<VV> Headlight lens? No Corvair

[Harry Yarnell]

It's not just Chrysler, it's Ford and GM too.
Son-in -laws' '93 Mustang headlamp lenes's are so cloudly, I don't see how 
any light gets out. Reatta's have a similar problem with the rear brake 
lenes.
A plastic cleaner (polish) usually works for awhile. Havn't found anything 
permanent.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Dowds" <ed_dowds at hotmail.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <chsadek at adelphia.net>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:35 AM
Subject: Re:<VV> Headlight lens? No Corvair


> Chuck-
> I had this problem on my dad's 1998 Taurus. It had had some body work done 
> and I think the shop cleaned overspray off the lense with laquer thinner. 
> I first tried hand polishing with some Turtle Wax. That helped a little so 
> I knew I was on the right track. I switched to a SLIGHTLY more abrasive 
> wax and polished with a wool pad on an electric drill on a slow speed. I 
> worked very slowly to avoid overheating the lense. Once the lense looked 
> good I finished with a gloss polish. I would say it ended up at about 95% 
> of original. I think a little more time would have made it unnoticable.
> Chrysler products have had this fogging problem for years. The first 
> really bad ones were the mini-vans when they switched to composite lights 
> from sealed beams. I THINK the problem is on the outer surface so I would 
> try the polish method. I don't think you can make it worse! Good luck!
>                                   Ed
>
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