the OE brand..so it was OEM.

But now the term is being abused to mean whatever the seller wants it to say.

Indeed, they use "OEM" to mean "not BMW".

Back to textar pads. The pads with a BMW box are OE. The pads with Textar are OEM or OES. Textar is the OEM (and the OES) for the BMW OE pads.



How many wheel sales on Ebay list "OEM wheels"... which are not, in fact, BMW wheels...but rather copies of BMW wheels made by a company that once made a wheel for a car manufacturer- hence the "OEM" label?

We can disagree- indeed the pollution and confusion on this issue is deliberate- the important thing is that others understand what to ask for and what this all means.

So in this regard I absolutely agree with Penguin-


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