Windshield Pilkington or OEM KIA

I had my windshield replaced about 6 months ago with safelite and I did it all through the geico app. They used Pilkington glass which while not oem is great quality.

Pilkington makes the OEM windshields for Alfa but they are readily available and a fraction of the price.

Your (and my) Range Rover windshield is manufactured by Pilkington. Your glass installer can buy the exact same glass direct from Pilkington for less than half the price. The only difference is that Pilkinton will etch off the Range Rover tag in the corner and put their own name on.

Safelite can do replacement. LR shop referred me to them. Pilkington, Optikal, Laminated… This is what LR said was OEM or equivalent. Was $1,200 with heating elements. This cracked recently after 7 years.

On two of my Mercedes, Pilkington is the OE manufacturer.

If you can, avoid using Subaru glass for the replacement. I replaced mine with a pilkington windshield and it isn’t as sensitive to cracks spreading.

The EV6 had a cracked windshield when I bought it. Replaced at the dealership.

I did and had issues with Pilot Assist and Lane Keeping. I had to get the ADAS systems recalibrated.

I bought my truck with a few thousand miles on it and someone had replaced the windshield with a Pilkington brand. It had a terrible flaw in the laminate in front of the HUD. It looked terrible.

The 2020 and 2021 windshields were utter crap. It was in the materials.