Polishing stock windshield
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From: Phoenix '53, '88, '09 Big Twins
takes about 10 minutes & Goldilocks gets exactly the height desired
the beauty of cutting the bottom edge is that the cut is hidden, so it doesn't have to be pretty.
the rider may also choose to cut the keyholes wider, which makes for easier swaps--- when I swap to a different height seat, I swap windscreens to match.
another windscreen may be used as a template or just use a compass to scribe a line
and the cost of a take off stock H-D Lexan windscreen is about $35--- and for that price you get a tough no shatter windscreen with great optics
mike
Last edited by mkguitar; Sep 20, 2012 at 03:15 PM.
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From: Hot Springs, AR
I've never had any luck polishing Lexan windshields. Like the other posters said, they have an anti-scratch coating. I took a windshield to a boat shop once and asked them to polish it and all they did was burn off part of the coating. I see a Clearview in your future. They're plexiglass and you can polish them successfully.
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From: Virginia
Goldilocks? Maybe Gray-dilocks, but certainly not Goldilocks. Nobody's called me Goldilocks in 20 years, maybe 30. But you may have something with the "$35 take off" idea. The reason I wanted to polish out the scratch is because I actually like the stock shield better than the after-market ones I've had before. I think I'll spend some time over in the Classifieds to see if I can pick up a near-perfect H-D take-off shield.
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That's right, Harley windshields have a very thin protective film on them which is usually what scratches. Warning, if you try to polish the scratch out it will look worst once the film around the scratched area wears through from polishing. You would be better off not touching it. I removed all of the film on an old Harely windshield that had several scratches. I scraped it of with my thumb nails. It just flaked off, didn't scratch the windshield at all doing this and it looked like a new windshield once all the film was off. What appeared to be scratches were in the film only. Without the protective film over the lexan it will probably scratch.
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These windshields are made of Lexan (polycarbonate), which has a fairly soft core with a hard-coat on the outside. Any scratches that penetrate the hard coat are not repairable. Swirl-marks and very light blemishes like that can sometimes be buffed out though. Deep scratches on Plexiglas (acrylic) can be sanded and buffed out, but not Lexan.
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