Cuda Grill Parking Light Scratch Repair

[cwestra]

Has anyone had any luck reconditioning front parking lights for Barracudas?  I know there are kits for reconditioning late model headlights when they get fogged over.  Will this kit also work for older parking lenses?  I believe newer headlights are Polycarbonate material.  Not sure it this material was around back in '70 though.

[422STROKER]

Scratch or Crack repair?

I had good luck with this for Scratches, did nothing for the cracks though.LOL

Tom

[Moparal]

72c   where did you buy that at?     Wish bullitt99 was here. He loves to polish

[422STROKER]

I believe I got it at Advance Auto.  It worked well, I just used some clean rags to do it.

Tom

[Moparal]

I was hoping you'd say a known store...thanks

[Bullitt-]

72c   where did you buy that at?     Wish bullitt99 was here. He loves to polish

    Had to use CHOME Polish on Cudaguys instrument bezel.... worked pretty darn good IMO....

       Blue Magic headlamp restorer would be a good 1st step followed by the Meguiars. 

[cwestra]

Thanks for the information.  Very valuable forum, I must say.

[moparclown]

I did all of the lenses on my iroc with Mothers aluminum polish.These were yellow and really bad looking.

[71chally416]

They look pretty good clown. I bought the kit from Eastman to do mine and it didn't work to good. I took a rag saturated with Laquer thinner and they came up much better 

[elitecustombody]

ouch, the worst thing you can do is use lacquer thinner on fragile old plastic, I'd use some 1200 or 1500 or 2000 grit sandpaper with water ,sand in one direction for a minute or two depending on how bad is discoloration and use 3M Perfect-it II Rubbing Compound on foam buffing pad at lowest speed, they will look like new and most of the pitting from over the years will be gone as well

[71chally416]

I agree that you wouldn't think it would work, but before I did it I could ride with my high neams on and nobody cared. As soon as I cleaned them with the laquer rag people started flashing me to put my low beams on. They were really bad. They seem to be holding up good too and they are kinda shiny. Can't explain it..... 

[elitecustombody]

 lacquer thinner will melt and break down the lenses, that's why they turned shiny

[71chally416]

Anything was an improvement. Like that old man in the movie Christine said: "Ya can't polish a toid". I managed to make the toids let the light through.

[elitecustombody]

wonder if you got the fuzz from the rag still stuck to the lense,lol

[71chally416]

It didn't melt it. I didn't leave it sit on it. Just wiped them off quickly. Worked a whole lot better than the hour I spent with the polisher and compound. That just made a mess.