Restoring Windows....=/

whitelightning · May 15, 2012

Ight guys, when i bought my stang i noticed it had some pretty hard water spots on the windows.
i am needing to find out a way to restore my windows to a like new finish.
I got water spots really back on the passenger side door window and quarter window.

*ALSO ON THE INSIDE*
i have these streaks going up and down on the inside of the window. it almost appears as if the window from rubbing against the door panel all this time has scuffed the inside of the window.

i plan on getting a new front windshield, seeing the condition of the rear window as it is tinted and hard to tell but im getting all the tint removed soon. I also am trying to get new glass for the mirrors. I have painted mirrors so buying an entire new mirror is pointless for me. I just need to replace the glass. I replaced the glass on my pickup truck so i am thinking i can do it on the stang.

so if anyone can help me out with any known methods or chemicals that would be great!

thanks.

Brian95SVT · May 15, 2012

Try using claybar

copmagnet · May 15, 2012

+1, after seeing brian's cobra when he did it, i went home and tried it, and man did it really clean up the glass!

mygreengt · May 15, 2012

mine were bad on my car when i got it, some compound on a microfiber cleaned them up.

whitelightning · May 15, 2012

where do i go to see brians before and after shots?

Brian95SVT · May 15, 2012

whitelightning said:
where do i go to see brians before and after shots?

Hunter (CopMagnet) lives locally to me. He saw the car before and after the detail. I don't have any pictures that would show the glass changes.

whitelightning · May 15, 2012

oh i see.

whitelightning · May 15, 2012

so what kind of claybar did you use? meguiars or something?

Brian95SVT · May 15, 2012

Any light to medium (depending on the condition) claybar should work. But yeah Meguiars should be fine.

I'm not 100% sure what I used because a friend of mine brought over his products he had since I had ran out.

whitelightning · May 15, 2012

ok, well I will go down to autozone when i return home next week and ask them for a medium compound as im sure it will be a pita to get off. also if that doesnt work I will try some steel wool and bon ami to see what happens?

Brian95SVT · May 15, 2012

I was reading about steel wool a while back and a lot of people don't recommend it. I'd have to google search until I found the article again, it was on an auto detailing forum.

Javi · May 15, 2012

Vinegar, if its hard to remove soak it down.

Javi · May 15, 2012

And once you get the hard spots, wax the sh!t of the windows.

copmagnet · May 16, 2012

I would not wax the window. wax creates a barrier, which i have found to be very bad if you get stuck in a huge rain storm.

I didnt think of it before. but vinegar is good. I personally use "invisible glass" spray, it cleans up the window just like vinegar would, only its a little easier to use, then i claybar the window, then go back over with invisi glass.

Javi · May 16, 2012

copmagnet said:
I would not wax the window. wax creates a barrier, which i have found to be very bad if you get stuck in a huge rain storm.
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Wax creates a barrrier just like the rain-x would..

Dont people apply liquid wax when they go to the car wash or throught the automatic car wash?

google it.

vermilion · May 16, 2012

spit shine that turd.

Brian95SVT · May 16, 2012

Javi said:
Wax creates a barrrier just like the rain-x would..

Agreed, plus I'd assume that a quality wax would out perform and out last rain-x. Esp because rain-x comes off when you wash the car and if you use a wash that doesn't strip wax I'd again assume that the wax would stay on even if washed.

I could be wrong but that's just what I would figure.

lizwithfries · May 16, 2012

When I wax my car, I do all the glass. Hardly ever have to use the windshield wipers.

I also have the scraps on the inside from where something was rubbing. It's like cuts in the glass though so I haven't tried anything to fix it, just figured I needed new windows.

framda · May 16, 2012

copmagnet said:
I would not wax the window. wax creates a barrier, which i have found to be very bad if you get stuck in a huge rain storm.

What is wrong with that?

Javi · May 17, 2012

lizwithfries said:
When I wax my car, I do all the glass. Hardly ever have to use the windshield wipers.

I also have the scraps on the inside from where something was rubbing. It's like cuts in the glass though so I haven't tried anything to fix it, just figured I needed new windows.

I would like to informe you that you madam need new tracks for your windows