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It'll be the spec BMW have given them that's the issue and was in my experience with St. Gobain as well. All my M cars have had sugar glass windscreens whether St. Gobain or Pilkingtons.
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definitely don't drive too close to cars/trucks, no tail gating and drive slower
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I don't post often but I think it's time to share my experience on this subject. Brand new M2, first drive on the highway (17 miles on the car) and bam, a rock hits the right side of the windshield and produces a foot long crack.
Replaced the windshield with BMW OEM glass. I kid you not, 300 miles later, hop on the same highway and bam, tiny pebble hits the bottom and chips the damn windshield. You've got to be kidding me!!! I agree, this is cheap/thin glass. Absolutely ridiculous!!! |
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I have like 10 rock chips at ~15K miles. Granted I drive on a fast freeway with lots of trucks, but it’s still frustrating. I cringe every time I hear impact. The other day I saw one coming it was so big. I wasn’t even that close to a car at the time... flying rocks have range.
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I currently have ExoShield installed, typical charge is around $500-600 and well worth it. They will replace windshield if it cracks with their product installed for the first 2 years or 30k miles. I went to Elite AF in the Bay (San Jose).
https://www.getexoshield.com/windshield-protection-film
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After being in f30’s for about five years I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought the BMW glass quality is far worse than prior generations. My windshield is a mess
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I’m getting ready to trade my F83 and have this chip on the windshield, which is the size of a dime or less. My dealer says I should have it fixed before I trade it in and suggested safelite. Looking at their website online it seems this can be repaired instead of replacing the windshield, for those that have done something similar, do you recommend their repair process? Will you be able to tell the chip was there before?
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I think that the windshield chips and cracked are endemic to BMW using lighter weight glass to reduce the overall weight of these vehicles. Granted any windshield will crack, chip or shatter if hit hard enough.
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A little story about Safelite, 5 years ago I traveled to Wilmington NC to pick up my X5M, and on the way back to Northern Virginia I get a chip in the windshield. So, I take it to Safelite for their resin repair and they have you sign documentation, in the fine print it states that Safelite isn't responsible for the windshield in the case it cracks during repair. And they cracked it, I was mad as hell, my insurance covered it, but I still had to pay my deductible $500. Now you tell me, how can someone clean out the chip with cleaners, then place their suction device to inject the resin and still crack a windshield. I think those a** holes did it on purpose, and I told them that. I was mad as hell, so read the fine print, and tell them if they f**k this up, their paying for it.
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Meanwhile, I've had 3 other vehicles over the course of 20 years (over 200k miles total), prior to this M3, and never had any windshield issues or replacement. |
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In most situations it only lasts a year and then has to be replaced because of wipers, rocks, etc. Definitely cheaper than replacing the windshield. |
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