Windshield Availability In The US?

[Zimm]

Why are these windshield so crazy expensive?

Monopoly.

That, and its a special glass. You see, your regular everyday ford fiesta DOT spec glass can take pebble. After 15 years of driving it wouldn't be as clear as new. For a high end car like a grenadier thats supposed to be a forever car this poses a problem as you want the glass to look like new at all times. As a result they needed a special process whereby they could achieve the new look 30 years out. What they realized, is the easiest way for glass to look new, is for it to be new, so the glass is stressed over a frame it doesn't fit well, all but guaranteeing replacement on average every 18 months, even if its not driven at all.

 

[anand]

When are the 3rd party glass manufacturers going to make a window for us. We need to get this price down.

When there are enough units in the country to justify production... I would imagine that number is probably >40k vehicles

 

[Zimm]

When there are enough units in the country to justify production... I would imagine that number is probably >40k vehicles

We defiantly punch above our weight. F150's don't move as many windshields as we do. With Chinese tariffs at 4122.35% it'll be difficult, although still cheaper than OEM worth its weight in goldglass.

 

[anand]

F150's don't move as many windshields as we do.

There were ~570,000 2023 F150s sold in the US alone... And that windshield works for 2021 and 2022 also (each of which had production numbers just shy of 500,000)... Roughly that means that if each F150 went through 1 windshield in a given time period, each Grenadier built would need to go through 77 in the same time period to have matching glass production numbers

 

[Cropear]

Why are these windshield so crazy expensive? I was driving home from Park City Utah last week and got a rock in the middle of the windscreen. I called ahead to a mobile repair guy in Saint George just 30 minutes down the road and had him repair it before is grew.

When are the 3rd party glass manufacturers going to make a window for us. We need to get this price down.

I had two of my chips repaired. It did not work. UV starting to rain down on the High Mesa I guess got it hot enough that glass flexed and blew out the chips. 1 in the middle, 1 lower passenger.

 

[pmatusov]

I had two of my chips repaired. It did not work. UV starting to rain down on the High Mesa I guess got it hot enough that glass flexed and blew out the chips. 1 in the middle, 1 lower passenger.

I repaired three chips last year, and decided to splurge for XPEL film before a winter trip to Colorado. I can't possibly see how it can last through a 2-year warranty period, given with the windshield wipers left scratches in it almost right away, but it seems to be a cheaper alternative to windshield replacements.

 

[Dlucky]

Monopoly.

That, and its a special glass. You see, your regular everyday ford fiesta DOT spec glass can take pebble. After 15 years of driving it wouldn't be as clear as new. For a high end car like a grenadier thats supposed to be a forever car this poses a problem as you want the glass to look like new at all times. As a result they needed a special process whereby they could achieve the new look 30 years out. What they realized, is the easiest way for glass to look new, is for it to be new, so the glass is stressed over a frame it doesn't fit well, all but guaranteeing replacement on average every 18 months, even if its not driven at all.

Truth

 

[Stu_Barnes]

There were ~570,000 2023 F150s sold in the US alone... And that windshield works for 2021 and 2022 also (each of which had production numbers just shy of 500,000)... Roughly that means that if each F150 went through 1 windshield in a given time period, each Grenadier built would need to go through 77 in the same time period to have matching glass production numbers

All perfectly possible and quite likely.