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Best fix for yellowed/ discoloured headlights?

Postby God Bless the Black Top* » October 8th, 2005, 1:36 pm

hey guys,

i wanted to know where i could get the most bang for my buck. i want to get my lights back to sparkling, where's the best place to go (price wise and quality wise) to get this done? i'm living in the WEST and commute to St. Augustine for school during the week. any good service in these areas?

cheeeerrzzz

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Postby Picasso » October 8th, 2005, 11:42 pm

Boss yuh eh have to pay neone to do that.. just some polish and some elbo grease and yuh could do it yuh self.. :|

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Postby God Bless the Black Top* » October 9th, 2005, 12:08 am

nah jed, when yuh see meh lights, i use enuff elbow grease... i need a machine

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Postby Picasso » October 9th, 2005, 12:30 am

Deh yellow like cheese or wah ?? LMAO Aiight where yuh from horse I can direct you to some one who will handle you once yuh in the correct location.. PM me nah 8)

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Postby ~Vēġó~ » October 9th, 2005, 7:04 pm

autosol???? it may just surprise you!

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Postby God Bless the Black Top* » October 10th, 2005, 12:34 am

^^jed i use brake fluid, and it make it wuss

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Postby De Dragon » October 10th, 2005, 1:16 am

jed i use brake fluid

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :!: :!: :!:
and it make it wuss

DAT IS WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY :!: :!: :!:

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Postby Yeo » October 10th, 2005, 7:18 am

I wet sanded lightly with 600 grit wet-or-dry sand paper followed by 1000 grit until I could no longer feel or hear the pitting under the sand paper.

Then polished with ultra-fine grit white polishing compound, followed by standard car polish (McGuire's).

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The trick is to sand left to right. Do not sand in a circular motion.
Use PLENTY of CLEAN water; don't be sparse with water, keep the surface and the sandpaper wet. It should glide under your fingertips; there should be no real dragging after the first few seconds.

When you think you're done, you're not, keep going until you feel nothing under your fingers. Then change to the finer grit paper and do it again.

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Postby solo » October 10th, 2005, 7:36 am

^^^^^^CORRECT. There is also a plastic polish/wax that mothers makes to use as a finisher....

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Postby bleedingfreak » October 10th, 2005, 7:58 am

Hmm... I fraid I mess up my lights even more...
Which is what I think God Bless the Black Top* is worried about

Can a good straightener painter know about this?

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Postby solo » October 10th, 2005, 8:10 am

After using brake fluid ( :shock: ) ah really don't think it's possible to mess up his lights more eh. Try it on a small area first........

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Postby Strugglerzinc » October 10th, 2005, 8:36 am

True ^^^. i used cheap azz polishing compound on mine with great results.

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Postby bleedingfreak » October 10th, 2005, 8:37 am

What was the inspiration for the brake fluid I wonder? :roll:

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Postby TurboDrive » October 10th, 2005, 2:23 pm

Mothers Plastic Polish. :|

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Postby God Bless the Black Top* » October 10th, 2005, 5:30 pm

i got advice from a fellow tuner to use the brake fluid, it worked......but had a funny after effect. i got everything sorted, lights are like brand new. if you guys arre going to use brake fluid, mix it with 75% water, and wipe off as soon after. i made the mistake of leaving it on for tooo long.

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Postby bleedingfreak » October 10th, 2005, 5:37 pm

^^ Good... thanks for clearing that up...

That's like using acetone on plastic eh?

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Postby InDeForest » October 10th, 2005, 9:20 pm

Well lets clear it up a bit further, dont freaking use brake fluid on your headlights or any other part of your car but your BRAKES. That it sheit advice, use the other methods above.
The brake fluid/acetone idea is that it will melt the surface of the plastic, allowing it to flow and smoothen the rough/dull looking surface, and effectively bring back a 'wet' shiny look to the plastic, sounds right, but youre degrading the surface plastic, what happens when that dries out and becomes dull again, it looks worse than the first time around.

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Postby JUS4SHO » October 10th, 2005, 10:50 pm

i have a platic surface renewer kit different grades of sandpaper up to 16000 when yuh have time, i go fix it for yuh
but u have to say mitsubishi rulzzzz

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Postby Picasso » October 11th, 2005, 9:57 am

mitsubishi rulzzzz

Now fix me up pronto padnah :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby flatline » October 11th, 2005, 10:08 am

Brake fluid?!?! :shock: where allyuh does come up with these brilliant fluid substitutions..like sewing machine oil for K&N filter oil :roll:

BTWInDeForest,
dont freaking use brake fluid on your headlights or any other part of your car but your BRAKES.
or clutch

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Postby horsepwrjunki » October 11th, 2005, 11:09 am

ahmmm well judjing by many many hrs watchin t.v and the mothers car show series.. tehy advise.. a lil bit of the aluminum polish.. which has the correct "grit" needed.. and then plastic polich and if needed the carnuba wax.. but then agian my mitsus never had that prob so i dunno seems to be a toyota thign though

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Postby bleedingfreak » October 11th, 2005, 12:40 pm

^^^ See how he say that? "seems to be a toyota thing" :D

Anyways, I used some polishing compound, lightly, it worked a bit then some WD-40... that kinda worked too... 100% better than before...

There seemed to be a sort of stain on the headlights. Wasn't really affecting the lighting, but it looked awful on the Trueno :)

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Postby Yeo » October 11th, 2005, 1:19 pm

where allyuh does come up with these brilliant fluid substitutions..like sewing machine oil for K&N filter oil

YUH LIE!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby ninjaboost » October 11th, 2005, 1:40 pm

......there is a guy on Broadway with some chemical he say he purchased in Miami, did my lights at the start of the year and it hasen't changed back yet..... imagine they used to get yellow every two months before....

...so just go ask for the headlight man and yuh good to go.....

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Postby bleedingfreak » October 11th, 2005, 2:43 pm

Which part of Broadway? East of the Dial I assume?

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Postby ninjaboost » October 11th, 2005, 2:57 pm

:lol: :lol: ...just outside KFC

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Postby flatline » October 11th, 2005, 3:21 pm

Yeo wrote:
where allyuh does come up with these brilliant fluid substitutions..like sewing machine oil for K&N filter oil

YUH LIE!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


nope

http://forums.trinituner.com/forums/vie ... ght=sewing

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Postby God Bless the Black Top* » October 11th, 2005, 8:25 pm

the brake fluid is like a soft acid, i had a layer on my lights, like a colony of fungus....so i think the brake fluid had helped. i wouldn't advise it as my results sucked. but is a poor man's way out, never mind i had to spend 30 bux after to sort things out.

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Postby ~Vēġó~ » October 11th, 2005, 11:01 pm

horsepwrjunki wrote:ahmmm well judjing by many many hrs watchin t.v and the mothers car show series.. tehy advise.. a lil bit of the aluminum polish.. which has the correct "grit" needed.. and then plastic polich and if needed the carnuba wax.. but then agian my mitsus never had that prob so i dunno seems to be a toyota thign though


that's why I say autosol!!!!!!

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Postby Yeo » October 12th, 2005, 6:59 am

Thanks Flatline...I real laff!

My favorite line..

Soap ? and Sewing machine oil ? is ah 10 speed yuh have ?

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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