Gorilla Glass. Yes or No?

[AZCooWhip]

No problems for me with regular glass in Michigan.


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That’s what we have here in AZ. Always have had it. Something like $2 extra a month. Well worth it and No issues here as long as I get it replaced easily.

I think I’m on my 5th in a little over 2 years.

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[seven30]

So GC is cold sensitive? LIke how would it like -15 mornings?
Ive got several rock chips and one crack up high I just noticed yesterday so replacement is on the horizon. But if GC is no tougher than standard it would be hard to justify.

 

[dmwphoto]

personally I think Gorilla Glass is worth the extra coin. Have had good luck with it on a JL and the JT. I would spring for it again

 

[AZCooWhip]

I recently went back to plain old OEM. Had my GG for a few weeks and wound up with 1 nice sized star rock hit and 2 large cracks that traveled.

Insurance wouldn’t replace with GG this time. Not worth the extra effort here in AZ.

Well ….I almost made it 2 weeks. Nice star right in window center. Out I go with RainX glass repair. ??

 

[Darel]

35,000 miles on mine with no issues. As a $90 option when I ordered it, it's well worth it. BTW I live in PA, King of Crap Roads and Winter.

 

[Willys502]

I've wondered about this as well. I bought my Gladiator about 3 weeks ago and had it all of an hour before a rock flew up and starred the windshield. Guess I'll see if insurance will cover an upgrade.

 

[Shopshirt]

I almost made it a full year with my Gorilla Glass with a few minor impacts. Got cut off by a TRD Tundra a couple of days ago and it threw a huge rock right into the center of my view. didn't have a chance to try and get it fixed before it started runningGlad I got the $0 deductable windshield replacement.

 

[pdeguffroy]

Gorilla Glass came on my truck. Bought it off the lot. 1st lasted until I was in cold temperatures then cracked, but that one had some rock strikes. I paid my $500 deductible for a 2nd GG windshield. It lasted a month, and then cracked from the defroster. No chips or strikes. I just think that is inexcusable for a product that costs 3 times as much as a standard autoglass windshield. My insurance will cover up to $5k per year, so I think I'm gonna try standard glass since it is so much cheaper to replace. Also, I am not going to run the defog if at all possible.

I also purchased a brand new vehicle with a Corning Gorilla Glass windshield. I remote started my vehicle and it was 29 degrees F outside. The windshield cracked for no reason. No damage to the glass from rocks or debris. I have written to Jeep, Corning, and the dealer I bought it from. Still waiting to hear from the dealer to see if they are going to replace it. It is unacceptable.

 

[citadelfox]

I replaced with aftermarket regular glass through Safelite. We'll see how that goes for 1/3 the cost. Had to jump through hoops to get them to do it because VIN is coded for Gorilla Glass as OEM, and insurance automatically defaults to GG. Have a $5k annual limit on glass with a $100 deductible now...

 

[Readyt]

Windshield took a rock back in 2021, but I filled the chip to keep it from spreading. I have received a lot of pitting since in all my adventures. Last weekend the temperature went from 60 to 95 and the "star" started its run across the windshield. I had heard good and bad about Gorilla glass and decided to go OEM. When the glass guy came , he brought Gorilla Glass. Called State Farm and they said they would cover it on the $100 deductible since it was now OEM. Looks like the MOPAR Jeep version and not the HGP Gorilla Glass. Hope it lasts.

 

[Austingobi]

Cracked.

 

[foolthrottle]

Cracked, warranty denied

 

[ShadowsPapa]

personally I think Gorilla Glass is worth the extra coin. Have had good luck with it on a JL and the JT. I would spring for it again

I did a lot of research. I found a lot of Youtube videos on the topic and discounted some that were pure marketing ploy and totally not scientific demonstrations (come on, hitting a piece of GG laying on a surface with a hammer isn't the same as GG on a windshield in a car or truck)
I watched a good demo of how it's made, as well as the real reasons it exists. I read reviews (again, discounting anything associated with marketing, etc.) and found stats - both from OTHER car makers and from Corning themselves.
And I chose to go the GG route when I ordered.
Two of the biggest reasons were -
* Passenger safety. You won't have any shards of glass flying in the face of your wife or kids of that windshield is struck by something large, like say a baseball or something from an accident. I watched how normal windshields react in such circumstances (and I know personally having been involved in similar accidents and having worked for a shop that did towing for the police and highway patrol.
* Weight reduction - it's pretty small, but I figured it offset the extra weight I've gained in the last 20 years.

A third, and maybe a tie for 2nd place reason -
* it can reduce damage that requires replacement by up to 60%. So there's less chance of it needing replacement than standard glass.

It cost a bit more up front, but subsequent replacements won't cost any more than any other glass. And that up front cost is, in my mind, protection for my wife when she's driving, or a passenger, in my truck. She's had a rough enough life, but it's awfully hard to put a value on the difference in safety after the things I've seen and research I've done.

It's a personal choice - there's no right or wrong, and the reasons one person chooses A over B may not apply in the slightest to the next person, or they may make more sense to another person.
Each person must make up their own mind based on facts, not "I hate it, it sucks" types of stuff.
I also figured hey, we pay mega-bucks for health insurance - it's cheap insurance to save an eye or face or whatever - which insurance may not even cover if they deem it cosmetic repair.
An investment in safety, and, a chance it may not need replaced or repaired as often as standard glass.
No hate for it, no love for it, it is what it is, facts are facts, rather than anecdotal or just as bad -"mine cracked, that stuff is shit" types of logic or "fact".

 

[Shopshirt]

I carry $0 deductible glass coverage and they covered GG on mine because it was originally on the truck from the factory.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I carry $0 deductible glass coverage and they covered GG on mine because it was originally on the truck from the factory.

Yup - makes sense. I don't have 0 deductible (and Iowa isn't one of the states that does that) but I've never had my company balk at anything I've requested. Going down to 0 deductible would be a fair increase in annual costs so I figured it about a wash, and in a year I don't need a windshield, I'm ahead.

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