Guys,
My 2001 Windshield is a disgrace.
Cracked.

I noticed it has a black border around it.
Is OEM from Land Rover.

If I go to some windshield place, they will just put in some made in China junk windshield I bet.

Any ideas?

 

Here is what I have for a windshield now - the broken one:

See attached picture

 

Most places that deal with insurance companies offer a wide range of choices to your carrier. If your not using your insurance they should still be able to offer you some choices as a consumer. Id check the bone yards for an OEM unit because theirs a heating element in your front wind screen that your gonna wanna keep if you live in a cold climate.

 

If you don't have the heated windshield the glass should be about $95 for the part, (company cost, not retail), and windshields are not made in china, yet. Most are pilkinton or some other company in the US. I think they're based in ohio actually. The top black moulding is about $150 if you actually need it. Add labor of course. I know this because I just replaced mine a few months ago and my family owns a glass business.

 

Thanks for your reply...
I keep hearing that the PPG is also good.

I had no idea that the Windshield was heated.
There is a black border around the whole windshield
and I thought that border was simply decorative.

I should have known better.

My windshield is fairly sand blasted.
Also -
when I go up my driveway and it is hot outside - the
frame of the truck and the body must twist the windshield frame area slightly.
I get this strange noise like a binding or chaffing noise.
Ever heard of this?

Will a windshield with a crack 1/2 way thru it expand more in the sun and bind at the edges?

It is really a strange noise.

 

No that's weird man..... PPG is quality stuff and supplier to most all the North American car manufacturer's.

 

windshields are made of two layers of glass with a plastic-like sheet inbetween them. They are actually a structural part of the body, more so on a unibody car than our body on frame rovers, but a cracked windshield may allow a little more flex theoretically. The windshield on my car, which had a chip already, finally cracked when I hit a big bump one day, from the body stressing. Crazy stuff

 

Well I can't find a Windshield shop that will sell me OEM witthout breaking the Bank in San Diego.

Maybe time to drive to LA.

 

How much are they charging?

 

$600 or so for OEM.