Windshield Poll: Regular OEM vs Gorilla Glass Durability

[Zybane]

I like how the Gorilla glass option went from $99 to $495 in a matter of 9 months

Ya I now kinda feel silly for ordering it. As of this post, the GG is actually performing worse in the poll than the regular OEM glass.

Although the sample size is still small.

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[ShadowsPapa]

Ya I now kinda feel silly for ordering it. As of this post, the GG is actually performing worse in the poll than the regular OEM glass.

Although the sample size is still small.

Polls will be a joke for this sort of thing. It's totally unscientific, like a poll on a news site that leans one way asking the readers' opinions of another group.
And having a windshield break proves nothing - I can drive 5 years with no problem, then have 2 breaks in 2 years later. Doesn't prove anything about the glass.
It's very unscientific.

I'm not sure where the $99 number comes from - never saw it at that unless it was for the non-ACC/FCW glass. The ACC/FCW glass is different- it has a defogger made into it. Can't compare.

 

[Snake Eyes]

knock on wood our 2011 FJ Cruise with 99,000 miles is still rocking the original windshield (no cracks ever occurred). There is a record for your.

Always had a physics comes into play…rock of course shoots out from a vehicle at a certain speed from a vehicle in front of you, does your speed increase the likelyhood of a major damage event the faster you go? Physics would say yes and the same for the vehicle in front. Plus the distance between the two would also affect it.And at what speed is the most likely to cause the damage needing replacement?

Two trucks going 85 mph and a rock shot at your window 2 car lengths apart
You going 65 and a truck going 65 4 car length apart less velocity

He** maybe that says you should tailgate leaving no room for the rock to come up and using the car in front as a shield!!! LOL. ?

 

[Zybane]

And having a windshield break proves nothing - I can drive 5 years with no problem, then have 2 breaks in 2 years later. Doesn't prove anything about the glass.

Your analogy doesn't make any sense. It's not a poll of one person. A poll of many people, with the law of averages, can get you easily in the ballpark if the sample size is decent enough.. Not looking for an exact number here.

 

[NachoRuby]

Your analogy doesn't make any sense. It's not a poll of one person. A poll of many people, with the law of averages, can get you easily in the ballpark if the sample size is decent enough.. Not looking for an exact number here.

Yes, but this poll can't be close. There's just no way that only 8.6% of people with GG haven't had a broken windshield. The forums don't reflect it, but I think most people, on any windshield, are likely still on the original.

 

[IOS-XR]

13k on our original not-gg windshield. No cracks or breaks. Sure sounded like it a couple times but so far, so good.

 

[Zybane]

Yes, but this poll can't be close. There's just no way that only 8.6% of people with GG haven't had a broken windshield. The forums don't reflect it, but I think most people, on any windshield, are likely still on the original.

No that's not what the data says. The percentages are of all options. You have to take each WS type numbers if you want the breakdown and do the math.

Of this writing, 7 GG people have had their WS crack at any time and 7 haven't ever. So GG has cracked on people 50% of the time.

As of this writing, 40 regular OEM glass WS have cracked at any time and 29 haven't. So 72% of regular OEM WS owners have had a WS crack at any time.

But the regular OEM WS has been available longer than GG... we just need more voters.

Another interesting way to look at it is just take the "Cracked within 6 months" numbers. Gorilla Glass has cracked 46% of the time in the first six months versus "only" 28% of Regular OEM WS have reported to have cracked in the first six months. So far the data is not showing GG in a favorable light.

 

[UnforseenWeather]

Mine cracked after like 3 months. It was stupid How fast it cracked on me.

 

[Iowafarm]

I drive lots of gravel oem non gorilla glass no cracks. I do get more hits now that I put on a lift and bigger tires. I attribute that to more wheel poke. I am curious to the wheel setup of the people who have cracked windshields. Because even the tire tread makes a huge difference in the amount of rocks you throw. When I used to buy BFGs for my chevy pickup I would throw lots of rocks and managed to trow a rock perfectly and break my own windshield.

 

[TrainMan]

1.5 years OEM windshield got a chip last month. Insurance covered repair. No replacement needed.

 

[Zybane]

I drive lots of gravel oem non gorilla glass no cracks. I do get more hits now that I put on a lift and bigger tires. I attribute that to more wheel poke. I am curious to the wheel setup of the people who have cracked windshields. Because even the tire tread makes a huge difference in the amount of rocks you throw. When I used to buy BFGs for my chevy pickup I would throw lots of rocks and managed to trow a rock perfectly and break my own windshield.

Interesting, I always thought it was other vehicles driving by doing the rock throwing/cracking. So you are saying the rocks are leaving your own tire treads, and somehow migrating up over the fender flares and laterally enough to hit your own windshield? Wind?

 

[Iowafarm]

For me I was driving on gravel and a rock got throw n orwardhit the ground bounced up and I drove in to it. Once in my semi I was once driving with no trailer and open tires and it went over my cab and chip my window. There is a reason some states have tire poke laws. Having tires out side your fender or having a stubby bumper does open yourself up to cracks and chip in my opinion. Not that I haven't had others throw rock and hit me.

 

[Lunentucker]

I'm upgrading to the new OtterBox windshield case when they hit the market.

 

[Kevin_D]

My original (non-GG) windshield cracked from a rock thrown by a car overtaking me at less than 1,000 miles/1 month. The (non-GG) aftermarket replacement made it to ~5k miles/4 months before an oncoming truck on a 2-lane highway flipped up a rock. With either of these I could've probably had the initial chip repaired, had there been a glass shop within 200 miles.
The second failure prompted the HGP windshield, which has been in over a year/35k miles. There's at least one big ol' pit that would've certainly damaged a, "normal," windshield.

I'm not sure where the $99 number comes from - never saw it at that unless it was for the non-ACC/FCW glass. The ACC/FCW glass is different- it has a defogger made into it. Can't compare.

When the Mopar GG option was introduced, it was a $95 upgrade. Within months it shot up to $495.

Kevin

 

[tabrods]

I'm on my 3d OEM windshield in 2 years here in MT. Out here it's just known as a "MT Windshield" because it's so common. Apparently the highway dept. uses gravel instead of sand on the roads in the winter.

Tom

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