I have scratches on my rear window due to my own stupidity. I tried to wipe snow/ salt residue off my window because I couldn't see out of it while driving with my 3 yr old. If she wasn't with me I wouldn't have bothered trying. Anyway I'm pretty sure there is nothing i can do to repair it, but i was wondering if anyone has used any product to help prevent the buildup of dirt and crud, etc? Thanks in advance

 

Mine got scratched from the car wash... I'm kicking myself every time I'm looking at it

 

Try some head light restorer. I used it on some seriously bad tree branch scratches and it worked. Its the stuff that takes the haze and weathering off headlights I used McGuires I think.

 

Been down this road before. I have OCD bad. Back in 11 I bought my first brand new 2dr Sport. Bought the tinted window package from mopar. Took to dealer a few times due to check engine light and got a free car wash. Bozo washed jeep with brush and stick and scratched my windows bad. I had a cow blew up made the dealer replace the windows. ( I could have handled it better)

Only to realize that after having the jeep for 4 months or so it is impossible to have glass like plastic windows on a Jeep. Impossible

Now on my 12 JKU with dual tops in the summer I get a good chuckle when I see my soft top windows and how anal I use to be about them.

 

Yup nothing you can do to prevent the crud buildup. I'm rolling on 35s and flats so they wip up all sorts of road grime. I use plexus on the windows to keep them in good condition but once scratched its hard to go back.

 

+1 on the Plexus. Does a great job on the windows, but while it won't take out the scratches, it will make them less noticeable. My last two jeeps, I had dual tops. This time I went soft top only. Only used my hard tops for about 4 months a year and changing them was a pain.

 

Believe it or not, but I've heard pledge can clear up soft windows. It works! It won't buff out deep scratches or anything but it does clear up haziness.

 

I vote for plexus

 

When I had a soft top on my old Jeep, I had the deep-tinted soft top windows. The dark plastic showed everything including trillions of tiny, hairline scratches and much deeper ones from washing and other crud.

I always found keeping a good coat of wax (not the cleaning waxes) kept them looking good. After a wash, get a clean wax pad, a little wax and shine 'em up. Gentle vertical motion with the wax pad. If you take it off with a microfiber and use vertical motion (up/down), they'll look almost new again. I stress the vertical motion because vertical scratching goes mostly unseen because of how we see refracted and reflected light. Same for the clear...I had those before the deep tinted ones, wax worked great.

The wax also helps lower the adhesion of salt and other crud from driving around on wet/snowy roads.

Someone here mentioned using Pledge. It's a similar concept because there are waxes and oils in Pledge as well that harden and fill into the hairline scratches. I can only guess it's an acceptable use for it, the only downside being that your Jeep might smell like Grandma's dining room table.

 

Thanks for all your input folks. Maybe my post was vague. My fault. I understand that the scratch is there for good. I meant to ask if there was a product to resist the crud build up from various road grime? Like a rain-ex type product for plastic windows. Sorry for the confusion.