Windshield replacement
Have a small chip that can be repaired hopefully. Has anyone replaced a windshield on the S ? Should I use Tesla servide center or national company / safelight etc ?
Anybody have a cost estimate ? What about special process for rear view mirror / cameras ?
Anybody have a cost estimate ? What about special process for rear view mirror / cameras ?
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my bmw had the $800 bmw logo windshield or a $200 genric.
curious because the tesla windshield content blocks radar detectors and regular do not.
Window glass is normally covered by comprehensive, not collision. In some states, the deductible gets waived by law. It should not raise your rates, but I'd check your state laws for particulars. In my state, I have to pay whatever my deductible is for comprehensive, but they won't even bother asking how the glass broke.
Just had a the windshield replaced this month - totally different story, two companies now make Tesla windshields. For State Farm you have to start the process with that glass, because it is half the price (or at least what my agent told me).
I managed to have Tesla replace the windshield this last time - the price was identical both times, $1,145 including tax and labor. The next time, I'll have to use aftermarket glass, or pay the difference myself under comprehensive (no deductible) if I want to have Tesla do the repair.
I have an early 2014 S85 - no autopilot bits.
do you have any idea who makes the other windshield?
They did it at their facility instead of my house because of it being a Tesla. But the guy who did it had done about 20 Model S before, so he knew what he was doing.
It seems that we now know that there's an aftermarket replacement for v2 windshields and that should work for all pre-autopilot cars. It would make sense that they'd also want to make v4 windshields for AP1 cars, since there are more of them than pre-AP cars. It should take Tesla under a year to make more HW2 cars than there are pre-AP cars, so there's a clear market there too. Unless there's something that drives up the cost of one version, making it not cost effective to start making them, then all this makes sense.
Aside from the area for the camera mount/ rear view mirror, are there other physical differences? If not, it should be easier for a glass company to replicate all of them.
Helpful in cold New England.
As for the various versions of the glass. Even us pre-AP owners have windshields that have a special coating on the glass. If you look at the windshield at a certain angel, it appears have a cooper/reddish look to it. This is said to be a UV/heat barrier. So it isn't merely a big piece of glass and have to wonder if these aftermarket windshields have it.
Our Subarus have also had the windshield heaters, and it does help.
When it is zero degrees outside, even if the car is warm, the bottom of the windshield is not warmed by the car.
MORAL OF STORY?: Call your insurance companies and make sure you have windshield breakage coverage which typically has a deductible of $100.
So sorry I don't know who makes the aftermarket windshields. I didn't recognize the names. The person that told me this does all the claims payment for a fairly large State Farm office. I want to say the name started with a C, but that could be wrong.
And of course before I ever used an aftermarket windshield, I would make sure they know the exact model I have, which includes the cold weather package. So, yes the heating coils would have to be there.