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gravitylover 02-28-2019 12:07 AM

Windshield polishing?
 
After about 110k miles my windshield is all pitted and just generally beat up. Driving at night in the rain truly sucks and just having the light hit it wrong even during the day is no fun. I've seen a few products that look promising but hesitate to throw $$ at it and it not work as well as I need it to. Has anyone had good success with any particular product or process?

Mr.ac 02-28-2019 12:41 AM

YouTube it. Follow instructions. Enjoy.
If your into good ol elbow grease, no problem.
If you hate elbow grease, pay someone to do it.

humfrz 02-28-2019 01:04 AM

You may get some ideas from here:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...75#post3190475


humfrz

alan.chalkley 02-28-2019 03:54 AM

All the speciality glass cleaners are expensive , but just toothpaste + a lot of rubbing works well.
Toothpaste is also good for cleaning teeth,headlight covers,watch and clock faces.

Boomerang 02-28-2019 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gravitylover (Post 3190498)
After about 110k miles my windshield is all pitted and just generally beat up. Driving at night in the rain truly sucks and just having the light hit it wrong even during the day is no fun. I've seen a few products that look promising but hesitate to throw $$ at it and it not work as well as I need it to. Has anyone had good success with any particular product or process?


Most car insurance policies will replace it for free...just sayin..

ZionsWrath 02-28-2019 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gravitylover (Post 3190498)
After about 110k miles my windshield is all pitted and just generally beat up. Driving at night in the rain truly sucks and just having the light hit it wrong even during the day is no fun. I've seen a few products that look promising but hesitate to throw $$ at it and it not work as well as I need it to. Has anyone had good success with any particular product or process?

This may sound silly but is there any risk of damage or a limit how many times you can d this? I recently got a DA and would love to do this.

I ask because i used a razor to clean my BRZ rear windshield and it got 2 long scratch. My new (used) car needs a windshield cleaning and clay is not cutting it.

StraightOuttaCanadaEh 02-28-2019 10:39 AM

Not to hijack a thread but are there professional polishing services available to get rid of the two vertical scratch lines on the door windows?

gravitylover 02-28-2019 07:39 PM

^^ That's the kind of thing you'd think exists, right?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.ac (Post 3190510)
YouTube it. Follow instructions. Enjoy.
If your into good ol elbow grease, no problem.
If you hate elbow grease, pay someone to do it.

I'm no good at following directions, just ask ask my wife.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boomerang (Post 3190550)
Most car insurance policies will replace it for free...just sayin..

I was wondering if I should do that but replacement windshields never seal as well as original. I still may end up needing to do that because a few of the chips may not buff out well enough, won't know until I try.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZionsWrath (Post 3190567)
This may sound silly but is there any risk of damage or a limit how many times you can d this? I recently got a DA and would love to do this.

I ask because i used a razor to clean my BRZ rear windshield and it got 2 long scratch. My new (used) car needs a windshield cleaning and clay is not cutting it.

I'd expect there would be. I hate when I scratch my own stuff :( I tried last year and clay didn't clean mine sufficiently either.


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