Big *** rock got me. Should I go generic glass, 300 installed, or Jag glass 900 installed. it there a diff. They say spec wise it is the same.

 

hmmm, never thought about it. I'd get the glass one. (exactly)

 

If it were my car I'd get the Jag glass.

I've had OEM windshields replaced on American cars and the replacement glass was not as thick as the OEM glass. The cars were a 1975 Olds and a 1990 Ford.

Jags are pretty quiet inside and part of that is due to the thickness of the glass.

 

I spoke to the dealer today and they sent me to the folks they use which I know about. I called them and they said the glass is made by the same company that makes the jag glass, PPG.

 

That's not the name that's on my Jag's windows. I'm at work and without my Jag but I'll post the name that's on the glass when I get home in the morning.

 

Are the warranties the same on both pieces of glass from the aftermarket glass man?

What will your insurance pay for? They may have a say in it if you are going to make a claim.

What ever you do make sure you get the right color of glass. My brother has a Mercedes wagon van suv thing and had to get a new windshield, and they kept ordering in the green tint and he has the bronze tint. Not sure if there were options on glass with the jag's.

 

I went with the generic. Why? Who in going to know the difference. Sorry had to say that.....

 

insur won't cover this, less then my deduct.

 

my XK8 winshield has heated wires in it, do the generics have the same? Out of interest, when I had my XK150, a rock hit the windshield. Insurance had to pay for a glass guy to drive down to Stubenville Ohio, pick a new windshield ($ 800 back then) and bring it back here in Ontario. The total cost was $2,000 and I paid $25.
I'm sure the insurance companies have added exclusions for such things these days.

 

Move to Kentucky and you will have insurance on the windshield. Mandatory coverage is required for windshields.

Wow, Kentucky does get it right sometimes.

 

So, where is Kentucky?

 

Kentucky is the state that's the shape of what Virginia was suppose to be.

 

The names on the glass on my 2000 Coupe is "XXX Triplex Laminated" on the windshield and "XXX Triplex Laughened Coupe" on the driver's side window.

 

PPG = Pittsburg Plate Glass http://www.ppg.com/en/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.ameca.org/wp-content/uplo...-materials.pdf

 

Gus is XXX Triplex a brand of PPG glass?

 

Yes, that is the way I see it.

Go to this link http://www.ppg.com/en/worldwide/Pages/EMEA.aspx

 

I believe XXX Triplex is Pilkington Glass.
They manufacture auto glass everywhere.

I was told that the Windshield on the XK8
is the same Pilkington P/N as the MB c320

 

I feel like I am digging a hole in trying to help. What are the markings on the window or the information we want to get? PPG stands for Pittsburg Plate Glass and they have a Europe division. Triplex is another glass co. However, I can find a lot of info applying to MG’s but little on Jag applications related to newer cars. http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache...&ct=clnk&gl=us I may be looking in all the wrong places. Pilkington is a glass co. but the MB c320 comes up to a Mercedes Benz C320

 

Well by my nature I continued to keep looking. I found Pilkington Glass and the only thing I could is a phone number 1.866.377.3647 For the help desk.
http://www.pilkington.com/the+americ...r/default1.htm
As for the glass for jaguar I was unable to get that information.

 

Same here Gus, I remembered Pilkington from somewhere...found it on my windshield.
"XXX Triplex 43R-001585 Pilkington"
Searched on the number.. got hits that showed M-Benz C320, Ford Van (UK), and a Crossfire, whatever that is. Hard to believe that the same windshield is used on these vehicles. It may be a Standard instead eg: SAE, DIN . Don't know.

Searched on "float glass". Process was invented by Sir Alastair Pinkington