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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 12:44 PM
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my headlights have some kind of marks all over them that soap and water wont remove. there are no scratches in the lense, just some kind of wierd pattern (thats not really a pattern). does any one know of anything that will help me cure this problem? thanks. by the way, not sure if this belongs here or not but i know appearance is usually for non tech questions and i consider this to be tech.

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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 12:47 PM
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try goo gone
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 12:48 PM
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Take some pictures of what you are talking about. We will be able to help you better if we know exactly what you mean.
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 12:52 PM
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It may be the protective coating discoloring/wearing in places...
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 12:56 PM
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well... not sure what you are speaking of without pics....

but for like discoloration b/c of oxidation, i've used a light rubbing compound using a cloth or random orbital buffer...

hope that helps.
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 12:56 PM
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I read somewhere on here that you can use car polish to clear out the headlight lenses.
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 12:59 PM
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take 1500 grit sandpaper and go at it then polish those ****'s
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 01:08 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Soccerking3000 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">take 1500 grit sandpaper and go at it then polish those ****'s</TD></TR></TABLE>

this is fine and good but if you're gonna tell them to do something like this you may want to inform that it's a lot longer of a process than just 1500 grit and polish...
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 01:10 PM
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not really take the 1500 grit sand it down till discoloration/scratches are gone and then take a polishing compound to it then wax it, pretty straight forward
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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take the "Flitz" challange, its only 19.99
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