Yup it was quite a find!

 

I currently have (cracked) Sigla Sekurit glass with a Pilkington logo as well - is this original glass?

I now have a replacement on its way from a Porsche dealer (via a glass co & insurance coverage)
- assume it should also be a Sigla banded?

Alan

 

Pilkington is aftermarket. Sigla is original. You don't mean you have windshield that has BOTH logos, do you? Porsche will get you Sigla.

 

I think Pilkingtoin is South African. South African windshield glass is made to a much higher standard than US glass. It also has a safety plastic sheet between two glass sheets, for crash safety. Used to be called "shatterprufe". Reason is that seatbelts were not required there till the '80's.

 

My Euro has a 'saftey' sheet on the inside of the glass that somebody picked at until it became a big eye sore then stopped. Now it needs to be replaced because of that safety sheet.

 

how the hell did they get inbetween the two sheets??????

 

I mean inside as in inside the cockpit of the car. You can pick at the glass and it will peel off a protective sheet.

 

Yes! - my windshield actually says SIGLA, Sekurit and just below this PILKINGTON

Honest it does ! Of course its badly cracked right now...

Alan

 

Stop picking at that thing Tom ..... never heard od such a thing ... is it one of those Barbie Porsche windshields?

 

Abby, do you have any more information on that shop south of Dallas? That is a great price. The best I have found locally is $357 installed.

 

Weird. I guess I' wrong thinking Sigla was an autoglass maker and Pilkington was another. Makes no sense to have both logos on the same glass. I used to think Sekurit referred to the plastic reinsforcement layer on the inside of the glass, but I see Sekurit is another auto glass manufacturer.

 

Bill .... I saw that yesterday locally too. Pilkington at the driver's lower corner, below it SIGLA. I have a thought that SIGLA is a TYPE or SPEC, and Pilkington the actual manufacturer .... I called a National Auto Glass place and they said: "yes we actually make SIGLA glass for Porsche" ......

 

Ew, this is all news. This may clarify a lot of confusion, at least on my part. I should look more closely at my Pilkington widshield.

 

So Abby ... hmmmm?

 

I'm trying to get the '411' on the place he got it. I just left him a voice mail and will follow up once I've talked to him....

FOLLOW UP: It was a one time thing. He actually found the guy from ebay...the auction ended and with opening bid at 199.00 and no one bid. He got it for 200.