Thanks Chris. My thoughts exactly re: the idea of replacing the lenses.
They are ridiculously expensive for what should be cheap pieces of plastic.
Larry
-----Original Message-----
From: cmanuel@wi.rr.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:37 PM
To: Larry Daniels ; Spridgets List
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Plastic Headlight Restoration
worked great on the 2000 BMW wagon, BUT it stared clouding up after two
years. I talked to someone in the plastic industry and they said that no
matter how well you polish it, it will never get as smooth as stock, so it
will fog up faster. Depending on the original coating, you also might lose
a UV inhibitor.
That being said, I will try a kit again this spring since the car has 185k
on it. It will not get new ones if I can help it.
Chris
---- Larry Daniels <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Has anybody had any kind of experience with restoring plastic headlight
> lenses? Ibve seen all kinds of promises, but no real testimonials.
>
> The New York Times had a short article on the subject whereby they seemed
> to
> endorse the 3M product.
>
> http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/genie-in-a-bottle-testing-a-headli
> ght-lens-defogging-solution/?nl=automobiles&emc=wheelsema2
>
> http://3mcollision.com/products/headlight-lens-restoration/3m-headlight-lens-
> restoration-system-39008-4218.html
>
>
> So... does anybody have any real-world experience with this stuff? I have
> two
> vehicles with bad lenses. One of them, actually, is just terrible.
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