[Tigers] Headlights (Non tiger)

[Stu Brennan]

Lets see... Replacing them would be over $100US...  Two kids in
college... Uncertain employment future...  Spending a few minutes
polishing looks real good.

Stu

-----Original Message-----
From: Owain Lloyd [mailto:owain.lloyd at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 9:09 AM
To: Stu Brennan
Cc: garywinblad at comcast.net; Tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Headlights (Non tiger)


new headlight lens / units are always a good way to freshen a tired car.
why not splash out on a pair and spend your Sunday on something more fun
than polishing plastic? :)  maybe taking the tiger for a blast?

On Sunday, September 26, 2010, Stu Brennan <stubrennan at comcast.net>
wrote:
> I was wondering about an original coating, too.  On my son's Jetta, it

> did look like a coating was disappearing as the lights aged.  I could
> almost see a border.  Not so on my Subaru, but the lights seemed fine
> until maybe 150K.  After that the frequency of polishing seems to be
> increasing.
>
> I think I'll give it another month, and if the spot I coated with
> Duplicolor clear coat still seems better, I'll spary the whole lens on

> both, after polishing and cleaning.
>
> Stu
>
> --
>
> Like Stu points out, you can polish them up perfect BUT, it only lasts

> a short while and then they get cloudy again. I have this problem with

> my wife's RX-330 Lexus.  I think originally they did have some sort of

> clear coat on them...
>
> Gary
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