Windshield Scratched
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From: Banner WY Pop 42, yes 42
Windshield Scratched
The wife drove our 2002 f350 through a barbed wire fence on the way home. Guess she was trying to take a short cut in a bad snow storm. Along with some paint and other minor damage the windshield has several scratches in it. I was told at NAPA (getting paint to repair her) that there may be nothing I could do as some of the new windshields have a plastic coating on them. Does anyone know if there is anything that can be done.\
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From: South Jersey
you can call around and get a windshield cheap. Our 2006 Freight liner M2 got hit with a rock and it cracked in half. My boss called around and got a brand new windshield for 175 installed. And thats a HUGE windshield compared to a SD truck, just saying call a bunch of companies and get a good cash price
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You can buy scratch remover kits from places like Eastwood and JC Whitney, but they won't work well on very deep scratches (nothing will). If you cannot live with the scratches, I'd replace the glass. The only plastic in your windshield is sandwiched between the two outer glass layers.
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From: Spanaway
The plastic was used on the inside to keep the fine slivers of broken
glass out of your eyes in a crash. I think it was GM that used it.
If it was not cleaned right you ended up with a haze. So in a short
time they gave up on that idea.
Your best fix will be to replace it. Cash speaks in the glass shops.
Sean
glass out of your eyes in a crash. I think it was GM that used it.
If it was not cleaned right you ended up with a haze. So in a short
time they gave up on that idea.
Your best fix will be to replace it. Cash speaks in the glass shops.
Sean
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From: Ouray, CO
Winshield is laminated/layered "glass" designed
To not shatter. Not sure if its plastic, vinyl, or something else bonded between layers of glass.
Other windows are tempered glass which shatters
into "harmless" small pieces vs. Shards of glass
like your home window or drinking glass.
To not shatter. Not sure if its plastic, vinyl, or something else bonded between layers of glass.
Other windows are tempered glass which shatters
into "harmless" small pieces vs. Shards of glass
like your home window or drinking glass.
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