Suggestions for repairing B-pillar glass scratches?

[Reeler]

I pulled the protective film off my glass too and that fixed it. Thanks!

 

[Tech5150]

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The Ranger was out for an unrelated thing and I mentioned and show him the scratches. Looks at it and "let me get a quote for you on replacement". He then opens the doors and pulls off the panel below the glass pane so he can get the part number (apparently they don't trust their books, because of mid-production part changes). Finds the part. Then "oh wait, what's this?" as he's trying to get the panel back on the bottom. Someone at the factory (delivery?) forgot to pull off the protective film on that side. We peel it off fully and no scratches. Slipshod job done saves the day!

Curiously the film was NOT left on on the driver's side.

P.S. This further convinces me that silentcorp is onto something with installing a protective film on them.

Thank you SOOO much for this! EXACT same thing happened to my 2020 Model 3 Performance built on 12-26-19! I got it home and thought what the HECK? Is that scratched plastic? No it's glass, how did just the B pillar get scratched? Was trying to decide if it was worth taking to a dealer to have it fixed. Found this thread, and thought NO WAY they could be still doing this... went out to the garage with a flashlight not expecting any love. I had to really dig at the bottom edge of the glass to find the plastic edge and VOILA!!! THANK YOU!!!! Also passenger side only!

 

[mkopel]

I just found this thread and hooray! I was like what happened to my glass in just 2 weeks but it was just the protective film. Thanks for the info here!

 

[Reeler]

Tesla delivery prep missing stuff like this probably causes a bunch of service calls that are completely unnecessary.

 

[TLLMRRJ]

Would be much smarter to use ClearPlex on the B pillars instead of clear bra. That stuff is super tough and made for glass, unlike clear bra.

 

[icansnap]

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The Ranger was out for an unrelated thing and I mentioned and show him the scratches. Looks at it and "let me get a quote for you on replacement". He then opens the doors and pulls off the panel below the glass pane so he can get the part number (apparently they don't trust their books, because of mid-production part changes). Finds the part. Then "oh wait, what's this?" as he's trying to get the panel back on the bottom. Someone at the factory (delivery?) forgot to pull off the protective film on that side. We peel it off fully and no scratches. Slipshod job done saves the day!

Curiously the film was NOT left on on the driver's side.

P.S. This further convinces me that silentcorp is onto something with installing a protective film on them.

Whelp.. thanks for that hahaha I went outside and started flicking away at the corner, and then opened the door and flicked from the bottom and the protective sheet came up hahahahaha wtf... there's still some scratching on the panel next to the passenger side view mirror though ... picked at it and doesn't seem like there's any covering...just scratching lol

 

[KenC]

It's funny, but not all that surprising. Lots of consumer products now come with protective film that you can hardly tell is still on. On Black Friday this year, I had to buy a new fridge. I got an LG, and that had film everywhere. It's funny, but I removed the film on one door, and left it on the other door, and ask everyone who comes to my house, can they tell? Nope, no one can tell which door has the film still on it.

 

[pharwood]

there's still some scratching on the panel next to the passenger side view mirror though ... picked at it and doesn't seem like there's any covering...just scratching lol

Is the panel next to the wing mirror plastic, not glass? That might be why it scratches.

 

[antsh]

Haha, wow, thanks for sharing your experience. I noticed some "scratches" on the passenger B pillar. Took a closer look, and the plastic was still there! Peeled it off, perfect below it. Same as mentioned, the plastic was peeled off of the driver side, but left on the passenger side.

 

[Altarr]

Maybe the person who scratched it just wanted to alert you that the film was still on

 

[Candleflame]

I don’t have any suggestions but did this just happen while the car was parked? Why must people do this to other people's things! Sorry OP!

I think people who have nothing to lose can engage in such behaviour as when you have nothing you cant lose anything even if you get caught. This is accompanied with a sense of self entitlement that they deserve better because good fortune comes to everyone automatically in life and they feel that they should have deserved a slice of the cake too.

Combine this with a lack of prosecution for this in the USA and you have recipy for disaster.

I would just let the insurance handle this. vandalism doesnt affect premiums in the usa does it?

 

[icansnap]

Is the panel next to the wing mirror plastic, not glass? That might be why it scratches.

yeah... got some wax and some ceramic stuff, took a pass over it and it did the trick... not perfect, but good enough.

 

[XLR82XS]

I had mine covered in film to protect them - saw a post on Reddit a while back where micro-scratches were appearing just from using the card on the B-pillar.

PPF is a fantastic idea.