windshield polish kits -- any good?

[Guest Anonymous]

I'm getting a LOT of glare from on coming lights when driving at night. My windshield is pitted and generally 30+ years old

The plan is to replace it when I go to paint, but that won't be for a while.

Got any recommendations on windshield polish kits? Do they actually make a difference ?

cheers

-z

[Guest Anonymous]

it requires a lot of elbow grease. I Rubbed out the windshield on my '69 Chevy C10 and it helped a lot...but I was blown away at the difference when I finally replaced the glass.

[Guest Anonymous]

i'll have to ask my mechanic buddy what kind of kit to get I think. There are a bunch with different disks & polish goop etc to fit various polishers -- gotta find out what will fit what tools he has

[Guest Anonymous]

I can't even remember where I got it from though..but there wasn't much of a difference. Maybe I didn't use it right.

Regardless, when I painted my car I put in a new windshield (aftermarket), and HOLY CRAP, it was probably one of the best 'improvements' I have made. Night and day difference. Only problem is that now my rear glass is that much more noticable...

Matt

[Guest Anonymous]

ive seen polished windshields that make you look like the fat dude at the freak show. i would imagine power or air tools would allow you to do this easier

[Guest Anonymous]

(nt)

[Guest Anonymous]

i bought a kit from Eastwood for a falcon sprint i won....it's extremely difficult to polish glass and a very small area took me 1/2 a day....i finally decided to live with things the way they are

there's a risk of the glass breaking too due to the extreme pressure and heat required to remove the bad spot

[Guest Anonymous]

hmm. that sucks. The window i've got is fine for normal driving -- its just at night with on coming headlights -- its getting near dangerous. You can feel pitting all over the thing that refracts on coming light. I'm hoping just to smooth those out a little bit, not make the thing like new. I dono.. maybe i'll call around some body shops and see what they think. I don't want to swap the window out till i go to paint.

thanks

[Guest Anonymous]

Meguire's makes some mirror glase or something like that for plastic, it may help a bit.