Inside of front windows scratching

I don't know if it's a known problem with the 9K, but there was a service bulletin for the c900 that showed how to correct/avoid the problem. There are clips that hold the weatherstripping to the car. They are covered by a flocked rubber flap that is part of the weatherstripping. The clips have an extra little lip on them that makes them easier to install, but over time they penetrate the rubber flap and scratch the window. The solution is to grind down the extra little lip on the clips. Yours look pretty bad. I'm not sure that you can buff those out, but grinding the rest of the clips down can probably save the rest of the window. That is, of course, if that's the issue--just speculating...

Thanks, I'll take a look this weekend when I get the panels off. Fortunately, I believe only the old tint is scratched, not the glass itself. *fingers crossed*

i got the same fuckin problem on my 91..let us know how it goes...and it should be just the tint.. i had my done a few months ago and they just started to show the scratches...for some reason the tint was just thick enough or more easily to scratch then the glass panel itself.

Is that the silver automatic that was up in Beverly Hills? We were on our way to go see it when we called and said it just sold....

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Glad some super-n00b didn't get it.....

Best,
Drew

DrewP said:

Is that the silver automatic that was up in Beverly Hills? We were on our way to go see it when we called and said it just sold....

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Glad some super-n00b didn't get it.....

Best,
Drew

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Haha, yes sir. It was being stored at Raffi's shop.

Side note, owner was a nice guy thru the sale process, but when I called the next day to get a copy of the smog cert, he turned into a jerk saying he wasn't happy with the deal we made. Uh, ok. You were happy yesterday? Seller's remorse, I guess.

Anyway the car is quite nice, but the ad wasn't totally truthful. Said only the hood had been repainted, and the whole car definitely has been re-sprayed. There was quite obviously a smoker in this car's past, but he didn't seem to know anything about it. Said no leaks, two small leaks.

It needs a few things... power steering pump, maybe inner drivers, has an intermittent ABS light that goes off with a restart, but overall I can't complain for the price/condition.

Car's thread: http://saablink.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50096

My windows do the same thing. I've had the tint for 4+ years and its seemed to have stopped getting worse

Heard that Moleskin corrects this problem.

Good luck with your 9k. Post some photos. Love those seats.

http://www.tintprotector.com/

Lets just hit it with my rotary and some compound, that oughta get rid of it...

Coming from a dubious background of grinding my own telescope mirrors:
Do Not attack the glass with tools or compounds UNLESS you know exactly what you are up to. Making a mess is much more likely than 'fixing the problem.

airsaab said:

Heard that Moleskin corrects this problem.

Good luck with your 9k. Post some photos. Love those seats.

http://www.tintprotector.com/

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thanks, i'll look into that. i need to get some proper pics for sure. maybe this weekend.

christian900se said:

Lets just hit it with my rotary and some compound, that oughta get rid of it...

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i don't think the glass is scratched, it just scraped the tint off in that one spot. i guess there isn't really a way to tell without pulling the old film off... i'll get to it eventually.

If the glass is scratched (which I doubt), I have a special glass polish and felt pad we can use to get rid of them before they get retinted.