Glass Polishing

[Taylor1969]

Hi All,

I have shiny, beautiful paint and before I put my glass back in I really want to shine it up as well. Has anyone ever polished their glass before? I have found the following website, but was wondering if it really works or if there is something out there that works better.

http://www.properautocare.com/glpokit.html

Thanks,
Chris

[NOT A TA]

I polished the windshield of a Plymouth Valiant I once had. Used a product from eastwood. Took a long time to do but the results were pretty good. Now I just buy a new windshield for every old car I buy. If any other glass looks crummy I replace it also. They're usually not that expensive. Night visibility is much better and it makes it feel like a new car when you look out while driving.

[cdoggy81]

I was going to polish / buff my glass too but have since been talked out of doing that by several people.... Y.M.M.V.

[George]

New windshield on my Firebird was around $150.

I cleaned the rear one with 4O steel wool and goof off then waxed with carnuba. Didnt polish it but it sure cleaned it up nice.

[cdoggy81]

Dang, $150, nice! What year was your bird?

[George]

1967, they had it in stock too. Just headed down a few miles from house and picked it up.

Just a local glass company.

[mikey]

The glass co we use will polish some stuff. But all they really get out are the very minor scratches. Anything that catches your nail we just replace.

[cdoggy81]

Thanks for the info. I figured it was 1st gen stuff since it is so cheap comp to early 2nd gen :(

[NOT A TA]

I replaced the windshield and both door windows in my 70 Firebird and they weren't expensive. Just bought them from local auto glass suppliers.

[cdoggy81]

Were they more than $150? IIRC my quote was over $230

EDIT - found the quote, It was the installed price... :)

[NOT A TA]

I've become friends over the years with a guy that does the "we come to you" windshield replacements. Now I have him stop by and remove the orig, do my cleaning/painting or whatever,then call him when I'm ready for the new one. (he drives by my shop daily) I've probably had him do 10-12 cars over the past 8- 10 years so I'm somewhat more of a regular customer. The last one I had him do was my 81 Malibu and it was about 160 installed. 230.00 for a brand new windshield installed seems fair for a 2nd gen if its tinted with an antaena and they come to you.

When you got a quote did you mention that the old one was out, window channel clean, you'd replace the trim etc.? I think thats part of the reason I get mine done at a reduced amount, the guy knows I'll do most of the work. He just stops by, heats up the tube of sealer, runs a bead with the elec caulk gun, I help position the window and he's done!