[Shop-talk] aftermarket horn...was Headlight housing hazing

[Tim]

I bought this one from summit:

 
https://www.summitracing.com/myaccount/OrderDetails.aspx?CN=11901580&ON=4562433

DON'T BOTHER. It looks like a meaty horn but sounds like, as you said, a 
pedal car. I am very disappointed.

tim

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Ronnie Day wrote:

> I worked on the headlights on our '05 Accord this weekend. I've used a
> couple of the commercial kits and I think the Meguiar's Heavy Duty 
> kits is
> the best in my experience. It includes both 1000 and 3000 grit disks 
> and a
> comfortable to use disk holder, along with a liquid polish and a 
> sealer.
> There's also a soft cotton buffing disk for use with a drill that's 
> about 3
> inches across so it works well on all sizes and shapes of headlights.
>
> I expect the sealer helps maintain the clarity longer than you might 
> get
> with just sanding and polishing. Our commute in through farm country 
> and
> there's often a lot of "junk" in the air. In fact a year or so ago our 
> '95
> Odyssey started overheating for no apparent reason, Turned out that 
> over
> several years the space between the AC condenser and rad had become 
> full of
> this stuff floating around in the air. I'm sure it's somewhat abrasive 
> on
> the headlights at 75 plus, too. Interesting to note that the 
> headlights on
> the Odyssey are cast from harder plastic than the Accord. They're held 
> up
> well but were also much improved after using the Maguier's kit on 
> them, as
> were the headlights on our '93 GMC PU.
>
> I've noticed when driving our "new" '02 Suburban that the headlights 
> leave
> much to be desired, but it looks like the outfit that was mentioned 
> here on
> the list that was offering high output headlights is no longer in 
> business.
> I'll dig around on Jeg's, LMC Truck and some of the Chev/GMC truck 
> forums
> to see what I can find. I also want to improve the horn on the Sub. 
> The OE
> unit sounds like it's from a pedal car!
>
> Ron
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:21 PM, PJ McGarvey 
> <pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
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