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« on: August 30, 2009, 07:24:26 PM »
So my aftermarket Depo blacked-out headlights have been progressively yellowing, which is annoying in itself.  But in addition, for a while I've assumed that the cloudy, rough, blotchy surface I'm seeing in certain spots is some bad oxidation, but Rich saw them last week and thinks that it's the clearcoat on the lenses starting to disappear, which kinda seems to make more sense.  So my question is, is this clearcoat issue repairable or are the lenses just toast?
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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2009, 11:51:26 PM »
You can re-polish the lenses if you want.
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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2009, 07:42:23 AM »
Wet sand/clay/repolish it depends on the severity of it. I'm dealing with this myself with a set of headlights. I guess I have to pull them out and re seal them.
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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2009, 10:15:08 AM »
Dave Scott provided such a detailed, and perfect answer to your question that I spilt it out of this post, and made it a sticky! It can be viewed here viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1782&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2009, 12:46:58 PM »
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You can re-polish the lenses if you want.

Do explain.

Actually, Scott gave a pretty detailed answer.  Shit, I didn't think it'd be that involved of a procedure.  Damn.
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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2009, 01:02:40 PM »
Scott gave "The answer".
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2009, 01:09:23 AM »
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Scott gave "The answer".

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« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2009, 10:34:15 AM »
got same problem with oem. gona try plastic x. but i heard you have to keep using it. oh well. i guess i will be doing something
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