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My insurance company would not authorize dealer replacement ($1100) due to age and mileage of my car. (2009 with 60K at the time). I had gotten my windshield replaced at my dealer with previous BMWs. They have a glass guy come in and only use BMW OE windshields.
My OE glass (with BMW logo) was made by Pilkington.
Installer offered Saint-Gobain Sekurit OEM (which I googled is starting to supply more OE windshields for BMW).
I noticed the top tint was different than my OE glass (OE was grey, OEM was green/blue). Installer looked around for OEM windshields with grey tint and found none, said they would have to get an OE windshield from the dealer (with BMW logo). They contacted insurance and got them to authorize it.
Is there an issue with OEM windshields? Probably not, proper installation is more important. But personally I've always preferred to get OE glass with BMW logo (and preferably installed at dealer if possible, otherwise a reputable installer).
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