I had the choice with my insurer, I just didn't know it mattered or what problems I was about to encounter. This is the reason for my PSA.
FWIW, the company which worked on my chip said they have all the equipment and knowledge to do calibration in house. It may have been empty bragging, but honestly I struggle to imagine Porsche is the only company with driving assistance systems relying on cameras.
That said though, I might not have gotten it on the replacement, which suits me fine!
That is odd, as it would imply that either the camera was not properly attached to the windshield, or the windshield was not properly attached to the car. Technically, it could also be that the windshield itself was super flexible and flopping in the wind, but I think that's less likely. What else could cause the camera to shift?
I find this somewhat surprising, especially that the calibration was likely screwed up by the calibration attempts with non-OEM glass.
It sounds like you no longer have Porsche OEM thermally and noise insulated windshield. Given your preference for quiet ride (from your tire posts) I would think you'd notice. Perhaps you got some 3rd party glass that is well noise insulated?
Just had my kid's Corolla repaired, which included windshield replacement. Body show sent the car to Toyota for calibration. Unless the company you worked with is a Porsche certified shop, I doubt they have the software tools or procedures to do a proper calibration. I hope they don't just stick it on and claim it's calibrated.
Yes, it will be an excess on the insurance. Over here you tend to get a much lower excess for glass replacement (vs accident damage or whatever) if you use the insurers authorised repairer.
Oh it's OEM for sure - it had a Porsche part number on the invoice. It just doesn't seem to block GPS any more on the cam, so I think I got the "plain" Porsche OEM glass.
Hmm might be the case indeed.
Every Porsche I've ever had ends up with a badly pitted windshield. Their glass most definitely sucks.
Remember even simpler days? The horse hair prevented most stone chip damage to its skin, and even if it got through, it healed fairly quickly. It had better ADAS functions too, would self drive on routes which the horse did daily, and it had built in self-preservation collision avoidance. Charging stations aplenty too, anywhere there was a grass field and a river or a lake. ?
Yea, body shops make mistakes. I once had a windshield replaced on my wife's car, turned out that they replaced it with OEM glass but without heated wipers (area under wipers with a heater like the rear window), so they had to replace it again.
