Windshield OEM Audi or OEM FORD

With HUD it’s always better to get OEM glass so you don’t deal with distortion of the image.

I got OEM glass and my dealership told me to go to Safelite. I paid my glass deductible only. All my recalibrations are holding up for 2+ years.

Just make sure to say you want OEM glass, not whatever aftermarket one they might try to force you into.

Gonna be at least $2k+ for OEM windshield. They have to calibrate it again that’s why. Aftermarket is probably $1k or less but I don’t recommend getting an aftermarket one. Go OEM.

We had gotten a chip on our 2018 ford explorer and that thing didn’t budge/spread at all! 2 years after it happened, many road trips later and it never got bigger.

Windshield tech here. These windshields being almost straight up and down makes them very prone to rock chips, and the quality of Ford OEM glass has been getting worse by the year, it’s incredibly thin. If you replace it I would suggest putting in OE glass instead, if you can, ask for PGW or FYG glass.

Yup. Got a 10-12 inch crack from the very bottom in the middle of the windshield just three days after picking up the car (less than 200 miles on the odometer). The dealership said it's not a defect and something must have hit it.

it had several chips in it already, but it was after 2 years

I got my first chip after 2 months, then within that week two more rocks hit it and it cracked. I decided to ignore it as it seems like they designed it to catch as many rocks as possible.

Driving home from the dealership two dump trucks pulled onto the highway and threw rocks at me. Less than 1 hour.