Historically speaking, it has been, and I'm sure it will continue to be in the future; however, it is accurate that the windshields themselves come from Europe initially
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Historically speaking, it has been, and I'm sure it will continue to be in the future; however, it is accurate that the windshields themselves come from Europe initially
The vast majority of parts required in normal operations are stocked in a US parts warehouse; that parts warehouse, as with every other Euro manufacturer, is stocked with parts that come from a European warehouse.
No idea if Exoshield is any better than XPEL, but the latter did not survive a 4-day trip to Colorado unscathed. We've only used windshield wipers less than 10 times in the entire trip, to brush off light snow - yet now the film has windshield pattern of tiny scratches that is very, very prominent with the sun into your face.
Historically? What Ineos history?
None of the local-to-me XPEL installers will install the windshield film for that very reason; there is one installer ~4hrs from me that has tested a lot of the windshield films, and none have lasted beyond the 12 month mark before needing to be replaced, in the end, they don't install any of them (although they carry many of the same brands for paint protection) because they haven't found one that lasts yet.
So that post was from October, and was referencing the fact that for the 11 months of sales leading up to that point, windshields are stocked at the US warehouse; and at this point most US dealers have them in stock. Although, speaking with one East coast dealer last week, they had 15 windshields on their shelves but were waiting on the seal strips
That isn’t right. I am sure they will replace it under the film warranty. That makes no sense. Maybe that product is softer than mine or something. I have used the wipers a lot in snow and bad weather and took rock hits at least four times and nothing shows at all.
Well... what can I say. At this point, it is only hideous when the ambient light hits it a certain way. I am sure it will be more visible later.
As soon as I get my new glass, I plan on putting a couple layer of helicopter tape on the bottom 2" and wrapping it over the exposed edge. I notice all the cracks start at the bottom, and both of mine were hits, one serious, and one almost non existent. I haven't seen anyone have a crack start in the middle or upper yet, so I'm going to focus on the bottom, and leave 95% of the screen clear of plastic cover that will degrade. I don't know the reason why, but It doesn't appear to me the entire windshield is failing, just the bottom. If I have finite resources for engineering and design, I focus on the known points of failure.
For what it's worth; my first crack was dead in the middle (height wise) and on the driver's edge. It spread to within 2-3" of the passenger's edge within minutes of the hit.
