Vision problem through wet windshield
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Vision problem through wet windshield
Hi All,
I searched the forum and this has come up before but I didn't get a good answer. My wife's 97 A4 1.8T has a film on the outside of the windshield when it is raining which causes real problems when driving at night. Light is refracted and messed up bad causing terrible blurry vision.
What's up? I have never used a water beading product on the windshield. The wipers are maybe a year old, possibly more. Perhaps they are the problem? Any other ideas?
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I searched the forum and this has come up before but I didn't get a good answer. My wife's 97 A4 1.8T has a film on the outside of the windshield when it is raining which causes real problems when driving at night. Light is refracted and messed up bad causing terrible blurry vision.
What's up? I have never used a water beading product on the windshield. The wipers are maybe a year old, possibly more. Perhaps they are the problem? Any other ideas?
James<ul><li><a href="http://melhuish.org/">Our Website</a></li></ul>
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Re: Vision problem through wet windshield
I found some stuff called "water spot remover" made by Malco Products
www.malcopro.com at a local parts store. I think it is a light abrasive, but it
worked really well. Before, it was like the wipers were doing nothing, now it is
like a new car (changed wiper arms too). It takes some "elbow grease" and you have
to clean the window good afterwards, but the results were good.
scott s.<ul><li><a href="http://www.malcopro.com">Malco Products</a></li></ul>
www.malcopro.com at a local parts store. I think it is a light abrasive, but it
worked really well. Before, it was like the wipers were doing nothing, now it is
like a new car (changed wiper arms too). It takes some "elbow grease" and you have
to clean the window good afterwards, but the results were good.
scott s.<ul><li><a href="http://www.malcopro.com">Malco Products</a></li></ul>
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Do you park outside?
Like Christian said, you probably need to remove the water-spots that have formed over the years. Having lived in Hawaii where rain is sometimes followed by the glorious sun...it took a beating on the paint and the windshield. I used some rubbing compound to get all the nasty stuff off, or another product I've heard about is "Glass Wax". I'm not sure I'd use the "Glass Wax" on the windshield tho, b/c it may cause some awful chatter from the blades. If you park your car outside 100% of the time, this is most likely the cause of the film. Hope this helps ya!
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Re: Vision problem through wet windshield
I've had the same problem on mine and it was a combination of old wipers, a dirty window (it looked clean but hadn't BEEN cleaned with soap for example), and the inside of the window was dirty.
Solution:
Cleaned inside of window (it's a real bitch to get the inside to not streak but if you clean it enough times with something that has ammonia in it, eventually it won't streak; I think the streaking problem is because of the outgasing of plasticizers in the dash and other plastics).
Cleaned outside of window - put on rain-x (I've also used synthetic was like Finish First with quite good results as well - I wouldn't smear carnuba on my windshield)
Replaced wipers
No more problem-
Chris Murphy
Solution:
Cleaned inside of window (it's a real bitch to get the inside to not streak but if you clean it enough times with something that has ammonia in it, eventually it won't streak; I think the streaking problem is because of the outgasing of plasticizers in the dash and other plastics).
Cleaned outside of window - put on rain-x (I've also used synthetic was like Finish First with quite good results as well - I wouldn't smear carnuba on my windshield)
Replaced wipers
No more problem-
Chris Murphy
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