I'm an idiot - or - are mk2 windshields available?

[dagnamit at gmail.com (Brian Wagner)]

Or this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/scratch-remover-on-glass-8-oz-Glass-Polish_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33684QQihZ010QQitemZ200080716826QQrdZ1


On 2/23/07, Brian Wagner <dagnamit@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Try this
>
> http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=2010&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=scratch%2Cglass
>
>
> I have had some success using a similar product to remove sracthes in
> glass.
>
> Brian
>
>
>  On 2/23/07, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > I bought a new windshield from Safelite Auto Glass just a couple years
> > ago for my 16V. ~$170 but that did not include installation.
> > Course we could do the installation on yours also.
> >
> > Also, even though I know nothing about it, I wonder if there is someway
> > to polish out the scratches.
> > Dan
> >
> > From: "Greg Pallett" < greg.rocco@gmail.com>
> > To: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:37 AM
> > Subject: I'm an idiot - or - are mk2 windshields available?
> >
> >
> > > This is the 2nd most boneheaded thing I've done to my car.  The first
> > > was getting it stuck in that stream june 2005.
> > > Last week we had some snow 'round here near DC.  As we all know that
> > > makes the roads slushie and you get that disgusting road spray.
> > > The passenger side wiper-fluid squirter seems to have given up the
> > > ghost.  I discovered this while trying to clean the windshield.
> > > I grabbed a chunk of snow in a parkinglot and ran it all over my
> > > windshield, the nice melty-action took lots of road grime off and I
> > > could see.
> > > There must have been some particularly hard crap in that snow, cause i
> >
> > > seem to have permanantly scratched my windshield with a lovely
> > > curlie-que pattern all over the passenger side.  It's particularly
> > > distracting!  (And what gives, I thought glass was a very hard
> > > material and difficult to scratch?)
> > > Coupple this with 23 years of road snadblasting, the windshield was
> > > pretty well frosted, tricky to see out of when driving into the sun.
> > >
> > > So - I don't imagine they're available NOS anymore, and I haven't had
> > > the chance to call local auto-glass places...
> > > Anyone got any stories or tips (Yeah, I know - keep the ice/snow away
> > > from the windshield)
> > >
> > > TIA.
> > >
> > > GP
> > > --
> > > "Fatal mistakes rarely happen, but funny things often do"
> > >
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