[Daniel C]

I had a guy come to my house once to repair some chips in the windshield of my 2012 RAV4. We were talking, and I can’t remember his reasons, but he said to stick with OEM glass.

Different vehicle, different story…
While driving down the road years ago, a big nut (or something similar) fell off a flatbed work truck going in the opposite direction. It skipped off my hood and hit the windshield. I was blasted in the face with pulverized glass, with glass flying all the way to the rear of my SUV. Luckily only one piece went in my eye, and it fell out when I leaned forward and shook my head while blinking. I think my eyelash basically caught it. The only thing that kept the projectile from actually hitting me was the layer of plastic… the inner and outer glass was pulverized and gone, leaving a baseball sized crater inside and out. Get the best windshield you can… your face might thank you later.