My windshield is badly pitted and needs to be replaced. The windshield has a Nissan marking on it. I also have a parts car with a good windshield that has a Carlite etching on it. Does anyone know if the carlite was offered as original or has it got to be a replacement? The weatherstipping around it looks pretty old. Trying to keep the car original. Thanks for any help.

If it doesn't have the Nissan marking on it in the lower driver's corner it is an aftermarket replacement. New Nissan windshields haven't been available for quite awhile, so the only way to get an original is to get a used one in decent shape from a parts car.

-Mike

An original windshield will only be marked Nissan.

Thanks guys, just as I feared/suspected.

My dealer told me a few months ago that new windshields from Nissan were still available, but only with the blue shaded band at the top. Non-shaded windshield (as original) are NLA.

I didn't want shaded, so I got an aftermarket windshield. I'd rather have non-Nissan than shaded.