What can be done to make original front/rear windshield glass look new?

 

I dunno if 'new' is possible, but I've seen remarkable improvement from polishing.

 

I am watching this thread because I want to clean up my rear glass.

 

If you choose to polish the glass yourself, be careful. I tried that and the original rear glass exploaded in my hands. I used the stuff from Eastwood. They tell you to use a low RPM drill with the polishing wheel, followed the directions to a tee. When I finished, I was carrying the glass back into the garage and as I was sitting it down, it exploaded. Before it exploaded, it really didn't look much better. I'll never use that stuff again. You might want to have it done or leave it be. My rear glass was $500 to replace. That took a few beers to get over.....

 

Give this a watching http://www.spike.com/full-episodes/4...eason-2-ep-414

 

i have free glass replacement on my 70. when i had the windshield replaced it was amazing at how clear the new one was. the film in between the two layers on the front had become yellow with age. the rear glass would be cheap, unless you have a fastback.

 

I have never used any of the polish type of stuff on glass before. I have used a clay bar for paint to clean glass though. That works really well.

I wonder if it matters if your polishing a windshield or of its the door glass and rear glass?

 

Most windshield replacement shops can get new windshields for these cars. They probably won't be the same as origional brand (if that matters). As mentioned rear fastback glass may be another story.

 

Yeah the windshield is easy to find. The rear fastback glass can be found fairly easily, but the cost is at least doubled if not tripled for the rear glass compared to the front glass. Just be careful if you are going to mess with the rear glass.

 

If the glass is pitted or has scratches deep enough to catch your fingernail on, it's pretty much toast. You're not going to get it out without severely distorting the glass surface. Not to mention, it takes a long time and a lot of elbow grease to properly polish glass.