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Originally Posted by vath2001
I am assuming I have an aftermarket glass in my '98. It is a Pilkington windshield with the antenna.
I don't know who does the OEM for Porsche.
Its a windshield and it looks fine.
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When I asked the shop offering the aftermarket if the windshield is aftermarket or original they answered
"of course it's an aftermarket, do you think Porsche makes windshield glass?"
and I have to agree with that. I called about 10 shops. Most of them have me the same quote ~$700, one of them for the original the rest for the aftermarket. One gave me a price of $500 for the aftermarket and $1200 for the OEM (!!!). One gave me 450$ for the aftermarket and then I stopped searching.
I guess everyone is charging whatever they think they should. In these quotes labor and trasportation to my house is included and Boston never was a labor-friendly city :-(.
There is one other concern also; with an aftermarket windshield it is difficult to sell the car. Don't really care though, I don;t think I'll ever sell my first Porsche. I'd prefer to have it until it becomes an antique. Besides, I need about a month to de-mod it :=)