P500 Plastic/Plexiglass windshield scratches

[rocmar]

They gotta be Ridged to
take the abuse...bumps
slams....so ....this one's
Would be my choice

 

[Admin]

 

[rocmar]

Pushes out....
as big as the window
area above the p5
door is....you get
plenty of airView attachment 24209 View attachment 24210

Look at the big openings
on each side of that....
BADASS...looking p5
JTW....it's also a Camo....

 

[JTW]

If that's the case...do one with
velcro straps...in winter
take off in summer
......

I want something that stays on the machine.. we've got lots of bugs in the Ohio river valley!!

 

[rocmar]

I want something that stays on the machine.. we've got lots of bugs in the Ohio river valley!!

Post #17
Is your ticket
Bro
That's where I'm going

 

[rocmar]

I want something that stays on the machine.. we've got lots of bugs in the Ohio river valley!!

I never take mine off...

 

[HUCK]

3pc lexan top section limo tinted '//

 

[JTW]

View attachment 24221 3pc lexan top section limo tinted '// View attachment 24221

How much?

 

[HUCK]

How much?

2 bones delivered . A lil extra for the limo tint

 

[JTW]

2 bones delivered . A lil extra for the limo tint

That's the best cheap route I've seen! Wish they made the fold lower.. I like it though!

 

[HUCK]

That's the best cheap route I've seen! Wish they made the fold lower.. I like it though!

It looked high in the pics But as you can see it is a little lower than the top of the steering wheel . I was happy when I put it on and saw that it seemed much higher than it really is .

 

[JTW]

It looked high in the pics But as you can see it is a little lower than the top of the steering wheel . I was happy when I put it on and saw that it seemed much higher than it really is .

That's offficially my back up plan..

 

[Jshell3]

I bought the $125 Lexan 1/2 windshield (15.5"). Has a seal / threshold on the bottom. It's not scratch proof, but it's dang near bulletproof!

My wife and son were baffled at the idea of a half windshield, but I thought it's ingenious...
Just got it installed today and we got to take it for a test spin...
We all like it now!

 

[hambone]

Pushes out....
as big as the window
area above the p5
door is....you get
plenty of airView attachment 24209 View attachment 24210

Where do you get this windshield?

 

[rocmar]

Where do you get this windshield?

 

[ike1951m]

[Q UOTE="ehart814, post: 97318, member: 4310"]Anyone who has a Honda accessory windshield (or probably any other brand) that isn't hard coated knows that they scratch if you look at them wrong. Mine has gotten horrible. I had been meaning to try the Novus system on it for quite a while, and I finally ordered it:

https://www.amazon.com/NOVUS-7100-Plastic-Polish-Kit/dp/B002UCYRZU/?tag=sxsweb24-20

Last night I experimented with it for a few minutes. I have one of these little DA buffers that works with a drill:

https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G3500-Power-System-Tool/dp/B009OBVRY4/?tag=sxsweb24-20

I had a new pad that I hadn't used, so I put that on and use the number 3 bottle (for deep scratches)

Spent a few minutes running the buffer on the worst area of the windshield. Wiped off the compound with a clean microfiber, and repeated. I did not do the whole windshield.

After wiping the compound off again, I could see that the scratches were noticeably lighter and much of the hazing and light scratches had cleared up significantly. I have not even used the number 2 bottle for a better polish.

Tonight I plan to spend some more time on it and see how much better I can get it. I'm really happy with the results so far

Anyone who has a Honda accessory windshield (or probably any other brand) that isn't hard coated knows that they scratch if you look at them wrong. Mine has gotten horrible. I had been meaning to try the Novus system on it for quite a while, and I finally ordered it:

https://www.amazon.com/NOVUS-7100-Plastic-Polish-Kit/dp/B002UCYRZU/?tag=sxsweb24-20

Last night I experimented with it for a few minutes. I have one of these little DA buffers that works with a drill:

https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G3500-Power-System-Tool/dp/B009OBVRY4/?tag=sxsweb24-20

I had a new pad that I hadn't used, so I put that on and use the number 3 bottle (for deep scratches)

Spent a few minutes running the buffer on the worst area of the windshield. Wiped off the compound with a clean microfiber, and repeated. I did not do the whole windshield.

After wiping the compound off again, I could see that the scratches were noticeably lighter and much of the hazing and light scratches had cleared up significantly. I have not even used the number 2 bottle for a better polish.

Tonight I plan to spend some more time on it and see how much better I can get it. I'm really happy with the results so far.

I have been told that you can use a propane torch to take scratches out...Anyone tried it

 

[JTW]

[Q UOTE="ehart814, post: 97318, member: 4310"]Anyone who has a Honda accessory windshield (or probably any other brand) that isn't hard coated knows that they scratch if you look at them wrong. Mine has gotten horrible. I had been meaning to try the Novus system on it for quite a while, and I finally ordered it:

https://www.amazon.com/NOVUS-7100-Plastic-Polish-Kit/dp/B002UCYRZU/?tag=sxsweb24-20

Last night I experimented with it for a few minutes. I have one of these little DA buffers that works with a drill:

https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G3500-Power-System-Tool/dp/B009OBVRY4/?tag=sxsweb24-20

I had a new pad that I hadn't used, so I put that on and use the number 3 bottle (for deep scratches)

Spent a few minutes running the buffer on the worst area of the windshield. Wiped off the compound with a clean microfiber, and repeated. I did not do the whole windshield.

After wiping the compound off again, I could see that the scratches were noticeably lighter and much of the hazing and light scratches had cleared up significantly. I have not even used the number 2 bottle for a better polish.

Tonight I plan to spend some more time on it and see how much better I can get it. I'm really happy with the results so far

I have been told that you can use a propane torch to take scratches out...Anyone tried it

@Ragnar406

 

[iowaguy]

[Q UOTE="ehart814, post: 97318, member: 4310"]Anyone who has a Honda accessory windshield (or probably any other brand) that isn't hard coated knows that they scratch if you look at them wrong. Mine has gotten horrible. I had been meaning to try the Novus system on it for quite a while, and I finally ordered it:

https://www.amazon.com/NOVUS-7100-Plastic-Polish-Kit/dp/B002UCYRZU/?tag=sxsweb24-20

Last night I experimented with it for a few minutes. I have one of these little DA buffers that works with a drill:

https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G3500-Power-System-Tool/dp/B009OBVRY4/?tag=sxsweb24-20

I had a new pad that I hadn't used, so I put that on and use the number 3 bottle (for deep scratches)

Spent a few minutes running the buffer on the worst area of the windshield. Wiped off the compound with a clean microfiber, and repeated. I did not do the whole windshield.

After wiping the compound off again, I could see that the scratches were noticeably lighter and much of the hazing and light scratches had cleared up significantly. I have not even used the number 2 bottle for a better polish.

Tonight I plan to spend some more time on it and see how much better I can get it. I'm really happy with the results so far

I have been told that you can use a propane torch to take scratches out...Anyone tried it

I used a heat gun and was surprised at what a good job it did

 

[lee]

Only problem is, the buffing can take off the hard coat.
Scratches will come back with a vengeance.
Same thing with the head light buff kits.
And hard coat is not something you can get in a bottle yet.

Buffing is better than nothing but may not be the perfect solution.
If you don't mind, give us a long term report and let us know what you think.
You know, input effort vs performance over time.

 

[ike1951m]

I used a heat gun and was surprised at what a good job it did

I'm going to try the heat gun...I feel like I would have more control with it....I'll post my results

 

[iowaguy]

I'm going to try the heat gun...I feel like I would have more control with it....I'll post my results

@ike1951m,reading these other post about hardcoating I should let you know mine isn't a hard coat windshield it is polycarbonate but it doesn't have the hard coat on it, heat worked good on mine but I don't know what the result will be on a coated windshield, maybe try a test area down in a corner first, mine was bad enough I was going to take it off and make a new one , but it looks great now