P1000 Scratched Windshield

[russknight]

As a result of bulldozing through the scrub oaks and swamps of Taylor County, my SATV windshield is pretty scratched up. I have no complaints with the windshield, it has held up well to the abuse. I searched but didn't find anything on possibly polishing the scratches out. Anyone tried it? @SuperATV

 

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[Remington]

didn't find anything on possibly polishing the scratches out. Anyone tried it? @SuperATV

Thats a negative. Not really nothing you can do with that type of plastic.
Bouf of mine have scratches and tried everything under the sun

 

[P1K5Dave]

I have heard that a good body shop can restore them quite nicely. Haven't actually seen, but heard.

 

[Dirtstiffs-1000]

Google polycarbonate windshield scratch repair.
Heat guns
Tooth paste
Paste wax/buff type restore products.

I just clean-maintain my SuperATV flip up with 50/50 Dawn dishsoap and water.

 

[Red500]

As a result of bulldozing through the scrub oaks and swamps of Taylor County, my SATV windshield is pretty scratched up. I have no complaints with the windshield, it has held up well to the abuse. I searched but didn't find anything on possibly polishing the scratches out. Anyone tried it? @SuperATV

I tried it and it destroyed the windshield, don't do it.

 

[StewB]

With regrets for your situation, I agree with the above. I had a few annoying scratches on a Lexan windshield. Thought it would be easy to polish out with the leftovers of a plastic headlight restoration kit. Don't do it. But if you want to try something, put a small scratch in an obscure corner and then try the fix. Can't hurt, and I'd like to know if someone can find a fix.

 

[russknight]

I watched a YouTube video where the guy used a heat gun to eliminate some smaller scratches.

 

[Backwoods]

I tried a couple of years ago. You can’t fix it just replace it.

 

[TripleB]

I'm pretty sure if you do any of that stuff to the superatv windshield, you will ruin the scratch resistant coating. Then you will be left with a POS that will scratch anytime something touches it.

 

[GovtMule]

Agreed. I wouldn’t even try it. My guess is it would just get much worse.

 

[russknight]

It's not terrible. I'll roll with it a while longer. About time to put my glass one in anyway.

 

[Red500]

I have used the heat gun method with mediocre results. But when I tried the fine sand paper it completely ruined the poly windshield.

 

[SuperATV]

I've never seen it successfully done....personally, but I see threads like this once in a while where guys have made it happen.

 

[Smitty335]

It's not terrible. I'll roll with it a while longer. About time to put my glass one in anyway.

You tight wad, all this time you had the fix, a glass windshield, but yet you are trying to come up with a fix for your plastic windshield. HA!

 

[bumperm]

Acrylic, which SuperATV windshields are NOT, is relatively easy to polish. Acrylic is in common use for small aircraft windshields and glider canopies etc. Acrylic does not handle impacts well and can shatter into sharp shards, so is not recommended for SXS windshields.

SXS's windshields are often made of either safety glass or polycarbonate (a common trade name is Lexan). Polycarbonate is quite strong and impact resistant, as well as more expensive than acrylic. But the downside of polycarbonate is that scratches cannot be polished out as they can with acrylic.

 

[russknight]

You tight wad, all this time you had the fix, a glass windshield, but yet you are trying to come up with a fix for your plastic windshield. HA!

I can't use the glass one in the summer. I'd be a baked potato.

 

[Smitty335]

I can't use the glass one in the summer. I'd be a baked potato.

Bake on!

 

[Bighat]

I can't use the glass one in the summer. I'd be a baked potato.

Get the flip up glass. Also, I bought some mopar product years several years back that they made for the soft top Jeep window. It worked well but I don't know if it will work on your windshield. I don't even know if they still make it but you may check into it.

 

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