Windshield Replacement
#1
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Windshield Replacement
Replacing windshield on my 2013 ES 350. How can I tell if the car has dual pane glass? I read on this forum that some did come with it but I can no longer find the posts with that information. If mine was, I need to inform insurance company of it so the replacement will be equivalent
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#3
Lead Lap
While I know that, on the side windows, some ES vehicles have single-paned glass and others have double-paned glass, I thought that all generation 6 ES vehicles had the double-paned glass on the windshields.
I have seen a couple of threads here about replacement windshields for the ES, and some who have gotten windshields replaced with other than OEM glass have reported issues with things like the rain-sensing wipers.
I have seen a couple of threads here about replacement windshields for the ES, and some who have gotten windshields replaced with other than OEM glass have reported issues with things like the rain-sensing wipers.
#4
While I know that, on the side windows, some ES vehicles have single-paned glass and others have double-paned glass, I thought that all generation 6 ES vehicles had the double-paned glass on the windshields.
I have seen a couple of threads here about replacement windshields for the ES, and some who have gotten windshields replaced with other than OEM glass have reported issues with things like the rain-sensing wipers.
I have seen a couple of threads here about replacement windshields for the ES, and some who have gotten windshields replaced with other than OEM glass have reported issues with things like the rain-sensing wipers.
#5
I've had mine replaced twice(once due to it becoming cracked while at the dealer for service, once due to rock damage) with oem glass, and there hasn't ever been a question about glass thickness. Both replacements had the lamisafe label. Oem glass costs around 1500 bucks tho, and most insurance will only cover a portion of it. Aftermarket replacements come in around 500 usually. The guy at safelite told me that aftermarket and oem all come from the same factories, the only difference being the label, but I don't know about that.
The insurance companies used to be more understanding on a replacement during the first year or so but now all have pretty much banded together with a real hard line on true factory glass. And they use the term "oem" pretty loosely, to mean only that the replacement meets "oem specifications" not that it was ever used by the manufacturer.
Limited research seems to put Safelite glass at the very lowest end of the spectrum and that is was the insurance companies seem to push the most.
Dave Mac
#6
Lexus Fanatic
Just FYI, All Windshields are laminated, dual paned glass on any car.
#7
The FRONT windshield of all cars is double-paned. In that there are two sheets of glass with a layer of plastic (or Saran Wrap or whatever material!) sandwiched in between. Otherwise, you can just pay for "better quality" glass, but I'd personally just go with standard OEM quality.
What you may have heard, however, is on the new ES models with the Ultra Luxury upgrade--such as mine https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ima...es/biggrin.gif the two front passenger side windows are double-paned and help to quiet the cabin. One can tell because the top of the glass has a "V" groove in it. There was a discussion on this some time ago you can search for.
What you may have heard, however, is on the new ES models with the Ultra Luxury upgrade--such as mine https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ima...es/biggrin.gif the two front passenger side windows are double-paned and help to quiet the cabin. One can tell because the top of the glass has a "V" groove in it. There was a discussion on this some time ago you can search for.
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#8
Yes all windshields have been laminated for quite a while but I'm curious - does your LS have lamisafe front or front and back side windows. I believe I noticed that the front side windows on a new Denali were lamisafe as well. The side windows on my ES are temperlite.
Dave Mac
Dave Mac
#9
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by Dave Mac
Yes all windshields have been laminated for quite a while but I'm curious - does your LS have lamisafe front or front and back side windows. I believe I noticed that the front side windows on a new Denali were lamisafe as well. The side windows on my ES are temperlite.
Dave Mac
Dave Mac
#10
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Yes it is Lamisafe. I believe that the insurance company will force an aftermarket brand rather than a Lexus. Would like to find documentation that Lexus Lamisafe is a better quality that aftermarket thus replacement needs to be equal quality
#11
Lexus Fanatic
If you keep on them and insist on an OEM replacement they will eventually cave.
#12
You are right on. We are going to have to replace the windshield in my wife's ES 300h and it is $1,450. Comparing to windshields on other vehicles that I have replaced, there are multiple functions that are built into the Lexus windshield other than just your basic laminated glass.
#14
Lead Lap
Which insurance company was that? Since we are quick to complain publicly when a company tries to go cheap in paying a claim or in denying a claim, I'd like to give a company credit when it does the right thing.