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post Apr 15, 2008 - 11:58 AM
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I hope this is the correct place to start this topic, I was unsure if it should be here or in the exterior styling forum.

Ok here is the story, I bought my Celica a few months ago and I am still in the process of fixing her up. I have noticed that I have very very light scratches all over my windshield. It looks like it may have sat for a while and then someone hopped in and turned the windshield wipers on with crap all over them or no rubber blades on and put scratches all over the windshield. I know it does not sound like something major but at night and in the rain I can barely see out at all due to the scratches. So here is my question could it be possible to buff them out. A new windshield is about $300 so if I mess the windshield up and can still just get a new one but I want to try and save the windshield I have. Let me know what you all think.

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post Apr 15, 2008 - 12:07 PM
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Glass dont scrach as easy as you'd think.

I'd recommend getting a foaming soap; or using something like a degreasing-dishwash soap and applying it, (via rubber side of squeegee) so that it'll get into any scraches that are there; and let it sit for several minitues; that way when you wash it; it'll pull more crap out of any scraches you have.

Then just finish wasing as usual; sponge ect.

You'd be supprised how much that helps. When your finished; polish with RAINX.

now if its still f-ed up after that; i'd think that you need that new windshild.


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Posts in this topic
- ETNRIDER   Glass polishing???   Apr 15, 2008 - 11:58 AM
- - D-Man   Glass dont scrach as easy as you'd think. I...   Apr 15, 2008 - 12:07 PM
- - Supersprynt   You need to find a glass polishers. If the scratch...   Apr 15, 2008 - 12:11 PM
- - ETNRIDER   It doesn't catch my finger nail but in a very ...   Apr 15, 2008 - 12:31 PM
|- - D-Man   Yeah, i like the kind with the built in degreaser,...   Apr 15, 2008 - 12:58 PM
||- - ETNRIDER   QUOTE(D-Man @ Apr 15, 2008 - 12...   Apr 15, 2008 - 1:02 PM
|- - Fuzzy   QUOTE(ETNRIDER @ Apr 15, 2008 - 12:3...   Apr 15, 2008 - 1:12 PM
- - ETNRIDER   No I have not, I will try and see what they have.   Apr 15, 2008 - 1:15 PM
- - 95st-celica   rainx...rainx....rainx....stop works great...i hav...   Apr 15, 2008 - 1:15 PM
- - D-Man   ^he knows^ I keep a bottle in my trunk at all tim...   Apr 15, 2008 - 1:20 PM
|- - ETNRIDER   QUOTE(D-Man @ Apr 15, 2008 - 1...   Apr 15, 2008 - 1:45 PM
- - D-Man   Your welcome. That'll be $500.   Apr 15, 2008 - 2:31 PM
|- - ETNRIDER   QUOTE(D-Man @ Apr 15, 2008 - 2...   Apr 15, 2008 - 2:41 PM
- - punkuup5150   i wonder if that stuff will remove the horrible wa...   Apr 15, 2008 - 4:41 PM
- - D-Man   Water Stains?   Apr 15, 2008 - 4:44 PM
|- - Rayme   QUOTE(D-Man @ Apr 15, 2008 - 6...   Apr 15, 2008 - 5:01 PM
- - ETNRIDER   Well the soap is sitting on the windshield now, I ...   Apr 15, 2008 - 5:20 PM
- - ETNRIDER   The soap did not help, may have made it worst some...   Apr 15, 2008 - 7:43 PM
- - 95GTCelica   Unfortunatly I have the same problem and I am pret...   Apr 16, 2008 - 12:47 AM
- - ETNRIDER   Cool! Let us know how the kit works out.   Apr 16, 2008 - 6:45 AM
- - D-Man   you must have some bad-ass scratches then. Could...   Apr 16, 2008 - 9:52 AM
|- - ETNRIDER   QUOTE(D-Man @ Apr 16, 2008 - 9...   Apr 16, 2008 - 1:00 PM
- - D-Man   usualy, that'll get all the grimy stuff out fr...   Apr 16, 2008 - 1:30 PM
- - Jared95   I've got some scratches on my hatch glass....t...   Apr 16, 2008 - 9:58 PM
- - SteveHall   Many years ago, my Mum had the same problem with h...   Apr 17, 2008 - 5:25 AM
- - x_itchy_b_x   i'm sure you have glass coverage. smash that s...   Apr 17, 2008 - 8:05 AM
|- - D-Man   QUOTE(x_itchy_b_x @ Apr 17, 2008 - 8...   Apr 17, 2008 - 8:24 AM
|- - ETNRIDER   QUOTE(x_itchy_b_x @ Apr 17, 2008 - 8...   Apr 17, 2008 - 12:58 PM
- - GriffGirl   don't bust the glass up, if you file a claim i...   Apr 17, 2008 - 12:22 PM
- - D-Man   QUOTE(GriffGirl @ Apr 17, 2008 - 12...   Apr 17, 2008 - 12:59 PM


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