[BigMav]

Hey guys I was wondering if anybody else has this problem. In my GU I have these vertical scratches about a third of the way from the front of the glass. Both passenger and driver side (front doors). It's like something was rubbing on the glass from inside the door at some stage and was scraping on the glass as it was going in and out of the door frame. I had the exact same scratches on my old GQ aswell in the same place. I'll take a pic if nobody knows what I'm on about but it seems it might be more common than I first thought. Questions:

1. What causes it.
2. What can I do to stop it happening again.
3. How do I remove scratches from glass

I want to get the windows tinted but would like to fix this up first.

Cheers

 

[geeyoutoo]

Have not seen this on a Troll but I have on other vehicles, usually it's something in the track mechanism allowing the window to move sideways allowing the glass to rub on the frame or the rubber/cloth guide has worn out allowing contact with the frame. If both doors are doing it that is a little unusual as it's the drivers door that cops the most traffic.

 

[rgren2]

Check that you or your partner has not wiped the glass with the back of the hand. Diamonds or other precious and semiprecious stones cut the glass easily.

 

[BigMav]

Nah nothing like that. The car had it since we bought it. Same as the gq did and in the exact same place. I'll take a couple of pics.

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[BigMav]

Really difficult to get the scratches to show on camera but you can kinda see on this shot. The scratches go all the way to the top of the glass both sides.

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[trolling]

I had this in my GQ as well. It seemed to come about after a couple of trips to Centre and I thought it was caused by grit build up in the guides that wore a groove in the glass as we wound it up and down.

We also ended up with a couple of horizontal lines in the passenger window after my wife had her window half open when we travelled a section of the Savannah Way. I couldn't believe it cut into the glass in one day. We now only drive in the dirt with the windows fully up or down.

I will interested to see if you find out any other reason for the grooves.

 

[Jamie4800]

Got some on mine from having dirt and grit all over the windows then winding em up / down.

You can take the bottom seals off and clean then out.

 

[BigMav]

Hmm, seems like it was probably just some grit in there at some point. Anyone know of a glass polish or similar to get rid of it.

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[Boundry Rider]

X2 Jamie4800 sand and rock fines caught in rubber wiper of door outer seal.
For glass polishing, call a dealer and ask to speak to the predelivery or after sales section. They will know glass polishers locally. I worked at a large Toyota dealership and we called in a guy a couple of times a month to sort out scratches on new and used car glass.

 

[BigMav]

For the sake of $30 might give this stuff a go. Looked promising on a youtube vid for minor scratches.

DIY Glass Repair | Glass Polish AustraliaGlass Polish Australia

 

[Franky73]

For the sake of $30 might give this stuff a go. Looked promising on a youtube vid for minor scratches.

DIY Glass Repair | Glass Polish AustraliaGlass Polish Australia

Mate that looks like hours of pain.

Add on the your labor and frustration and you me be better buying a new bit of glass.

Give it a go and let us know how you went.