New Glass!

[tjpike]

Hi guys,

So I've seen the glass that we have on our cars originally comes with an E2 certification. And any replacement glass that we get is generally an E6 or an E8 at least in the states anyway. My question is, is it possible to buy glass that is E2 certified from germany, or ask BMW to order it themselves?

[Qsilver7]

E2 certification means the glass was certified by France. Is there a reason you don't want Belgium or Czech Republic glass?



http://bimmerboard.com/members/q/original/BMW%20E38%20740iL%20Windshield%20Info%20Glass%20In fo.jpg




The E code (with a capital ‘E’) is used for cars in European countries, and indicates the country that certified the windshield. It is a circle with the capital letter E followed by a number. The codes are assigned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.


E1 Germany
E2 France
E3 Italy
E4 Netherlands
E5 Sweden
E6 Belgium
E7 Hungary
E8 Czech Republic
E9 Spain
E10 Serbia [and Montenegro]
E11 United Kingdom
E12 Austria
E13 Luxembourg
E14 Switzerland
E16 Norway
E17 Finland
E18 Denmark
E19 Romania
E20 Poland
E21 Portugal
E22 Russia
E23 Greece
E24 Ireland
E25 Croatia
E26 Slovenia
E27 Slovakia
E28 Belarus
E29 Estonia
E31 Bosnia & Herzegovina
E32 Latvia
E34 Bulgaria
E36 Lithuania
E37 Turkey
E39 Azerbaijan
E40 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
E42 European Community
E43 Japan
E45 Australia
E46 Ukraine
E47 South Africa
E48 New Zealand
E49 Cyprus
E50 Malta
E51 Republic of Korea
E52 Malaysia
E53 Thailand

[chris33]

Wow Q! How do you do it?

[Qsilver7]

Wow Q! How do you do it?

This time it was through attrition. The discussions about windshields and what the writing on them meant has come up multiple times over the past 2 decades of me being on Internet forums. The mentioning of the encircled "E2" triggered memories of seeing a list of the "E" codes...so a simple google search found the entire list in approx 5 seconds.

It took longer (about another minute) to find the image I had of the windshield markings so that those unfamiliar with what was being discussed had a visual image. :D

[kahlilj]

Wow Q! How do you do it?
It's what Q does Chris. I've stop questioning it now & am pretty much resolved to expect it. lol

Blessed to have this BMW guru amongst us esp with the disappearance of the "tall one".

[Chief Rocka]

^Amen to that!