WHAT BRAND IS YOUR WINDSHIELD HANKUK SEKURIT or XYG ACOUSTIC??

[PRINCE KEN]

Get to know your windshield better. Does anyone have one of the above logo in your Genesis Sedan front windshield If so who knows the difference??? Little critical things owners ignore

 

[GarnetTy1473]

Are you sure the XYG is the original windshield? In the 19 years I've been with Hyundai, I haven't seen a windshield that didn't have the H logo on it if it was OEM.

 

[Qship]

From the factory HANKUK SEKURIT is what's installed (at least on my 2010). For OEM equivalent/OEM replacement it's most likely XYG. The sectors are different and the years between each round of contract negotiations are different. For example, you can have ABC company supply your factory windshields for the production run and put the H logo on them. But on the "Service" side of manufacturing, there's no H and only ABC will be on the windshield. Say in year 2009-2013 ABC company had the best price and overall deal as a supplier, but then in 2014 they were outbid by DEF company so the car manufacturer goes with DEF instead. Again, H logo will be there for cars off the factory floor, but won't be there for replacement windshields even though they come out of the same glass factory. Also, some companies have different names to separate the OEM supply and the Service/Aftermarket supply. It gets very confusing very quickly since there's so many variables and different regions use different glass manufacturers for OEM and Service/Aftermarket. My Wifes KIA had a windshield that just had KIA with no actual brand name. I had to look up the DOT code to see who and where the windshield was manufactured (I can't recall off hand now). She got a replacement and it was XYG, it was clearly one that slipped through Quality Control. She got another replacement and it was made by Xinyi, it was perfect. BUT, it's the company that also makes XYG. Which one is the right one? I'll never know.

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[princelybug]

Based on a quick online search, XYG seems to have quality issues.

My windshield:

 

[PRINCE KEN]

No Kidding?? Thank you for bringing that up

 

[PRINCE KEN]

From the factory HANKUK SEKURIT is what's installed (at least on my 2010). For OEM equivalent/OEM replacement it's most likely XYG. The sectors are different and the years between each round of contract negotiations are different. For example, you can have ABC company supply your factory windshields for the production run and put the H logo on them. But on the "Service" side of manufacturing, there's no H and only ABC will be on the windshield. Say in year 2009-2013 ABC company had the best price and overall deal as a supplier, but then in 2014 they were outbid by DEF company so the car manufacturer goes with DEF instead. Again, H logo will be there for cars off the factory floor, but won't be there for replacement windshields even though they come out of the same glass factory. Also, some companies have different names to separate the OEM supply and the Service/Aftermarket supply. It gets very confusing very quickly since there's so many variables and different regions use different glass manufacturers for OEM and Service/Aftermarket. My Wifes KIA had a windshield that just had KIA with no actual brand name. I had to look up the DOT code to see who and where the windshield was manufactured (I can't recall off hand now). She got a replacement and it was XYG, it was clearly one that slipped through Quality Control. She got another replacement and it was made by Xinyi, it was perfect. BUT, it's the company that also makes XYG. Which one is the right one? I'll never know.

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Thank you for the good explanation and effort Qship So to sum it all up this XYG ACOUSTIC windshield seems not to be the best way to go. It took me a while (like a couple of years) to realize that one of my Genesis Sedans had that XYG ACOUSTIC. Just found out this 3 days ago I may have to go fishing for an original

 

[PRINCE KEN]

Are you sure the XYG is the original windshield? In the 19 years I've been with Hyundai, I haven't seen a windshield that didn't have the H logo on it if it was OEM.

It was on there whenever I purchased the vehicle however on my other Genesis Sedan it's the original HANKUK SEKURIT windshield with an H logo

 

[Qship]

In case anyone wants to really know about their windshield. Look at your DOT code. *DOT123* and go through this database to find out who makes it and which country it comes from.

DOT number search: DOT Number Database

Car Windshields: DOT number database search. Find out what Department of Transportation Numbers on Windshields mean.

www.carwindshields.info