Windscreen "chips"
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Travelling to and from work with the sun really low in the sky has highlighted how bad the windscreen on the Zed is - it is covered in lots of tiny "chips" - not enough to catch a fingernail, but can be seen in the sun - a lot like a speck of dust.
Don't really want to go for a new screen, with all the other risks that come with it, so have been looking into polishing as an option.
Has anyone had any experience of this? The internet seems to throw up all sorts of stuff from toothpaste to brasso to specifically designed stuff such as http://www.passionauto.co.uk/products/rapid-autoca... - which I assume is just a really fine polishing compound. Will I do more harm than good? thinking distortion/hazing.
Don't really want to go for a new screen, with all the other risks that come with it, so have been looking into polishing as an option.
Has anyone had any experience of this? The internet seems to throw up all sorts of stuff from toothpaste to brasso to specifically designed stuff such as http://www.passionauto.co.uk/products/rapid-autoca... - which I assume is just a really fine polishing compound. Will I do more harm than good? thinking distortion/hazing.
Parsnip said:
Travelling to and from work with the sun really low in the sky has highlighted how bad the windscreen on the Zed is - it is covered in lots of tiny "chips" - not enough to catch a fingernail, but can be seen in the sun - a lot like a speck of dust.
Don't really want to go for a new screen, with all the other risks that come with it, so have been looking into polishing as an option.
Has anyone had any experience of this? The internet seems to throw up all sorts of stuff from toothpaste to brasso to specifically designed stuff such as http://www.passionauto.co.uk/products/rapid-autoca... - which I assume is just a really fine polishing compound. Will I do more harm than good? thinking distortion/hazing.
Surfacing pitting makes polishing a nigh on impossible task TBH, not without its own risks. You could end up taking the surface down to meet the depth of the mini-craters (which could take hours) and end up with distortion in the glass. Don't really want to go for a new screen, with all the other risks that come with it, so have been looking into polishing as an option.
Has anyone had any experience of this? The internet seems to throw up all sorts of stuff from toothpaste to brasso to specifically designed stuff such as http://www.passionauto.co.uk/products/rapid-autoca... - which I assume is just a really fine polishing compound. Will I do more harm than good? thinking distortion/hazing.
What risks are concerned about re: replacing the screen?
Glassman said:
Surfacing pitting makes polishing a nigh on impossible task TBH, not without its own risks. You could end up taking the surface down to meet the depth of the mini-craters (which could take hours) and end up with distortion in the glass.
What risks are concerned about re: replacing the screen?
I thought as much, seemed to good to be true to just chuck a polishing compound on and give it a few passes with a buffer.What risks are concerned about re: replacing the screen?
Risk wise I'm only going from personal experience - only time I have had a screen replaced was on my old Polo - first replacement cracked under the seal, so it leaked and had to be replaced after about a couple of weeks (took that long for the crack to creep enough to be visible) second one I got a nice scratch - I imagine from the screen going in (although could easilly be from a undone popper on the mechanic's overalls) on top of that, the windows are tinted (not barry boy spec, just what they come out of the factory with) and if the front didn't match it would really annoy me.
Maybe irrational fears and not something that would happen at a reputable fitter (although the coyboys who did mine came highly reccomended) but it doesn't annoy me enough to risk doing and should still sail through MOT, more of a slight irritation than anything else, which is why I was looking for home solutions - I would hapilly spend a few hours with a polisher to fix it, but otherwise I would just leave it.
From you username (and profile
)I assume you are in the glass buisiness - bit cheeky, but do you have any idea how much a windscreen would be for a 2006 350Z? Parsnip said:
I thought as much, seemed to good to be true to just chuck a polishing compound on and give it a few passes with a buffer.
Risk wise I'm only going from personal experience - only time I have had a screen replaced was on my old Polo - first replacement cracked under the seal, so it leaked and had to be replaced after about a couple of weeks (took that long for the crack to creep enough to be visible) second one I got a nice scratch - I imagine from the screen going in (although could easilly be from a undone popper on the mechanic's overalls) on top of that, the windows are tinted (not barry boy spec, just what they come out of the factory with) and if the front didn't match it would really annoy me.
Maybe irrational fears and not something that would happen at a reputable fitter (although the coyboys who did mine came highly reccomended) but it doesn't annoy me enough to risk doing and should still sail through MOT, more of a slight irritation than anything else, which is why I was looking for home solutions - I would hapilly spend a few hours with a polisher to fix it, but otherwise I would just leave it.
From you username (and profile)I assume you are in the glass buisiness - bit cheeky, but do you have any idea how much a windscreen would be for a 2006 350Z?
You have options:Risk wise I'm only going from personal experience - only time I have had a screen replaced was on my old Polo - first replacement cracked under the seal, so it leaked and had to be replaced after about a couple of weeks (took that long for the crack to creep enough to be visible) second one I got a nice scratch - I imagine from the screen going in (although could easilly be from a undone popper on the mechanic's overalls) on top of that, the windows are tinted (not barry boy spec, just what they come out of the factory with) and if the front didn't match it would really annoy me.
Maybe irrational fears and not something that would happen at a reputable fitter (although the coyboys who did mine came highly reccomended) but it doesn't annoy me enough to risk doing and should still sail through MOT, more of a slight irritation than anything else, which is why I was looking for home solutions - I would hapilly spend a few hours with a polisher to fix it, but otherwise I would just leave it.
From you username (and profile
)I assume you are in the glass buisiness - bit cheeky, but do you have any idea how much a windscreen would be for a 2006 350Z? OEM glass, or aftermarket; one with a rain sensor, one without (there is also a heated version).
All are considerably higher than the average production car windscreen.
I can put you in touch with a couple of good blokes up there?
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