Scratched/Pitted Windshield

[dionnfr]

Sand, Salt and other garbage that kicks up on your winshield has scartched and pitted mine. Is ther any product out their that might help clean this up vice replacing windshield.

 

[imported_themightytimmah]

Not much you can do other than replacing. Mine's got the same problem, big wiper scratches, etc. You can "polish" it, but most glass polishes are just chemical cleaners. I'm pretty much at the point of shopping around for a quality new one.

 

[dionnfr]

Thats what I thought, thanks

 

[Hemi57]

dionnfr, yep, I agree with themightytimmah, replacement is the only way to go.



A couple of years back I sold my sports sedan to my nephew. It had a screen with a "safetygroove" (this is a groove which is ground into the lower edge of the screen just above where the wipers sit in home position. When the wiper moves across the groove it takes off an dirt, dust or plant material and makes the wipe much more effective and prolongs the life of the wiper rubbers).



To have the "safetygroove" done to a screen costs about A$450 and for this reason I explored getting the pitting and minor blemishes polished out of the 8 year old screen. There was no other option other than replace.

 

[Casebrius]

if a big rock hits your windshield, your insurance covers it and doesn't have any bearing on insurance rating score. The last place I had install my M3 windshield covered my $100 insurance deductable as well. There is enough mark-up on glass that they can afford to do this. PM me if your interested in how I "asked" the glass company to do it.