Do windscreens have a lifespan?
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Hi all
One of our fleet just hit 175k and the windscreen has never been great. It's almost as if grit, salt, dirt etc gradually makes it less opaque. Every lower mileage car I've been in has a better screen.
Yes I've given it a deep clean and removed any contamination but it's still not great.
One of our fleet just hit 175k and the windscreen has never been great. It's almost as if grit, salt, dirt etc gradually makes it less opaque. Every lower mileage car I've been in has a better screen.
Yes I've given it a deep clean and removed any contamination but it's still not great.
Trackdayer said:
Hi all
One of our fleet just hit 175k and the windscreen has never been great. It's almost as if grit, salt, dirt etc gradually makes it less opaque. Every lower mileage car I've been in has a better screen.
Yes I've given it a deep clean and removed any contamination but it's still not great.
It will have picked up lots of small scratches from gritty wipers and the like over time. I very much doubt there has been any degradation of the glass itself.One of our fleet just hit 175k and the windscreen has never been great. It's almost as if grit, salt, dirt etc gradually makes it less opaque. Every lower mileage car I've been in has a better screen.
Yes I've given it a deep clean and removed any contamination but it's still not great.
My E36 3 Series is 22 years old and relatively low mileage but I have awful trouble with the light from the headlights of vehicles coming in the opposite direction - particularly ones with HIDs - flooding across the screen and making it very hard to see. I'm guessing the light is being reflected by the edges of thousands of tiny scratches on the screen and wondered if replacing it would help.
Glassman, i'm curious, if doing nothing gives 0% improvement and replacing the screen is 100%, where would you suggest a Rayon pad and Ceriglass (or other dedicated glass polish) would land you? I understand glass is rock hard which is why you usually end up disappointed with this approach but I wondered if you have any experience with this?
Shanksy87 said:
Glassman, i'm curious, if doing nothing gives 0% improvement and replacing the screen is 100%, where would you suggest a Rayon pad and Ceriglass (or other dedicated glass polish) would land you? I understand glass is rock hard which is why you usually end up disappointed with this approach but I wondered if you have any experience with this?
Yes, used to polish; had the kit and the will to do it. Managing expectation was the hardest thing. Second was the mind-numbingly boring process it was. No longer entertain it for those reasons. There are some good polishing firms/guys out there and there are decent kits available if you want to spend the money.
Which route are you looking to go down?
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