P500 Plastic/Plexiglass windshield scratches

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They gotta be Ridged to
take the abuse...bumps
slams....so ....this one's
Would be my choice
 
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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
 
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I want something that stays on the machine.. we've got lots of bugs in the Ohio river valley!!
I never take mine off...
 
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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 .
 
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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..
 
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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!
 
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[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
 
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[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
 
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[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
 
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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.
 
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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
 
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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
 
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