tinkll1

Thanks for the spot on reply to the question I was going to ask. The 3 choices should work with my 991.1 Turbo S, and I'm leaning toward # 2, OEM without the Porsche parts number.

The Boz Abides

FWIW, I'll never use Safelite again. Used them back in 2012 to repair the windshield in my wife's 2011 Lexus GS350 and you could see waves in the sub-OEM level glass and they screwed up sealing the windshield properly. Caused my ECU to get wet following rains and car washes and quite a few trips to the dealer for repairs. They covered attempted a second repair and couldn't do it right. I ended up using a local company that specializes in higher end glass work and automobiles. I ended up with OEM glass and the differences were positively noticeable.

I was visiting the same local glass company a couple weeks ago getting a chip repaired in my Cayenne and he said the job seems easy and many people think glass is the same, but once you've experienced the differences, you know better. To me, you get what you pay for. Personally, I didn't pay $130k+ for a vehicle to look through inferior glass and I am not letting someone botch a job or learn on my nickel. YMMV.

dkhm3

DerekS

Dropped mine off this morning for a windshield replacement. It was pitted pretty badly (what is up with Porsche glass anyway?) and had a star from a rock chip.

Hoping for no drama. The dealership assures me they do the work in house and have been Porsche trained on the procedure.

GTOWN83

My Dealership (Porsche of Livermore) told me to go to an Indy as they sub it out. I went to a local guy, paid the $50 deductible and they installed a NON OEM windshield (Geico would not cover an OEM).

pishter

Just had a windshield replacement myself. What started as a nickel size spiderweb from a rock turned into 2 feet in 2 hours.

Had quotes from non dealer places for about $800-1000 using OEM glass.

What those quotes did not include was recalibrating the radar for my Lane Change Assist. In addition to recalibrating the system, the car also requires an alignment as part of that recalibration. That meant those outside dealer glass replacement places would still need to bring the car to the dealer to get the car back to fully functional LCA. I was told if it wasn't done, you'd get an error.

With that in mind, I got it replaced at the dealer. He brought in someone to do it. They don't do glass replacement themselves. But it saved me time and headaches from a possible faulty LCA without calibration and alignment.

Total cost was around $2k. Fortunately I had a glass deductible of $250 so that's what I paid.

The car is a 2019 991.2 GTS so earlier models may not need that recalibration and alignment for the LCA?

Sajan

I took mine to the dealer. They contracted it out to another shop. Had to redo it but I still wind noises over 120mph near the rear view mirror area.

Porsche_nuts

This may or may not be a good thing, considering the screw ups that I have heard happen by Porsche techs.

crashedsnow

I just had the windshield on my 991.2 replaced by the dealer, and honestly I'm not sure I would use the dealer again. First off I had to do all sorts of scheduling on my own because they contract out to an actual windshield repair company (as many have stated) but for some reason my dealer wanted me to separately schedule with the subcontractor then let them know and not surprisingly there was myriad points of confusion about who was doing what and when. In the end it took about 10 separate phone calls to schedule. Then the cost was a lot more than it should be, and they screwed up the re-fitting of the interior. There are weird gaps in the interior trim (see my other post), and they somehow jammed in a USB cable I had running from the passenger footwell 12v socket so it's now stuck inside the dash somewhere and I can't get it out. I now have to wait 3 weeks for the dealer to fix their screw up.

It might be just my dealer, but in my case it didn't seem to help and I wish I'd just saved my pennies and gone directly to the glass repair place.

DerekS

I just had mine done by my dealer and I am really happy with the results. No issues at all.
It feels like a new car, getting all those speckled pits gone!

Thanks Park Place in Dallas!

phefner

Got lucky. Had 2 pits and one of them started to spider. Immediately called dealer next morning and they had me stop by to check it out. Little transparent tape over the pits until their contractor could be scheduled a few days later prevented any further damage.

Quick check/consult with dealer lead to a simple repair, no replacement.

Thank you Loeber Porsche.

TuonoR

Anyone mind measuring the gaps between the edge of their windshield and the a-pillar on the left versus right side of their car? I believe this was covered by the gasket on prior gen 911s...but on the 991s there is a gap that runs all the way around the edge of the glass (except the bottom).

The gap on my recently replaced windshield is 3mm on the driver's side but 2mm on the other side (measured with a digital caliper). Minor but still annoying.

BSO

Had a strike on the windshield of my Merc SUV coming home from a NC trip just before Thanksgiving, it was a small crack that turned into a large crack after a cold front came through. In FL, insurance pays for 100% of windshield replacements.

Dealer referred me to an Orlando area shop, Ideal Glass; instead of them coming to me, I drove to their shop and a tech put in the Mercedes glass in less than an hour, it looked like nothing had happened. No damaged trim, everything lined up. Several months later, zero issues.

If anyone needs glass replacement in near the Orlando area, I recommend them.

BOPE

Same here.
Jason

Sidvicious7

Just measured the gaps on my windshield at 2.64mm and 2.71mm. (Digital Caliper)