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Astrosfan 10-27-2011 03:55 PM

Pitted Windshield
 
soooo..... my windshield looks to be pitted from hwy driving. There are 100s of smalll pits. I think theyre pits since theyre reflective. This doesnt bother me unless the sun is glaring through the windshield. Which is usually on the way to and from work!

Has anyone else experienced this? If so, is there a fix for this? I want to get the Adams glass polish and cleaner but not before i fix this issue.

FL 4Motion 10-27-2011 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Astrosfan (Post 1380673)
soooo..... my windshield looks to be pitted from hwy driving. There are 100s of smalll pits. I think theyre pits since theyre reflective. This doesnt bother me unless the sun is glaring through the windshield. Which is usually on the way to and from work!

Has anyone else experienced this? If so, is there a fix for this? I want to get the Adams glass polish and cleaner but not before i fix this issue.

Had a previous car with the same problem, only real solution I'm aware of is a windshield replacement.

shumby 10-27-2011 04:36 PM

when you do get a new windshield look into getting @clearplex@ installed on it. it is like a 3M film for the windshield. I have it on my G and FX. It hols up for about 2-3 years before needing to be replaced. I live in alberta and the rocks on the hiways in winter is unbelievable.. It has saved my windshield meny times. I still got one rock pick but the rock that hit my windshield was the size of my fist. If i did not have clearplex it would have distroyed my windshield if not come completly through it. It only left a small rock @star@ and you are able to do the same rock chip repaires with the clearplex on as with a normal wind screen.

dennis26 10-29-2011 01:41 PM

Good idea, never heard of this product before.

frost 10-29-2011 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by shumby (Post 1380740)
when you do get a new windshield look into getting @clearplex@ installed on it. it is like a 3M film for the windshield. I have it on my G and FX. It hols up for about 2-3 years before needing to be replaced. I live in alberta and the rocks on the hiways in winter is unbelievable.. It has saved my windshield meny times. I still got one rock pick but the rock that hit my windshield was the size of my fist. If i did not have clearplex it would have distroyed my windshield if not come completly through it. It only left a small rock @star@ and you are able to do the same rock chip repaires with the clearplex on as with a normal wind screen.

Will have to remember that. Thanks canadian! :tup:

Kirkster 10-29-2011 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Astrosfan (Post 1380673)
soooo..... my windshield looks to be pitted from hwy driving. There are 100s of smalll pits. I think theyre pits since theyre reflective. This doesnt bother me unless the sun is glaring through the windshield. Which is usually on the way to and from work!

Has anyone else experienced this? If so, is there a fix for this? I want to get the Adams glass polish and cleaner but not before i fix this issue.

Yep, after a year and a half my windshield is crap. No product I have tried works..

Only solution that I have found to be effective, never live to the west of where you work...

Sibze 11-03-2011 02:32 PM

I had that when my car was delivered. They replaced the windshield

6MT 11-03-2011 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astrosfan (Post 1380673)
soooo..... my windshield looks to be pitted from hwy driving. There are 100s of smalll pits. I think theyre pits since theyre reflective. This doesnt bother me unless the sun is glaring through the windshield. Which is usually on the way to and from work!

Has anyone else experienced this? If so, is there a fix for this? I want to get the Adams glass polish and cleaner but not before i fix this issue.

Yeah, we have that way up north here. If you drive your car in the winter or spring, you'll experience this. They throw so much sand and pebbles on the road for traction in the winter that it will make its way to your windsheild.

I would talk to a pro (ie: glass shop) to see if there is a fix or not.

scottIN 11-03-2011 02:54 PM

Zaino makes a glass polish that is somewhat effective when applied with a buffer. It won't take them out 100% but it does seem to at least knock down the sharp edges making them less noticeable. Pretty much the same concept as polishing paint. They claim you can use it by hand but I've never had any results that way - always took a RO with a pretty aggressive pad.
My Mercedes was real bad about pitting, but fortunately soft enough that it had to be replaced every couple of years after getting cracked. The Zaino glass polish worked in between replacements.


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