Who needs an OEM New Windshield 70-78?

[Travel'n Man]

Damn, I just replaced mine and I was browsing the MSA website and just ran across this new item for their inventory...........

Code: 30-3051

Price:$324.95

http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/SBC1B11/30-3051

[Mike B]

"OEM Quality" does not mean an OEM windshield though...

-Mike

[Arne]

That's "OEM Quality", not OEM. I got a very similar aftermarket windshield for my car from a local glass installer last Spring for $160, no freight.

[sblake01]

The glass shop up the street here claims that he can still get them for about $140.

[Montezuma]

All Star Glass in San Diego quoted me $120 intalled if I supply the gasket.

[26th-Z]

Correct me if I'm wrong, please, but aren't "OEM" windshields "NLA"? I bought one several years ago and two days before it arrived, I was told it was NLA. Then, of course, it arrived and I stopped freaking. Just before the Dallas convention in 2006, a friend of mine found and bought one for over $1000. My understanding is that a clear glass, S30, Nissan windshield is unobtanium.

[Carl Beck]

Clear Glass - might be. However people have ordered and received OEM Nissan replacemenmts within the last year. NLA one day - on back-order the next - delivered a few weeks later..... You just never know...

FWIW,

Carl B.

[Carl Beck]

Two of the three Aftermarket replacements - ie the $150.00 or less type... had serious distoration problems. Always ask about that - what happens if - the windshield is installed and it has distortation problems. See if the installer will replace it or not - BEFORE you buy...

FWIW,

Carl B.

[Mike B]

However people have ordered and received OEM Nissan replacemenmts within the last year.

Did they have the dark tint band at the top? I think Arne looked into getting a OEM Nissan windshield when he had his car painted last year and that was the only type available.

-Mike

[Arne]

Correct me if I'm wrong, please, but aren't "OEM" windshields "NLA"?

Did they have the dark tint band at the top? I think Arne looked into getting a OEM Nissan windshield when he had his car painted last year and that was the only type available.

Can't say for certain today, but Mike B is correct, last year Nissan-branded windshields were available, but only with the dark-tint sun shade at the top. I went aftermarket instead, since my car is a bit more of a driver and won't ever make it hast high #3 condition.

Two of the three Aftermarket replacements - ie the $150.00 or less type... had serious distoration problems. Always ask about that - what happens if - the windshield is installed and it has distortation problems. See if the installer will replace it or not - BEFORE you buy...

Most reputable glass shops include that in their warranties. I had a windshield on my Corrado replaced twice due to disortion to get one I was happy with.

FWIW - the one in the Z is made by ASI and has no visible distortion.