Windshield replacement question

[300holst]

Car: 1986 300E, W124

I had a rock hit the windshield Thursday while on the freeway. It left a large circular crack about 4 inches wide. Definitely gonna need a new glass. While I have searched the archives, I still am not sure whether to take the car to my usual glass shop or to the dealer. Cost is not an object since I have zero deductible on my comprehensive part of my policy.

I've had good results on my Volvos at a locally owned glass shop. However, it seems, from reading the archives, that it is important for the replacement glass and the adhesive to be correct OE. I suppose Mercedes uses some unobtainium in the glass. My wife's sister, who had the car before me, had a new windshield installed and they nicked the insurance company for over $1500!

There are a number of MBZs in my medium sized hometown (Eugene, OR 130,000) but I don't know how many have gone through my glass shop. In any case that shop has different workers every time I go there. On the other hand, the MB dealer might just farm out the job to the same shop, who knows.

Do you folks recommend the dealer? Or the glass shop?