What is the difference between dealer/factory glass, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers), and aftermarket glass?
Many OEM auto glass manufacturers produce the glass for the automobile makers. Therefore, an OEM auto glass manufacturer such as LOF, PPG, Mopar, Carlite, and Guardian may hold the original windshield template for the automobile producer. This means that the template used for manufacturing the windshield are too the exact “original” specifications. The OEM auto glass manufacturer produces these windshields for the auto producer with the dealer insignia (GMC, Nissan, Ford, Toyota, Chevy, Dodge) in the bottom corner and send them back to the car dealer for resale. These auto glass OEM manufacturers will also use the “same original” template to resale to the public with their “own” insignia (Pilkington, PPG, Guardian, Mopar, Carlite). Most OEM auto glass manufacturers cannot resale the windshield back to the public with the “dealer” insignia. Therefore, the windshield could be the “same” original template manufactured part with a different insignia. Now an aftermarket glass is a windshiel
