[LuisBoston]

Originally Posted by thebishman

If you go with non-OEM glass and there’s a minor issue(s) with distortion, etc. 1: it will drive you crazy, and 2: since you’re leasing, BMW may well ding you for the full replacement amount if you turn the car back in with an aftermarket windshield.

Personally I’d never do it. I’d scream bloody murder at my insurance company that it’s a leased vehicle and they need to ante up, but if not, $1434 is what? 1.5% of the cost of the M60?

Bish

Originally Posted by kschac

Safelite will be only too happy to install OEM glass. The question is who pays for it -- you or the insurer. You may need to push the insurer to get them to agree, but they should in the end.

Originally Posted by NomoTesla

Nope, there is no justification for insurance requiring one to pay $1,434 for OEM glass. Once you go down that slope of "oh, it's only 1% of the car price" you'll be paying for literally everything.

I would tell insurance that the iX HUD only works with OEM glass and if they have an issue covering OEM glass then you will contact your attorney and the state insurance commissioner.

Originally Posted by ggalanis

Basically if the much less expensive non-oem glass is meant to be used with the HUD, often times it isn't, it in theory should be fine. You need to remind your insurance that your car has the HUD and that the replacement glass needs to have an intermediate layer in it for the HUD to work properly. Have them confirm that and make it clear that if it doesn't work with the HUD it will not be accepted by you as it is not a suitable replacement. Odds are safelite will confirm that it won't work with the HUD and will have no alternative cheaper than the OEM glass.

The next thing is you need to get better insurance coverage.
Good luck!

Originally Posted by MAMOHT

Here is how Inhave done this (not on my iX)

Call insurance and schedule the replacement through Safelite.
Once Safelite gets the order you can call them and insist on having OEM glass.
Worked fine in my case and insurance paid for it.

Originally Posted by kschac

See my post above (#14). The non-OEM glass that Safelite first installed in my iX was horrible -- the HUD was distorted and unuseable. It took multiple calls from me and my State Farm agent to convince the claims people that non-OEM glass was not an appropriate replacement. Ultimately, they agreed and Safelite replaced the non-OEM glass with BMW glass, at no cost to me. The difference is night and day. So the idea that the BMW and non-OEM glass are the same except for the logo is BS.

My advice: fight for the OEM glass and the insurer, not you, should pay for it.

Originally Posted by Macabuca

Can the dealer prove its only one company? If the glass is same, save the money. But what if its not…and you start getting errors and whatever…. ?

Everyone: thanks for the advice.

I went in circles with my insurance company and their 'safelite affiliate' glass company that processes glass claims and got absolutely no where.

So I decided to call around knowing that I did not have to use Safelite.

One local shop checked and could not find any aftermarket glass and said they'd have to use OEM.

I switched my claim to them and the insurance company immediately approved it.

A big WTF moment.

So my appointment is Tuesday. Will update once it's installed.