SL/R129: windscreen....
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2014 C250 sport
windscreen....
when you attach the windscreen ,does it noticeably reduce the air inside the ****pit at around town speeds with the top down??I'm talkin 35-45 MPH.
One more question, whats the best cleaner to clean the soft tops plastic windows??thanks!!
One more question, whats the best cleaner to clean the soft tops plastic windows??thanks!!
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We put the wind screen up at any steady speeds above bumper to bumper, stop & go traffic.
Even at those low speeds arround town it does do a very good job of preventing turbulance. Keep the side windows up also.
I guess we are just sencitive to the wind. With the wind screen up and the windows up, we have no problems at well above highway speeds either.
Meguiar's Plastic Cleaner and Polish was recommended to me on this forum. I had very good results. I posted before and after pictures some time ago. Pictures not taken in the best of settings ... however before can be described as barely able to see through ... after is perfectly clear and no scratches.
Appying the cleaner seems to be a big mistake at first. Repeated applications, working and removal shows slow progress. 45 minutes later the cleaning process inside and out was complete. Polishing was done a few months later very fast to apply and see results in comparison to the cleaner.
Even at those low speeds arround town it does do a very good job of preventing turbulance. Keep the side windows up also.
I guess we are just sencitive to the wind. With the wind screen up and the windows up, we have no problems at well above highway speeds either.
Meguiar's Plastic Cleaner and Polish was recommended to me on this forum. I had very good results. I posted before and after pictures some time ago. Pictures not taken in the best of settings ... however before can be described as barely able to see through ... after is perfectly clear and no scratches.
Appying the cleaner seems to be a big mistake at first. Repeated applications, working and removal shows slow progress. 45 minutes later the cleaning process inside and out was complete. Polishing was done a few months later very fast to apply and see results in comparison to the cleaner.
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thanks Chris!! I will get some of that Meguiar's Plastic cleaner...how many times do you apply and remove before the plastic gets clean,you said you did it for 45 minutes?I tried Windex on the plastic windows once, and boy was that a mistake lol, it made it look worse than ever.
thanks again...
thanks again...
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in the owners manual, it shows the roll bar down when the windscreen is in place and the other half of the windscreen folded up as the screen....but shouldnt the rollbar be up with the screen between the rollbar, and the other half folded down to cover the cargo shelf??
Ive seen it both ways in pictures...which way do you do it chris??thanks!
Ive seen it both ways in pictures...which way do you do it chris??thanks!
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Put the Mequiars cleaner on and then struggel to get it off. Then put more on & so on. It gets easier as the plastic gets cleaner.
Roll bar always down. Leaf of the screen pivoted up into position.
Roll bar always down. Leaf of the screen pivoted up into position.
