Scratches on front windows
 

After giving my car a good clean i have noticed scratch marks on both the passenger side window and the drivers side window

Now it looks like they have came from, the the window going up and down, is this a commen fault on these cars? or is it something that can be fixed?

The scratch marks are on the outside of the window btw

Is it a classic? I have had 2 classics and same problem on both cars. Had my first one from new (MY00) and yes it is to do with it catching something on the runners on the way up and down. I heard on here some people saying they took it back to the dealers and had it remedied under warranty but that's no longer possible on a classic :Whatever_

it's a classic feature.............

My ex has a classic and both his front windows had the same too :)

Yes its a classic
Supose i gotta put up with it thn!!

I want to get my front windows tinted to match the rears, would this help hide the scratch marks?

Is there anything i can do to cover up the scratches, some sort of cutting paste/polish maybe?

Got same scratches on my 03STi. Particularly drivers window as this gets used the most.

go to your local jewelers and get some off the stuff thay use for takeing scratches off the faces of watches :thumb: (canny remember wat its called)

Jewellers Rouge.

Snot a feature on my classic :(

take the door pannel off and clean the brushes on the runners. they get covered in grime and go hard. this is what causes the scratches. then get some toothpaste and gently rub over the scratches. had the same problem when i got my classic. i asked the same question in the car care section and this was the solution :thumb:

So basically clean the brushes and thn rub toothpaste on the scratches, how does the toothpaste take the scratches off??

Think im gonna make a thread in the car care section...

Cheers guys!

the toothpaste is abraisive, very abraisive. it'll polish the scratches out. see the thread that i started a while back:

https://www.scoobynet.com/car-care-3...hes-glass.html

Go onto E Bay, Watch Face Scratch removers.


Like the folk on SN say, it's a paste that Jewllers use to polish out scratches on Watch faces.

A bit of patience & perseverence required, if you do, it will come out eventually.

My pal got his off his SAAB.

Good luck.

Alan MaC

Ok bud cheers :)

Right, iv had the door cards off, i can see the 2 brushes that are causing the scratches, how do i remove these and clean them?

I tryed to get them out, but seemed quite hard to do...

Also whats best to clean them with? or would it be cheap to just buy new 1's?

Glad you got it sorted mneame... ;)

using a porter cable with speed the process up:)

Go on then.

What's a portecable??

Regards



Alan MaC

a random orbital machine polisher mate:)

Am i wrong in thinking, applying pressure will scratch the glass even more??

Really need to get these brushes done as im waiting on getting my windows tinted, dont wanna be messing around with them after they have been done!!

First put the windows down, then take door trim off, then you should see two 10 mm (i think there 10mm:wonder: ) bolts, undo them and take the little brackets off (they have brushes on them too) now the window should pull towards you and then you can un clip the outer brushes ( the ones that scratch windows) off the door. Just give em a good scrub.

Its easy mate, I did mine couple weeks back , once your've take door cards off you'll see what I mean.

Don't forget to put window down makes it easier.
Hope this helps :thumb:

Cheers bud, ill have a bash over the next few days when i get chance to (Among other things im doing to it!!!!
Will keep you posted!

The tints will highlite the scratches unfortunatly as i didnt realise mine were so bad until i got tints, now i think i need some of the polish, thats for sure!! Chris.