Windshield replacement advice

[bobcat]

today I joined the cracked windshield club-but gravel chip sealed road got me at 11,000 miles-not those screws. I did the search on Fast Freddies lexan replacement-any long term usage reports on how the lexan holds up-scratches etc? (Arch? you there??) I keep hearing warnings to stay with glass but the lexan sounds much better especially if State Farm is buying it for me.

Bob

[Butch B]

About 4,000miles on my new "Fast Freddies" lexan windscreen. And even some miles of chip sealed roads over in Idaho a few wks back! Very happy with the Lexan windscreen! Clearer than glass, liter in weight. Lexan does flex some @ speeds of 80ish plus. lol BTW, my old windscreen had 160,000miles or so & no cracks, just road rash.lol
hth
Butch

[edwardb]

If mine breaks, I will seriously consider the Lexan piece from Freddie's. But if you insist on glass, including even having it paid by insurance, then I recommend the U.S. made windshield assembly from Bethania Garage. I had to replace a broken FFR supplied windshield before I was titled and registered, and had to be DOT certified for the inspection. So Lexan wasn't an option. This windshield was recommended to me by someone else, so went with it. Have compared it to the Chinese part from FFR. Exactly the same form-fit-function, but a nicer part. The glass is marked Guardian Industries, a domestic brand. Finishline also advertises a U.S. made windshield, and I suspect it's the same one, but they're asking more. Bethania Garage shipped nearly immediately, and the part was perfect. Check it out.

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