ive looked into it but does anybody know how much it costs and who will do it? has anybody ever had it done? ive got haggard scratches on my driver window, there when i bought my car.

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Gotta replace the window.

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One Big Ass Mistake America

No ya dont. I've watched someone buff scratches from door glass. It took forever and a day, and I'm not sure what they used, but it can be done.

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Ultimately, it's easier, COULD be cheaper, to just replace the glass.

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One Big Ass Mistake America

ya i know it can be dont... just wondering if its worth it.... im guessing it wont be cheap. itll probally be easier to change the window out. but i gott re-tint it then too...

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Easier. Hell yes. Cheaper. Sometimes.

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Just a thought here but, how hard can it be? Not being a smart a$$ but, its buffing glass. I know that glass is harder than paint, so it will take longer, but its still buffing glass. Now dont start bashing me, I have never done it, never seen it done. Its just that it dosent sound to hard. Is there more to it that I dont know about?

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2004 Grand Prix GT1, F&R STB's, GMPP R. Sway Bar, GMPP Trailing Arms, 180* stat,

Yes it takes a while, if you do it yourself( JCW.com) has a kit, isnt expensive.


Ive done many, restored glass on about 7 cars from the 60's and 70's with OEM FACTORY glass as well as my 47 chevy fleetline business coupe, I didnt mind the length it took.

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I have the exact same problem on my 05 GP, and its only on the driver's window. Its on the outside of the window, and there are multiple scratches that run from the top to the bottom of the window. its ugly as hell and really stands out with tinted windows as a background. You can obviously tell something, such as the window regulator motor or something, is scratching the shit out of it as the window moves up and down. i I say they issue a TSB, whaddya guys think??

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2005 Pontiac Grand Prix:|SE front|SPO grilles|HPTuned|HUD added|5-button DIC swap|Wizaired CAI|180*|EGR delete|GMPP rear sway|F&R STBs w/DRs brackets|3.29s|HD Diff|7/8" chain|WBS TA's|SD Headers|GenV SSM90 Hybrid(INSTALL PENDING)

The scratches come from stuff caught between the outer window seal and the glass. Obviously, Pontiac has no control over that.

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One Big Ass Mistake America

correct. but they do have control over the fact that, for most 04+ guys, we paid well over $15,000 for a new vehicle and the quality of product or glass or whatever is obviously inferior. Im no glass expert, but I would assume that it would take a lot more than accumulated dust or grit to scratch a window so deeply as to require replacement. But then again there's obviously a reason they make these kits that you guys are talking about, so it must be a common occurence. I know diamonds are used to cut glass....I don't drive down roads littered with diamond dust, so I would say that is a quality inadequacy issue on GMs part. one of many, but i still love my GP nonetheless.

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2005 Pontiac Grand Prix:|SE front|SPO grilles|HPTuned|HUD added|5-button DIC swap|Wizaired CAI|180*|EGR delete|GMPP rear sway|F&R STBs w/DRs brackets|3.29s|HD Diff|7/8" chain|WBS TA's|SD Headers|GenV SSM90 Hybrid(INSTALL PENDING)

Have you tried rubbing compound? fine grit?

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check out youtube on buffing scratched glass. you need some special buffer...

Nitemare_05GP-same issue here. driver side with real deep scratches. its gotta be cheap glass or something... i just now started seeing real tiny rock chips in my paint. so if the galss is gona scratch before the paint chips from 5 years of driving, theres gotta be a problem


and no i havent tried rubbing compound... what exactly do u mean?

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Turtle Wax rubbing compound, the red stuff.

its what I used to fill the scratches then buffed it off. the deeper ones took more time but it was a 6 hour project from start to finish on all the glass.

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hm, never knew it was possible, ill look into it. my place of employment has some buffers so ill have to try it there... i still think theyre too deep. maybe ill take some pics

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Can you get a pic of em?


Im not understanding how jst dirt is doing this. have you taken your door panel off and checked inside the door for contact?


If its anything inside your door then something is severely wrong with your door and/or window parts.

It took oer 10 years to wear a scratch into sidewindow glass on some of my older gm's .


you buy the car new or used? carfax checked if used?

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i bought it used. two owners. the first was a lady who put the majority of the miles on it. she then traded it in and the second owner was the porter at the dealership. so he just drove it from work to home. it only had 12,000 miles on it when i bought. that very low for being 4 yrs old(at the time)

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yeah low but see if someone has a carfax and cn run it, sounds like it might almost be collision damage inside the door that was half assed.

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ya i checked the car fax and it was clean... i think. it would say something about being in a colision, right?

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Try here ....

http://eastwood.resultspage.com/search? ... ubmit.y=16

These guys sell some good shit.

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Under Construction

JUST dirt won't do it, but if a small rock or something gets in there, that's what does it. Seen it on $15,000 Nissans, seen it on $85,000 Audi's.

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One Big Ass Mistake America

wouldn't it be safe to say, though, that the rocks or grit would dislodge itself eventually? As often as the window goes up and down? Im not trying to be argumentative here, Joe, this is the first time ive experienced this problem and id like to take care of it before it does any more damage. Im already gonna hafta replace the window, id like to be able to see out of it until then

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2005 Pontiac Grand Prix:|SE front|SPO grilles|HPTuned|HUD added|5-button DIC swap|Wizaired CAI|180*|EGR delete|GMPP rear sway|F&R STBs w/DRs brackets|3.29s|HD Diff|7/8" chain|WBS TA's|SD Headers|GenV SSM90 Hybrid(INSTALL PENDING)

As an Master Certified Auto Glass Technician with the National Glass Association and having 16 years experience in the business, I can tell you that polishing scratches out of glass is no easy task. Can it be done? Sure. Cerium Oxide mixed with water into a paste is your best bet with a buffing wheel. Jeweler's Rouge is another option. Is it worth it? Not at all. You are going to waste an enormous amount of time even on the smallest scratches. Anything you can feel with your fingernail is going to take forever. The reason it takes so long is because the polish has to be so fine to not corrupt the clarity of the glass. The biggest problem with polishing scratches out of glass, and the reason we don't do it where I work, is that when you polish the scratch out, you have made the glass thinner in that area. This causes a distortion in the glass. Maybe not such a big deal on a side glass, but on a windshield, it's usually enough that it causes things around you to appear wavy. The deeper the scratch, the worse the distortion. Most of the time, looking through the scratch is easier on the eyes than looking through the distortion.

I have to agree with HotRodOlds... just replace the window and clean the belt moldings out while you have the glass out so the new window doesn't immediately look just like the old one.

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This is why I never roll down my windows.

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2009 Pontiac G8 GT- Roto-Fab Intake, Roto-Fab Radiator cover, Superchips Cortex Tune, Tinted Tail lights, Corsa Cat-Back Exhaust, Tinted side markers, Painted GXP Diffuser, Tinted Reflectors, Painted Grilles.

Good plan.

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