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Scratched window

jammin_2
jammin_2 Posts: 2,461 Forumite
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My wife was driving. Caught edge of a low metal sign. Driver's side rear window now has a scratch about 10cm long.

Any way to remove it? Autoglass want £144 to replace the window.
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  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    Insurance?

    They cover all glass, not just the windscreen.
  • jammin_2
    jammin_2 Posts: 2,461 Forumite
    Inactive wrote: »
    Insurance?

    They cover all glass, not just the windscreen.

    I have fully comp insurance and I have windscreen cover. They don't cover scratches in windows other the windscreen though.
  • dacouch
    dacouch Posts: 21,636
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    Try a local independent windscreen company (Like glassman's), if Autoglass are quoting £144 you can probably get it for circa £60 from an independent. Or try a junk yard, some will fit it or you could pay an independent to fit it
  • chris_n_tj
    chris_n_tj Posts: 2,659
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    Try polishing it out with some metal polish or toothpaste. I got a really bad scratch out of my glass coffee table with metal polish. Its worth trying before spending.
    Ps you need to use some elbow grease.
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  • jammin_2
    jammin_2 Posts: 2,461 Forumite
    Thanks folks. I'll try what chris n tj said, then what dacouch said.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    jammin wrote: »
    I have fully comp insurance and I have windscreen cover. They don't cover scratches in windows other the windscreen though.

    Oh dear, mine covers " damage to all glass ", sorry if yours doesn't.:)
  • jammin_2
    jammin_2 Posts: 2,461 Forumite
    Inactive wrote: »
    Oh dear, mine covers " damage to all glass ", sorry if yours doesn't.:)
    Yeah, cheers.
  • dunclane
    dunclane Posts: 145 Forumite
    Put a brick through it ;)
  • D1649
    D1649 Posts: 7 Forumite
    dont waste your time with toothpaste, metal polish will put micro scratches in it too and could damage it. Get a proper "cerium oxide" glass polish. if you can feel it with your nail then it will be too deep for you to get out on your own entirely but if it was a metal sign then there will be some transferrance of the metal to the screen which may come off to an extent. Companies do polish glass professionally and it may be claimable from your insurance without having to take the car to bits to put a new glass in.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    Would love to know how she hit a sign on the drivers side.... Reversing or something?
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