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pitted headlamps

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 1:13 pm
by scherry2
I was just wondering if we have polycarbonate headlights?and has any one tried this out?http://www.jcwhitney.com/webap...Id=-1 I've heard of the company but never used there services.

Re: pitted headlamps (scherry2)

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:35 pm
by Caretaker
I need something. I just looked at mine last night, and they look awful.

Re: pitted headlamps (scherry2)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:59 am
by Kazig
I used a similar product on my old bikes windshield and it worked great.

Re: pitted headlamps (scherry2)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 1:46 am
by Mr. Poopypants
That stuff works really well for scratches and dullness. We use that on the lights on our firetrucks when they get a little faded.

Re: pitted headlamps (Mr. Poopypants)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:48 am
by scherry2
so are they polycarbonate? I think i'll pull a ragingfish and order some and try it out.

Re: pitted headlamps (scherry2)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:14 am
by millster
Quote, originally posted by scherry2 »I think i'll pull a ragingfish and order some and try it out. Great idea. I hope it does work. I now have one that is pitted and one that is brand new. Looks a little odd.

Re: pitted headlamps (scherry2)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:24 am
by 03VibeGT6Spd
scherry2,Think the early 90's mustangs had polycarbonate lense, the ones the turned a dull yellow.For some reason i think the vibes have lexan lense's, but don't hold me to it. I could be wrong, it has happened before once or twice. lolif you try it out, let me know what you think.If it comes down to it you can always go to a auto glass shop they can polish it out.by the way, it was nice meeting you and your family at the meet!

Re: pitted headlamps (03VibeGT6Spd)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 8:05 am
by ragingfish
Quote, originally posted by 03VibeGT6Spd »For some reason i think the vibes have lexan lense's, but don't hold me to it. I could be wrong, it has happened before once or twice. lolWhatever they're made of, it's strong!When I had that deer collision back in the fall, everything inside the headlight shattered -- front deflector, rear reflector...the entire back of the assembly was gone...but the front of it was barely even scratched. I was amazed!

Re: pitted headlamps (ragingfish)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 8:13 am
by millster
Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »Whatever they're made of, it's strong!They definitely are. Mine had a few punctures and the like, but it didn't shatter. Pretty impressive.

Re: pitted headlamps (ragingfish)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:01 am
by Kazig
They work well as a mirror too. I'm afraid to ask what you were wearing when you took the picture.I find a zoomed view very disturbing!

Re: pitted headlamps (Kazig)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:04 am
by ragingfish
lol. You can only see the camera and my hands in the bottom leftmost shard.

Re: pitted headlamps (ragingfish)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 8:51 pm
by Caretaker
oh, I thought that was an integrated camera you had for taking pictures of NJ State Police as they speed up and down 295!!Or, maybe some kind of integrated strobe which knocks out the cameras at the Parkway toll booth as you speed through them enroute to Surf City!!

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:54 pm
by ragingfish
Stumbled on this tonight...resurfaces and cleans pitted, fogged, and hazed headlamp assemblies.http://66.241.223.236/merchant...Other

Re: (ragingfish)

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 1:26 pm
by scherry2
Well I got the novus plastic cleaner /polisher and tried it out: my conclusion is (do i sound like Ragingfish?) the bottle numbered#2 worked great for removing small surface scratches but didn't really remove any of the pits maybe smoothed out the edges, the bottle numbered #1 was a cleaner and polish that really sparkled up the lens. after doing both lenses I would have to say they looked better from a distance of say 3 feet but up close the pits were there. at night they look just as bad as before. on a scale of 1 to 10 this product rates a 5.0