Original Clear Glass - Replace?

[Arne]

I have a few pieces of old glass with defroster lines and when some friends started asking me to buy my clear pieces, I tried to scrape the defroster lines off with a razor blade. No work!

Yet try to peel off old window tint film and the grid peels off with it, leaving only the etching...

[Zedrally]

You might be able to remove the etching with a slurry of tin oxide and a lambswool buff. We use TO to remove scratches from gemstones, haven't tried glass, but works on quartz.

[Carl Beck]

Sanity Check?

The original rear deck lid glass was "clear" with no "defroster lines". - Right? Clear meaning no tint ??

If the objective is to keep the car faithful to "original" - then you need a clear glass with no defroster lines. Keep in eye on E-Bay, visit other Z Car sites and post "Wanted Ad.'s" etc etc - then pay what you have too.

If you get a rear glass with defroster lines - then remove them.... aren't you still looking at "tinted glass" instead of clear? That buys you nothing in term of keeping "original"...

If you are going to tint it anyway - it won't be faithful to "original" anyway... right? So what's the issue? Get a new rear glass - it will be tinted with defroster lines - then add window tinting film as dark as the lines...

Hook up the Defroster - per the Factory TSB... and you'll have a car as delivered from a dealer - that might have preformed the job... now is that "original" or not? I don't know if following the Factory TSB's where modifications are directed - is considered "original" or not?? how it would be judged?? - But then you don't care about that anyway if your going to add tinting film.

FWIW,

Carl B.

Carl Beck

Clearwater, FL USA

http://ZHome.com

[Fun_in_my_z]

I have a good glass and hatch from a 74, its yours if you want it.

[Duffman]

Carl, point taken, either go original or do what works best for me. Guess I will look at replacing the glass and hookup the defrost, though not much need in AZ!