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I just have to share that after three years of owning the SL, I have finally found a product to make cleaning the inside of the rear window a much easier process. For three years, I have contorted, cussed and cobbled to try and get the rear interior glass as clean as the rest of the windows. But my arms are not long enough, nor is my body young enough to reach all of the spots. But I now possess the Griot's Garage window cleaner set. A simply brilliant swivel head on a long handle that uses a microfiber cover to clean the window. And just like that my car is acceptably clean to me for the first time. If any of you have experienced the same frustration, this little tool is well worth the investment. Heck, it works on the windshield as well. Why did I not know sooner!
I just have to share that after three years of owning the SL, I have finally found a product to make cleaning the inside of the rear window a much easier process. For three years, I have contorted, cussed and cobbled to try and get the rear interior glass as clean as the rest of the windows. But my arms are not long enough, nor is my body young enough to reach all of the spots. But I now possess the Griot's Garage window cleaner set. A simply brilliant swivel head on a long handle that uses a microfiber cover to clean the window. And just like that my car is acceptably clean to me for the first time. If any of you have experienced the same frustration, this little tool is well worth the investment. Heck, it works on the windshield as well. Why did I not know sooner!
Great tip!...Thank you so much!
The 231's inside rear window is indeed 'a bear' to clean, so this should make it much easier.
You can order the Griot's Garage Set (shown) or just a window cleaning tool through Amazon!
I have one of those...found it useless as it is not flat (slightly concave). However I have always used their car window cleaning solution and it is fantastic!
I imagine that it would be somewhat easier to access the inside rear window glass by 'interrupting' the vario folding top's process midway through it's cycle. However, that said, I doubt MB would ever suggest or recommend doing that just to reach the inside glass for cleaning purposes...
I would personally worry that repeated mid-cycle 'interruptions' might cause some kind of problem with roof operation, given all the micro-switches, actuators, and motors that are involved in with the opening and closing process.....
So...Thanks for the additional suggestion, but I think I'll just stick with the long handle 'cleaning brush' method whenever the inside rear glass of my 231 needs some attention!....
The was a MB supplied stick for the SLK that held the roof open for servicing etc - many SLK drivers made the same thing out of a broom handle.
I open the SL roof halfway to clean the rear window but it can and does fall into the boot / go forward under it's own weight. Clearly a risk of injury if it goes backward. I'm looking into making a pole to keep the roof propped open (so weight biased toward the front) as theSL glass roof is also very heavy compared to the SLK roof.
I just have to share that after three years of owning the SL, I have finally found a product to make cleaning the inside of the rear window a much easier process. For three years, I have contorted, cussed and cobbled to try and get the rear interior glass as clean as the rest of the windows. But my arms are not long enough, nor is my body young enough to reach all of the spots. But I now possess the Griot's Garage window cleaner set. A simply brilliant swivel head on a long handle that uses a microfiber cover to clean the window. And just like that my car is acceptably clean to me for the first time. If any of you have experienced the same frustration, this little tool is well worth the investment. Heck, it works on the windshield as well. Why did I not know sooner!
thanks for the tip, have you found any better ways to clean since this post?
To clean the rear window I just lower the roof, then open the boot/trunk and when the roof lifts up I can reach all of the inside of the window easily. No idea why you'd want gadgets to do that 😁
To clean the rear window I just lower the roof, then open the boot/trunk and when the roof lifts up I can reach all of the inside of the window easily. No idea why you'd want gadgets to do that 😁
this actually makes so much sense. I don't know why I never thought of it
I wonder if any of you guys have used one of those window cleaning pole with the brushes on the end to clean the outside windows of your cars? I've been looking around and found wfp poles but these seem rather expensive and amazon have the ones specially cleaning cars for literally like £20 so I was wondering if anyone knows the difference. are they the same thing? have you used these types of poles and brushes to clean your car windows? I would like to know your guys opinion before I make the purchase.
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