Is this amount of windshield glare normal?

[Icy121]

 

[Sgt. York]

Have you tried cleaning your windshield? It would have taken less time than posting here.

 

[Icy121]

Yes both inside and out

 

[daveybrat]

Seems rather excessive to me. I don't think i could drive if the lights were that distorted looking.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Yes both inside and out

I won't doubt what you say, but I see a lot of wiper-streaking on that window. Try Windex, and go over it a couple times.

Then, if the lights still bother you, I recommend that you investigate a $20+ product called "TacVisor". Should be available online.

 

[NutBucket]

Yes both inside and out

Keep going because that's not clean. Perhaps new wiper blades too. I had a rental car once with a windshield so dirty my usual barrage of cleaners didn't work. Even tried straight rubbing alcohol....no dice! You can also use polish/rubbing compound.

 

[DaaQ]

Do you smoke or vape?
The outside is dirty, but that glare looks like when you get accumulation on the inside from different smoking residues. They are difficult to remove well. I don't vape but do smoke, and I have had to use vehicles after they were vaped in.
Best thing to do though is to use a good glass cleaner, and wipe until you can tell the streaking, smearing, residue is removed then use an anti fog compound on the inside, RainX or similar and wile your at it use RainX or similar on the outside of the glass, a water repellent. It does help with the salt on the windshield in the winter as well.

 

[feralkid]

Har-har...


OP is joking; what, no one noticed the multiple cracks in the windshield?

 

[Kenzy9]

As above, use Windex clear all that vape, possibly replace wipers.

Don't forget microfibre cloth! I don't want to see those streaks mate

 

[mindless1]

That's not accumulation from vaping, UNTIL you try to clean it off and get the oily residue smearing which just means you need to make another pass or three at cleaning until you get it all.

Mr Clean or other ammonia based products are wonderful for getting that tarry residue off, but being ammonia based, watch what you get it on and don't be breathing the fumes in a closed vehicle for long.

If you have applied wax or other goop to the exterior (or wiped your wiper blades with something that came off), try hot water and very strong (even straight) detergent and a new scotch brite blue (NOT green, new green can scratch glass) scrub sponge.

OP is joking; what, no one noticed the multiple cracks in the windshield?

Might cause distortion at the crack boundary but wouldn't account for it all the way up the non-cracked area.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Something about different philosophies of vehicle ownership. My younger brother always drove "beaters" -- which at least looked as though they'd been pulled back into service from a salvage yard. We bought him a nice 4WD Nissan SE hardbody truck -- a 1995. We found the truck ten years ago -- mechanic's special, owned and driven.

It had a cracked front windshield. I've made a couple dozen mental notes that "he needs to get that fixed", but his attitude was one of "not needing to do so -- it's not getting worse". Finally, I took it upon myself to run it down to the auto-glass place. $135 !!! Just $135, in at 8AM and out by 9:30AM -- and done.

 

[mindless1]

^ If you live in an area with a lot of crackheads, you might run over them so often that you get tired of buying new windshields. Those SOBs will run out in front of you TRYING to barely get hit for money.

 

[snoopy7548]

Seems pretty unnecessary to have an analog and digital speedometer.

I always clean my windows with Windex and newspapers, though coffee filters work too if you want no streaks. Microfiber cloths are good for final drying if that's your thing, but newspaper works just fine.

 

[CloverField]

I wash mine normally , but give it a wipe down with fine #0000 steel wool for the stubborn bugs & grime. For inside I use a streak free grease cutting cleaner. Oh another tip when it's raining and your window is fogging up be sure to turn off circulation button. With it on, it just circulates the moisture in the car. Just turn if off crack a window a bit and use the windshield defog setting.

 

[NutBucket]

Defog is easy. Turn on the AC. All cars with automatic climate controls do this and it works wonders.

 

[balloonshark]

A little trick I learned is to put some glass cleaner on a towel or rag and wipe the wiper blades until they are clean. You would be amazed how much crap comes off on the towel. This also allows you to use the blades longer saving you money since they work much better after cleaning.

 

[BudAshes]

I would say that is normal for a filthy, completely broken windshield.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I used to have a Mitsubishi that had a really streaked windshield. It was as though the dashboard was outgassing when the windows were rollled up and caused the inside of the windshield to be greasy (for lack of a better word). Try cleaning it with Dawn, warm water, and a soft cloth on the inside a few times before hitting it with Windex or an amonia-based glass cleaner.

Repeat on the outside.

 

[ElFenix]

windex + magic eraser. repeat repeat repeat.