Doug,
do you think the coating in the CV kit is just clear coat?
"DougW" <I.only.read.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> John wrote:
>> Fellow Grand Cherokee owners,
>> I was going to fork over about $180-$300 worth of new plastic
>> headlight housings for my 1999 grand Cherokee. My old ones were a
>> mess and light barely came through these nasty, yellowed, funked up
>> plastic lenses. A friend of mine turned me on to Crystal View
>> headlight restorer kit. I bought the kit at Advance Auto for $20
>> (cheaper than the web-site which charges $23.96)
>
> That kit does work. There are other options but some of them I'd
> try on a junker lamp first.
>
> http://www.carspace.com/guides/Healing-Hazy-Headlamps
>
> Personally I wouldn't use the brakecleaner trick, but toothpaste is just
a
> simple mild abrasive and does work.
>
> Good writeup from the folks at permatex.
> http://www.permatex.com/do***ents/10.05.TheFamilyHandyman.pdf
>
> Me, I used rubbing compound and ultra fine cutting agent, followed up
with
> a buffer and some clearcoat for plastic. Still working well.
>
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> DougW
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