Windshield Glare

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Bill Lee/Virginia

Senior Member
What caused this and how can I avoid it in the future? I will be traveling the same route at the same time tomorrow.

I was driving my Cabriolet with the top down. In over 20 years driving my Model A this never happened before. I was on the way home from a club function at 5 p.m. Daylight Savings Time. The sun was shining on the back of the windshield over my shoulders. Instantly, the windshield became a mirror and all I could see was the traffic and scenery behind me. I pulled off the highway immediately. I opened the windshield approximately 4 inches and proceeded very carefully; however, some of the glare was still present.

I am always thankful to each of you for your information and advice.

Bill Lee/Virginia Peninsula
 
By any chance have you used some Rain-x on the windshield lately? An over the road trucker just told me a couple days ago that it causes this problem in some cases. I don't know because I have never used it although I was going to try it until he told me this.
 
I hate to run with the windshield closed flat. The first time I ever drove a PU that I was interested in buying I was driving down a narrow street with parked cars on both sides. It was a late afternoon, as I went by each car the reflection made the parked cars look like they were coming at me from both sides. When the windsheild is open a couple of inch's it seems to help those issues.
 
Rain-X is good for its intended purpose but problematic under certain lighting conditions. With a cold windshield, moderate to high humidity, and the light coming in at certain angle the windshield can become completely opaque and impossible to see through. I don't know what the mechanism is but it will happen with any modern vehicle as well as the Model A.

Last week I came around a bend into the early morning sun and saw absolutely NOTHING. I had to put on the brakes and pull over to what I hoped was the side of the road. For a few years I have been filling the windshield washer reservoir with a product made by Rain-X. The stuff has probably been building up on the surface Now I am am trying to figure out how to get the darn stuff off.
 
ursus said:
... The stuff has probably been building up on the surface Now I am am trying to figure out how to get the darn stuff off.
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Powdered laundry soap (ie: Tide or something similar) will do wonders cleaning a windshield of all sorts of residue.
 
We've previously discussed the KRAZY reflections in the windows when driving at night!! I roll down my side windows, tilt out the windshield, & pull down the rear window shade & it helps immensely!
Parked in a parking lot with the shade up & ALL windows closed, I can see the CUTE gals comin' from every direction. (SIGH!!)
Bill W.
 
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