Window Water
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Instructor
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From: Howell michigan
Window Water
After washing my car and then rolling the window down & up i get a 6 to 8 in wide patch of streaky water left on the window and then it dries and looks like hell. In the summer this doesn't happen because the water dries and evaporates quick enough. The colder months are a whole different story. Any ideas on what i might due to fix this problem ?
Instructor
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Happens to me too. No words of wisdom from me other than the obvious--the window track components/seal areas are wet and tranfer onto the window. At least when its cold you won't be using the window as much, so it shouldn't matter all that much.
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Instructor
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From: Howell michigan
I can think of a million reasons... ATM, need to swipe badge to enter gate at work. Assorted drive thrus and the list goes on.
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From: CHOCOWINITY NC
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From: Howell michigan
I can't believe how this is so hard to understand. First of all i too hand wash my car but it still gets water all over it and that water goes down between the glass and the door. Secondly after washing ,the car can sit for hours and hours and if it's not reasonably warm outside the water will not dry up and evaporate. I was really hoping for someone with some experience with this and maybe an intelligent response!!
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Melting Slicks
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From: Visalia CA
it happens on every car, and youre correct, the colder it is, the longer it takes to dry. There is no way to prevent it. By rule of thumb, when I wash my car in the winter, I don't roll the window down for a day. If I do, it streaks.
No way around it. If you are forced to roll it down, you just have to clean it again.
No way around it. If you are forced to roll it down, you just have to clean it again.
Melting Slicks
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From: San Antonio TX
Unfortunately, I don't think there is a solution other than just waiting a little longer before rolling down the windows. I completely feel your pain...just this afternoon after spending 4 wonderful hours detailing the car, I had to go to the Air Force Base and had to roll down my window to show my ID card. I think the gate guard heard me cussin' under my breath when I started to roll the window back up.
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From: Allentown Pa.
A day later and the windows still gets wet.
I keep a small micro-fiber towel in the car and dry my window
off as soon as I can after it happens, mainly at work going through the
gate. I also do the same in my Accord when I wash it, twice a year
whether it needs it or not. I'm not overly **** but I can't stand a dirty,
streaky window.
I keep a small micro-fiber towel in the car and dry my window
off as soon as I can after it happens, mainly at work going through the
gate. I also do the same in my Accord when I wash it, twice a year
whether it needs it or not. I'm not overly **** but I can't stand a dirty,
streaky window.
Melting Slicks
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From: San Francisco Bay Area California
I agree totally with the OP. This happens to me too and to the person who commented that it happens on all cars, no! That's just not so. I've only had this happen on one other car...a '94 Mustang GT convertible. Both the 'Vette and the Mustang could go as long as two full days and still have the problem.
There may be some (though very little) truth in the comment above about really spending some time blowing the edge of the door at the bottom of the window with a leaf blower. I tried that yesterday and this afternoon 19 full hours later the windows were only about half as screwed up as they usually are.
It's pretty annoying, but I have to say it's the only annoying thing I've found to b**ch about on the C6, so that's not so bad!
There may be some (though very little) truth in the comment above about really spending some time blowing the edge of the door at the bottom of the window with a leaf blower. I tried that yesterday and this afternoon 19 full hours later the windows were only about half as screwed up as they usually are.
It's pretty annoying, but I have to say it's the only annoying thing I've found to b**ch about on the C6, so that's not so bad!
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '06
I understand....all good reasons. I've never noticed the problem lasting all that long but mine is not a DD so maybe I've just not run into the situation. As another poster mentioned, I do use a leaf blower to dry my car. Maybe this helps.
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It is cold with ice falling, so the window won't do it today because they will be frozen shut.
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