Softer than average windshields?
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Softer than average windshields?
hey guys and gals, sorry if this has been covered before.
I was wondering if any of you have had problems with stone chips/ pitting or cracking of your windscreen. I've had the car a little under 6 months now and have picked up 3 chips. I've never experienced this problem before on other vehicles. Is it a known fault or do I have a duff screen?
Thanks in advance
I was wondering if any of you have had problems with stone chips/ pitting or cracking of your windscreen. I've had the car a little under 6 months now and have picked up 3 chips. I've never experienced this problem before on other vehicles. Is it a known fault or do I have a duff screen?
Thanks in advance
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Happens quite often if you are not careful. Try to keep distance from bikers, trucks, or big cars when behind them and use caution on the track.
I don't think this is a C63 issue per say but more a driver's issue....? So just be careful if you don't like rock chips on your front grille or windshield. Also another thing, rear tires are sticky and they don't stick well,
they'll pick up any dirt or gravel and shoot it into your rear bumper too. 
I don't think this is a C63 issue per say but more a driver's issue....? So just be careful if you don't like rock chips on your front grille or windshield. Also another thing, rear tires are sticky and they don't stick well,
they'll pick up any dirt or gravel and shoot it into your rear bumper too.
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hey guys and gals, sorry if this has been covered before.
I was wondering if any of you have had problems with stone chips/ pitting or cracking of your windscreen. I've had the car a little under 6 months now and have picked up 3 chips. I've never experienced this problem before on other vehicles. Is it a known fault or do I have a duff screen?
Thanks in advance
I was wondering if any of you have had problems with stone chips/ pitting or cracking of your windscreen. I've had the car a little under 6 months now and have picked up 3 chips. I've never experienced this problem before on other vehicles. Is it a known fault or do I have a duff screen?
Thanks in advance
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my 2011 c63's windshield took a beating but you could hardly tell. there were some tiny chips if you looked really close but im not complaining after some of the major smacks it took.
i live in an area were natural gas drilling is rampit and the water trucks come off of those rock layered pad sites and start throwing rocks all over the road.
i live in an area were natural gas drilling is rampit and the water trucks come off of those rock layered pad sites and start throwing rocks all over the road.
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There was a discussion of this some time ago on the AMG PL. As I recall, and I could be mistaken, the glass is softer as a "safety feature." whether this was dictated by some soft minded bureaucrat who gets driven to work or takes the tube is highly possible.
My CPO G came with the sparkles standard, wonderful at night with approaching traffic. a real safety feature!
My CPO G came with the sparkles standard, wonderful at night with approaching traffic.
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hey guys and gals, sorry if this has been covered before.
I was wondering if any of you have had problems with stone chips/ pitting or cracking of your windscreen. I've had the car a little under 6 months now and have picked up 3 chips. I've never experienced this problem before on other vehicles. Is it a known fault or do I have a duff screen?
Thanks in advance
I was wondering if any of you have had problems with stone chips/ pitting or cracking of your windscreen. I've had the car a little under 6 months now and have picked up 3 chips. I've never experienced this problem before on other vehicles. Is it a known fault or do I have a duff screen?
Thanks in advance
On a side note. I talking to my brother about the windshields on both cars. (C55 & C63). They seem to be magnets for rocks. We think maybe it has something to so with ride height and position of windshield.
I know this doesn't make any sense. But my AMGs are the only cars I have had a problem with cracked windshields and stones hitting them on top of that. Coincidence I guess.
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Both me and a friend have a c63 and both of our windshields have a lot of chips in them, I do think it might be softer but man it is so annoying to see those chips when the sun hits the windshield. I had the front of my car clear bra'ed so its fully protected from chips there but had I known you could clear bra your windshield, I would have definitely done so, if you can, I would definitely recommend it!
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I got a chip in mine, that was repaired by Safelite. I really do think that these windshields are as strong as the one in my E63. That windshield has taken multiple hard strikes, before finally giving up the ghost. 
To to make matters worse you can still see where it was hit.
To to make matters worse you can still see where it was hit.
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Is it too soft, or too hard? I always thought it was the later, as I would think soft glass would not chip as much (it would give a little). Anyway, I have had several M-Bs, some with PPG glass and some with Pilkington. The Pilkington glass is much, much more resistant to chips, etc. even when on the same kind of car as the PPG (both W203s) and being driven similarly.
My C63 has PPG glass, and it pits and chips like the prior PPG windshields I have had. Not sure if Pilkington makes OEM glass for W204, but I would suggest looking into that if you decide to replace a PPG windshield.
My C63 has PPG glass, and it pits and chips like the prior PPG windshields I have had. Not sure if Pilkington makes OEM glass for W204, but I would suggest looking into that if you decide to replace a PPG windshield.
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