CE750

Just got a rock chipped w/s replaced today with OEM MB part ordered thru a local dealer using my VIN..

The w/s they took of had PPG - Solargreen (R) on it, while the new w/s had Saint-Gobain-Sekurit

The w/s removed had a circle with an E12 inside, and the w/s added was E2

also, the REST of my windows on the car are made by Saint-Gobain-Sekurit..

Does this mean my care came from the dealer with a replaced w/s? Or more likely, that MB has multiple vendors and they happend to put this miss matched w/s on my car? OR what I fear... the PPG is a better glass?

What do you other W211 owners have all around your car... would you mind going out to the garage and looking?

Thanks, and I await your replies..

Sam

MB Fanatic

Mercedes might have replaced the windshield at the port where the car came in, since it could have been damaged. I actually find the Saint-Gobain Sekurit glass to be much better than the PPG glass.

CE750

I was hoping to hear that.. so your entire fleet of MB's has S-G-S?

MB Fanatic

Im not sure of the E55 as the wifey took it out right now. But the E350 has Saint Gobain.

GearHead

Alright Sam

Just for you, I went ahead and crawl around my tight garage to check both the E500 and SLK350 ...

The verdict is that they are all Saint-Gobain Sekurit glass, every single panel.

For the E500, only the front w/s is E2 while all the rest are E1.

In the case of the SLK350, the front and two rear small glasses are E2 while the rest are E1.

Hope this helps

CE750

Thanks guys... I feel better about my new w/s now.. but curious why I got PPG from the factory.

HELL ONA HARLEY

Sam, I was wondering if they replaced the Mercedes tag (sticker) on the lower right.

CE750

Funny you should ask.. I was actually scheduled to this yesterday, but sent them back to get the sticker from the Dealer.. So they did, and applied it in front of me (for my approval). I'm a real pain, I know!

TPAbnz

Well, you definitely got the original windshield and IMHO better glass!

sosh

FYI, My 05 E320 4M has the S-G-S glass all around. Its certainly possible that MB has more than one supplier for their components. I am scratching my head as to a comment earlier on this thread that the S-G-S is better than PPG. How do you know?? Did you test both is a lab?? My thoughts are that MB has them made to meet specs that they developed and they both should be the same.

CE750

I too wonder how they know. I have heard that before, but is there a website where they did some tests.. specifically on the UV blocking? That was my biggest concern.

I did multiple google searches and found little.

Fastbuck

On a 2004 Euro spec I have PPG Solextra all-round.

Barry45RPM

Because of the laminated structure of windshields, they all block UV. Thats why Photochromic eye glass lenses don't turn dark inside the car. (And they lighten as soon as you get in & drive) Its not the brightness of daylight that causes them to darken. Its the amount of UV that hits them that determines their darkness. All photochromic lenses get darker in cold weather than in warm.

-Barry (Optician)

CALBenzo

Not sure what OEM glass my windshield is made of, but it stinks! I have less than 7K miles, and already have 3 significant chips in it. I drive my other cars on the same roads and drive them more than the E500, and they have no chips in the glass.

One or even two chips might be coincidental, but not three chips. The OEM glass sure seems to chip easily, at least in my case.

dacbiet

Parts (front windshield) $420
Labor $165
Car wash: priceless as I didn't have it done.

Caliber Motors Anaheim Hills

JimPurdy

My W211 has Sekurit glass all around while the W210 wagon has Sigla in all but the front doors. The front doors have Sekurit.

CE750

I paid $0, as my insurance has an unlimited claim writer for w/s here in AZ (State law).