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Headlight Lens

Discussion in 'Exterior' started by TurismoDreamin, May 23, 2006.

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    TurismoDreamin ΓΡΗΓΟΡΟΣ ΟΔΗΓΟΣ

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    Headlight Lens

    So I have a couple of scratches on the lens of my headlights that I wanna get rid of. Its not horribly bad but bad enough to notice when u get close and I want it to look at least halfway decent without having to resort to whole new headlight housings or visiting the junkyard....any minimally invasive suggestions that I can do myself??
    TurismoDreamin, May 23, 2006
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    How deep are the scratches? Could they be polished out?
    Barnacules, May 24, 2006
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    they probably could...they're not too deep
    TurismoDreamin, May 24, 2006
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    I'm not sure what to do about that, but good luck with it.
    b0i, May 24, 2006
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    I have some crazy polish that I use on my iPod screen to remove scratches. It takes a little elbo grease but it does the trick. I'll try to post up the name of it when I get home tonight, its like $12 a jar and comes with an applicator.
    Barnacules, May 24, 2006
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    Any pic?
    maybe use can just use 1000 and then 2000 wetsand it then polish it?
    rainbow_star, May 24, 2006
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    Sorry for this bump but what kind of polish do you use Barnacules? My ipod vid has this one scratch on the screen and it pisses me off!
    Mayur, Jun 19, 2006
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    is it plastic or glass housing?

    meguiar's makes a product called plastx that polishes light scratches out of plastics easily.
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    If just cellphone or iPod screen, you can use toothpaste.
    rainbow_star, Jun 21, 2006
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    this i gotta try :D
    Mayur, Jun 21, 2006
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    i've used toothpaste to go over scratches on my CDs before
    Machinehead2k5, Jun 21, 2006
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    wow i did not know that toothpaste worked on cd's as well thanks for that little bit of info.
    mburket, Jun 22, 2006
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    it's gotta be like white or clear toothpaste...never tried teh gel paste though...and it's not a thick layer either lol... your cd won't be able to go ino the player lol...
    Machinehead2k5, Jun 22, 2006
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    i dont kno about that...sounds like the same myth about people putting toothpaste on their face to get rid of acne...(first of all, ill just call you funny names) my teacher said that it was not meant for this because it was made to clean the rough surfaces of tooth enamel and to the skin, it will slowly eat away at your skin cells irritating ur skin...probably the same concept with cds too...and probably not the best thing to put on my headlights, lol...I want people to say my car is cool...i dont wanna drive by people n them tell me my car is minty fresh, haha...
    TurismoDreamin, Jun 22, 2006
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    Toothpaste on a CD?? Why not just burn a new copy??
    Toothpaste on your acne???? Now that just sounds crazy!!
    afdj006, Jun 22, 2006
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