Is ECS my only option for a date coded windshield? (Problem is now resolved)

JDMopar said
ECS is probably going to be your best bet. I'd say it's almost to the time in Minnesnowda that your Duster will be put away for the winter anyway. If the windshield is just cracked, and not plum busted and falling into the car, just drive it until the snow flies. Dave Walden (R.I.P) that founded ECS was one of the most meticulous, detail driven people that has ever been in this hobby, so I have no doubts that the glass will be fine. You have done an outstanding job of detailing your Duster, so choosing correctly date coded glass is a no brainer.

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Yeah, I agree. I know that I could get a cheaper one off the shelf, but it's an insurance claim. Since I have full glass coverage with my policy, it won't cost me a dime out of my pocket. I just ordered the new one from Charlie at ECS. It cost $450.00 plus $220.00 shipping to Minneapolis. It'll take a long time to arrive (sometime after Christmas according to Charlie), but I will be putting the car away for the winter soon so I'm not too worried about it. BTW, the current date coded broken windshield in my car also came from ECS and cost $315.00 back in 2020. Thanks for the compliment on my Duster. I'm down to one collector car now, so I want it to be right and don't mind going the extra mile to get the correct windshield in it. All the mobile glass places here in Minneapolis could have installed a new generic windshield within a day or two, but I gotta look at this thing in my garage every day and it would just bug the heck out of me to see generic glass in my Duster. All of the remaining glass in the car is factory original, so now my new windshield will match. And yes, you're correct - it shows what a sick person I am to go to all this trouble over a dumb windshield!