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Postby cynakyl » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:54 pm

Hey all,
On my GT-T on all the windows i have what looks like water spots. Now i have tried scrubbing with a scourer pad, cleaning them, meths and 30sec calcium lime rust remover and none of them have worked. Anyone have any other ideas or have had the same prob and how you got rid of them. Makes the windows look ghey cuase with the tints you can see them easy as.
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Postby snwtoy » Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:21 pm

Never had any trouble with mine. Perhaps it's spent time with acidic rain on the windows and become permanently etched.
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Postby CaM » Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:22 pm

tried washing it with your normal carwash and chmois ing it?
my van's got the same. i've never bothered trying anything to sort it but on my laurel the chamois cleared it up
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Postby oldskool_rwd » Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:54 pm

i have used a machine buffer with some repo extra cream cutter and about 5-10mins on a window gets rid of 90% of the water stains/spots
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Postby Bling » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:26 pm

the water spots definently on the outside of the window :?: :?
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Postby Pelo » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:34 pm

Cut & polish works wonders, or meths and newspaper.
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Postby Santa'sBoostinSleigh » Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:10 pm

mines got the same problem
its got VD and leaks fluid out the rear window washer when i accellerate hard! :(
its stained and meths/carwash/petrol dont help!!
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Postby Jazza » Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:26 pm

Ensured with a free window once a year? Accidentally crack it.
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Postby cynakyl » Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:28 pm

tried meths and newspaper, no joy. My bro has some meguiars headlight polisher stuff so i might give that a go and see if i have any luck. Yeah definately on the outside. Im thinking it could be all that acid rain they have in japan 8O... oh well iguess i'll keep trying. I thinking i might call my old boss who now runs a smith&smith branch and see what they use to clean windows properly...
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Postby mr_monkey » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:35 pm

Santa'sBoostinSleigh wrote:mines got the same problem
its got VD and leaks fluid out the rear window washer when i accellerate hard! :(
its stained and meths/carwash/petrol dont help!!


VD?
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Postby Santa'sBoostinSleigh » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:59 pm

you u got it :P
well rear fluid discharge anyway
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Postby XERO » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:11 am

mr_monkey wrote:
Santa'sBoostinSleigh wrote:mines got the same problem
its got VD and leaks fluid out the rear window washer when i accellerate hard! :(
its stained and meths/carwash/petrol dont help!!


VD?
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ROFL!!!! thats awesome... give some asotone a go, if its surface spots they wont be there for long, just caution on the rubbers and the paint man... Asotone takes colour out of vinyl tiles ya know?
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Postby MrOizo » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:58 am

Pelo wrote:Cut & polish works wonders, or meths and newspaper.


yipyipy i have used normal window cleaner with news paper and thats wicked!
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Postby TRD Man » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:06 am

Try this;

C-Thru Water Spot Remover.

You can buy it in hardware shops or from the factory in Tauranga.

www.c-thru.co.nz

It's not cheap but it works.
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Postby Big pun » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:29 am

oldskool_rwd wrote:repo extra cream cutter


Yip that works, used it on my windows & they came up like new...
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Postby cynakyl » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:33 pm

problem solved. My old boss is now the regional manager for smith and smith glass in auck's. so he jacked me up with some farkin expensive stuff that they use (except i got it for free :lol: ). I think it is a type of glass polish. So with that and a shit load of elbow grease i managed to get 1 window clean in half an hour. So could be a good 3 or 4 hour job depending on how bloody sore my arms are afterwards. But it works and makes it look sooooo much better. Thanks for all the suggestions tho.

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Postby ollieboy » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:12 pm

while your cleaning alternate arms so you don't end up with one real strong arm and one real small arm.

It happened to me when I was waxing cars for some fundraising event. :oops:
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Postby Santa'sBoostinSleigh » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:41 am

cynakyl wrote:problem solved. My old boss is now the regional manager for smith and smith glass in auck's. so he jacked me up with some farkin expensive stuff that they use (except i got it for free :lol: ). I think it is a type of glass polish. So with that and a sh*t load of elbow grease i managed to get 1 window clean in half an hour. So could be a good 3 or 4 hour job depending on how bloody sore my arms are afterwards. But it works and makes it look sooooo much better. Thanks for all the suggestions tho.

- Gazza

Gazza mate, come do mine ;)


and Ollie, thats something else that gives you one strong arm, lay off a bit eh, you'll go blind :P
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Postby ollieboy » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:47 pm

Santa'sBoostinSleigh wrote:Gazza mate, come do mine ;)


and Ollie, thats something else that gives you one strong arm, lay off a bit eh, you'll go blind :P



Sssssshhh, I was hoping noone would figure it out :P
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Postby cynakyl » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:42 am

sweet as santa. you pay for my gas to drive all the way to the naki and back and i'll come and do it... :twisted:
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