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Windshield Glare

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:55 am
by aperson
This may sound weird but when I drive I get a lot of glare on my windshield from my dash. As in when I look out of the windshield I see a refection of my dash in it. Is there anything to get rid of this?

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:01 am
by Hudson_Neon
get rid of the glass and wear dirtbiking goggles :D

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:09 am
by 60trim
:slap: ...Wash your window, and then wash your dash with mild soap and water. It shouldn't shine to the piont where it distracts you (unless you use armoral and make it shine). Just my .02

Re: Windshield Glare

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:02 am
by Paul56
aperson wrote:This may sound weird but when I drive I get a lot of glare on my windshield from my dash. As in when I look out of the windshield I see a refection of my dash in it. Is there anything to get rid of this?
Take the top of your dash out. Removing the top of the dash will allow you to easily clean all parts of it. Hopefully there isn't Armour-All on it. If there is, remove it. I have found the Mr. Clean Magic pads excellent for removing Armour-All. Wash it thoroughly with soap/water solution. Resist the temptation to re-coat it with any sort of treatment.

Put a vinegar/water solution in a spray bottle or do like what I do and purchase the Windex Vinegar product, get yourself a couple of microfibre cloths and clean the inside of your front windshield.

Why vinegar? Because it will cut through the grime and leave your windshield streak free better than any other product... in my opinion anyways. You may need to go over the inside of the windshield a couple of times to get it right.

Done right and given a windshield in reasonable shape... you'll think there is NO windshield when driving. :D

Re: Windshield Glare

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:17 pm
by aperson
Paul56 wrote:Take the top of your dash out. Removing the top of the dash will allow you to easily clean all parts of it. Hopefully there isn't Armour-All on it. If there is, remove it. I have found the Mr. Clean Magic pads excellent for removing Armour-All. Wash it thoroughly with soap/water solution. Resist the temptation to re-coat it with any sort of treatment.

Put a vinegar/water solution in a spray bottle or do like what I do and purchase the Windex Vinegar product, get yourself a couple of microfibre cloths and clean the inside of your front windshield.

Why vinegar? Because it will cut through the grime and leave your windshield streak free better than any other product... in my opinion anyways. You may need to go over the inside of the windshield a couple of times to get it right.

Done right and given a windshield in reasonable shape... you'll think there is NO windshield when driving. :D
It was a brand new windshield as of last year so it isn't that bad. Won't the vinegar stink up the car though? My sis used Pledge when she cleaned my windows for me last time so I think thats the problem. Thanks a bunch, will definitely try this.

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:23 pm
by Paul56
Pledge! Oh my gosh! :shock:

Your car will temporarily smell like the inside of a pickle jar for a bit, but that is a small price to pay for clean glass. :thumbup:

Just don't use the vinegar with garlic. :rofl: <joke>

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:36 pm
by kc2005ptgt
a vinegar and a water truck are travelling towards each other ont he same road and as they crest a hill on either side they run into each other and - douche!!! - they crash.


The vinegar works wonders for removing greasy stuff, we used a similar solution to clean the smoker rooms in the hotel I worked at for a while, they get all the grime from the glass and stuff where other cleaner would not. Do a 1:1 mix of water:vinegar... that will smell, but leave your windows open on the car while doing it, and leave em open for a while afterwards, the smell will disepate.

Re: Windshield Glare

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:05 pm
by Wenuden
Paul56 wrote:
aperson wrote:This may sound weird but when I drive I get a lot of glare on my windshield from my dash. As in when I look out of the windshield I see a refection of my dash in it. Is there anything to get rid of this?
Take the top of your dash out. Removing the top of the dash will allow you to easily clean all parts of it. Hopefully there isn't Armour-All on it. If there is, remove it. I have found the Mr. Clean Magic pads excellent for removing Armour-All. Wash it thoroughly with soap/water solution. Resist the temptation to re-coat it with any sort of treatment.

Put a vinegar/water solution in a spray bottle or do like what I do and purchase the Windex Vinegar product, get yourself a couple of microfibre cloths and clean the inside of your front windshield.

Why vinegar? Because it will cut through the grime and leave your windshield streak free better than any other product... in my opinion anyways. You may need to go over the inside of the windshield a couple of times to get it right.

Done right and given a windshield in reasonable shape... you'll think there is NO windshield when driving. :D
this is a trick that my 70 year old father taught me, but we don't use microfibers, we use newspaper. streak free and cheap as hell.

Re: Windshield Glare

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:30 pm
by thirteentwo
aperson wrote:This may sound weird but when I drive I get a lot of glare on my windshield from my dash. As in when I look out of the windshield I see a refection of my dash in it. Is there anything to get rid of this?
This should only happen if you're using a product to make the dash shine.

No shine = no glare.

Re: Windshield Glare

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:49 pm
by 2k1MotorSport
thirteentwo wrote:No shine = no glare.
:withstupid: exactly...

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:37 pm
by Midnight_Rider
kc2002acr wrote:a vinegar and a water truck are travelling towards each other ont he same road and as they crest a hill on either side they run into each other and - douche!!! - they crash.
:rofl:

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:40 pm
by InfinityAudio
Imagine with a white dash.....even if it's rainny I were sunglass

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:08 am
by evilneon02
Hudson_Neon wrote:get rid of the glass and wear dirtbiking goggles :D

:rofl: :laughing3: :withstupid:

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:22 am
by thirteentwo
InfinityAudio wrote:Imagine with a white dash.....even if it's rainny I were sunglass
how hard is it to keep that thing clean?