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My truck was sitting facing the sun yesterday morning and my windshield cracked. I don't have much experience with glass replacements, I have seen plenty of aftermarket windshields that are not optically clear and look horrible with a wavy pattern. Who makes a nice windshield for a 05 silverado 1500 ?

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The ///Man

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PGW is good for that truck. I've seen FYG and some of the other Chiniese aftermarkets have the molding wrinkle up in a short amount of time.

Just so you know OEM would most likely be PGW, Pilkington, and Guardian, any of those will probably just fine.

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I installed PPG and Pilkington for a few years. The only comparable difference really was cost. Ever vehicle that I replace windows with I still use Pilkington. My 67 Buick, Mirage, Cougar, and Durango all have pilkington windshields and the mirage also has a rear window from them.

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I installed PPG and Pilkington for a few years. The only comparable difference really was cost. Ever vehicle that I replace windows with I still use Pilkington. My 67 Buick, Mirage, Cougar, and Durango all have pilkington windshields and the mirage also has a rear window from them.

What glass company did you work for?

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I installed PPG and Pilkington for a few years. The only comparable difference really was cost. Ever vehicle that I replace windows with I still use Pilkington. My 67 Buick, Mirage, Cougar, and Durango all have pilkington windshields and the mirage also has a rear window from them.

What glass company did you work for?

I used to work at Z-tech Audio Plus in Terre Haute. They have a glass replacement business in there also.

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PGW or Pilkington

exactly, but id go for pilkington cuz the dots will be inside the glass and look best once its tinted. thats what id do

that's one thing i was going to mention. i love the fact that pilkington has the border and dots inside the glass with the laminate. :pooping they always look better after tinting.

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