Pauloupnorth

I recently bought a Classic 99T and all the 4 door windows have scratches running from top to bottom in the centre of them, it looks like grit must have got in the seal at the top of the doors into the runners, is this common?? If so has anyone any ideas if i can get rid of the scratches with polish etc, what to buy to do it? or if there are any companies that might do it?


Cheers

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

yes,its common,its a part that is like foam that as you say,gets crud caught in it, its about 1" long and makes a nice 1" groove down the glass,very annoying !

ive used a form of rubin compound to remove some of the scratches,carefully mind.

apart from that,if they are deep enough,they are there to stay

Pauloupnorth

Cheers mate,

Is it easy to clean this foam, removing the interior of the door, to try and stop the problem again if i get the scratches out?

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

yeah,remove the door card and you`ll see the offending part,its this part as well that you can move forward/backwards if the door glass has alot of movement in it,but the moreyou move it forward to stop the glass going side to side,the more chance of the glass getting more scratched,so its a stuck in the middle problem.

BargainGirl

BRASSO is very good at removing glass scratches.

CurryTonight

Brasso!

davidexige

I removed scratches from a windscreen a few years ago, I used a polishing compound which I think was jewellers rouge, got it off the local window fitting firm, they let me have it FOC.

Pauloupnorth

Thanks for your replies, will pop down to the local window place who just did my house windows, im sure they will sort me out with something like you have mentioned,

Cheers.

jono300

iTrader: (8)

If they do and it works any chance off getting a small amount off you ?? same problem here !!

caperbility

Somebody once told me they got rid of light scratches on glass by using toothpaste as a rubbing compound.

No its not a wind up i promise you he reckons its slightly abrasive surely worth a try it wont cost you anything.

caperbility

P.S. My Ra for sale[see view my scooby] doesnt have scratches on the windows and its cheap!!!!!

Anything for a free plug

noobyscooby

The correct stuff to use for scratches in glass is Jewellers Rouge.

How successful you are will depend on the depth of the scratches and how persistent you are in using the Rouge correctly.

Here's one link:

QUICKTEST Rouge, scratch removers, Polishes, Oils

I expect you can find others too.

Tucker82

iTrader: (7)

ah haaa I thought my scoob was just a heap! I was going to replace the glass thinking it might just be me Im glad i found this thread

Gutmann pug

toothpaste

The Dogs B******s

You can borrow our scratch remover from my work if you like(i'm in the glass trade) there's only one problem,,,,,,,,,,,its sh*te,if you can feel the scratchs with your finger nail,you'll have hours of work for no reason