This could potentially be an emabarassingly stupid question, but...

A few weeks ago I noticed my rear windshield looking kind of 'spotted'. Nothing I could feel, just looked odd.

Today I was wearing a pair of polarized sunglasses and it was alot more apparent.

I did a few searches, and I couldn't find much. Is this just a factory tint getting old, or is there something in the glass I don't know about?

 

you know, seeing spots on glass is the first sign of cataracts.















j/k!

 

Yep, all old windows do it.

 

I didn't think my windows had a tint on them, but I guess they do.

I assume that if I stop being a cheap *** and get some decent tints the problem would go away. Correct?

 

factory tint .... not sure if it is in the glass or on the glass, but pretty sure it is IN the glass.

 

Will the spotting be less apparent with a darker, aftermarket tint?

Thanks for helping.

 

definately.

 

spotting is in the glass. just get some 35 tint. it should take care of it

 

I did the same thing when I first got my sunglasses. I thought I had X-ray vision Then I saw the same spotting on really older cars. The spotting goes away at different angles and I just got used to it.

 

Not really the same thing, but I recently got a new PPG windshield in my MR2. The installers didn't clean it at all, it was disgusting on the inside.

Well, I pointed it into the sun and cleaned the inside and outside repeatedly with Windex. One thing I just couldn't do was get a few fingerprints off. Upon closer observation, they are not on the inside OR the outside. The prints are between the layers of laminated glass!!!

Lovely.

 

That would drive me in-fricken-sane.

Thanks everyone for the help.