liam.mccaffrey
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posted on 2/9/08 at 06:58 PM |
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Cloudy headlights
my headlights on my mini-van type effort thingy-me-bob have gone really cloudy and are dimming the lights significantly
I priced up what i can only assume were new solid gold ones from the motor factors
does anyone thinck i will be able to polish the clouds off with a mop and some cutting compound or something. they are plastic btw
[Edited on 2/9/08 by liam.mccaffrey]
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COREdevelopments
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posted on 2/9/08 at 07:39 PM |
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i tried that out on a yaris, came up ok and worked better. so why not give it a try.
rob
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Mark Allanson
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posted on 2/9/08 at 07:54 PM |
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We repair lightly scratched headlamps at work by flatting with 1000 and then 2000 and then G3 on a polishing mop, works a treat
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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zetec7
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posted on 3/9/08 at 04:58 AM |
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I've used 1000-grit wet sanding, followed by a commercial plastic polish, with great success. If you're careful, it will come out clear
as glass.
http://www.freewebs.com/zetec7/
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melly-g
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posted on 3/9/08 at 06:55 AM |
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Use toothpaste!! this works ok, mate done it on a vitara good as new now.
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BenB
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posted on 3/9/08 at 10:56 AM |
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Second the toothpaste. Fairly gentle so you'll struggle to make things worse (which could be easy with stronger abrasive pastes)...
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