OE Glass

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In typical fashion a stone has badly cracked (in 2 places) the windscreen on the 718 I picked up less than 2 weeks ago .. The car is about 18 months old.

Through my insurance (privilage) I need to use autoglass to replace with a £75 excess. However I just spoke to them and have been told OE glass is not covered. Having looked I think the glass I have now is actually not OE either since it is branded as pilkington.

I can pay the extra (waiting for a quote on this but maybe 300 to £400+ ?) or just go with whatever they put in as standard. Is it worth paying the extra for OE? I think I will but I will then be extremely pissed off if I have to replace it again immediately. This is the second windscreen I have replaced in a couple of months as I had exactly the same thing happen in the BMW I had before!

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Paul_D said:

i think oem is £900 inc fitting

Hmm, so the extra is going to be a lot I'm guessing then ..

alan718Gts said:

Read your insurance, my company admiral has something written that cars under 3 year old we can request OEM glass. every company is different so better check your terms

Their policy just says "We may decide to repair your car with parts which have not been made by your car’s manufacturer but which are of a similar standard". The woman I spoke to from autoglass was adamant that OE was not covered but I haven't spoken to the insurance company about it.

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As an update on this - I finally have the OE glass ordered now. Cost was £216 excess instead of the usual £75 excess with my insurer. So not as bad as I was expecting.

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V800MJH said:

But what did you get, Pilkington glass? If so should have just let them do it in the first place for £75 as it would be the same end result.

It will be Pilkington but marked as OE

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I just had a look and I can't see anything obvious. When the new glass turns up I will compare.

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To answer the question on the OE mark - there isn't one. It's Pilkington glass with no P, diamond symbol or anything else.