cleaning headlight lens/covers
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http://www.myneonspeed.com/howto/how...ightpolish.htm
Gonna have to do it myself. Somewhere on Neons.org they had suggestions for what to add to your headlights for it to "stay" clean...
Gonna have to do it myself. Somewhere on Neons.org they had suggestions for what to add to your headlights for it to "stay" clean...
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ORIGINAL: SteelTizzy2k3
Hey, just wanted to know, are you guys reffering to the haziness of the headlights?? Cuz my girlfriends 97 headlights are TERRIBLE - it's pretty much like driving with a little flashlight on the hood, with the amount of light that comes out. There's all road grime and dirt (i guess) coating the inside of the headlights, and they are ridiculously dim driving at night. I went to the junkyard to check out replacements for her, and noticed that ALL the neons there with headlights had the same problem. So we just ordered new headlights that came in today. I just wanted to know if this is what you guys are talking about, so hopefully I can sucessfully clean the old ones and return the new ones we just bought. Thanx
Hey, just wanted to know, are you guys reffering to the haziness of the headlights?? Cuz my girlfriends 97 headlights are TERRIBLE - it's pretty much like driving with a little flashlight on the hood, with the amount of light that comes out. There's all road grime and dirt (i guess) coating the inside of the headlights, and they are ridiculously dim driving at night. I went to the junkyard to check out replacements for her, and noticed that ALL the neons there with headlights had the same problem. So we just ordered new headlights that came in today. I just wanted to know if this is what you guys are talking about, so hopefully I can sucessfully clean the old ones and return the new ones we just bought. Thanx
so try cleanin the outside and see whats up
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Headlight restoration 101
What the caveman won't tell you.
There are numerous products on the market that claim to clean your lens using a process of buffing, sanding, grinding and multiple
steps. Some times hours worth of work.
Guess what!
The same oxidation you take off today will return in time. You will need to clean your lens again. Do you want to have to do that every
year? Think of the time you will waste repeating the job and in most cases now you have to buy another cleaning kit. Headlight cleaning
does not last for ever. Oxidation will build back up again over time. There is no one time fix. The sealers used by these kits do more
harm than good. Initially they give the headlight a nice gloss but that gloss does not last and it will turn yellow and peels off your lens.
Now your lens can't be cleaned by any other method than the buffing and grinding method you used before.
You have given your self a life sentence of annually spending hours restoring your headlights, making the lens thinner and thinner with
each application. Eventually you will have to replace your lens and look how much money and time you will have spent.
The Cavemen have used this tried and true method since the beginning to keep you coming back.
They will try to divert you from new technology back to their methods. After Pittman"s revolutionized the market the cavemen came
out with several versions of liquid head light cleaner in a effort to compete. All of them were based on caveman technology and used
abrasives elements in creams and are still a multi step process.
"Cavemen cannot compete with that which they do not understand"
Pittman's Original One Step uses chemistry and Bio-technology to create a pure liquid non abrasive formula that reacts with oxidation on
acrylic at the molecular level. Creating a electrical charge that produces a magnetic effect on the weakened acrylic surface absorbing
oxidized acrylic from the surface of the lens leaving it crystal clear in seconds.
steps. Some times hours worth of work.
Guess what!
The same oxidation you take off today will return in time. You will need to clean your lens again. Do you want to have to do that every
year? Think of the time you will waste repeating the job and in most cases now you have to buy another cleaning kit. Headlight cleaning
does not last for ever. Oxidation will build back up again over time. There is no one time fix. The sealers used by these kits do more
harm than good. Initially they give the headlight a nice gloss but that gloss does not last and it will turn yellow and peels off your lens.
Now your lens can't be cleaned by any other method than the buffing and grinding method you used before.
You have given your self a life sentence of annually spending hours restoring your headlights, making the lens thinner and thinner with
each application. Eventually you will have to replace your lens and look how much money and time you will have spent.
The Cavemen have used this tried and true method since the beginning to keep you coming back.
They will try to divert you from new technology back to their methods. After Pittman"s revolutionized the market the cavemen came
out with several versions of liquid head light cleaner in a effort to compete. All of them were based on caveman technology and used
abrasives elements in creams and are still a multi step process.
"Cavemen cannot compete with that which they do not understand"
Pittman's Original One Step uses chemistry and Bio-technology to create a pure liquid non abrasive formula that reacts with oxidation on
acrylic at the molecular level. Creating a electrical charge that produces a magnetic effect on the weakened acrylic surface absorbing
oxidized acrylic from the surface of the lens leaving it crystal clear in seconds.
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RE: cleaning headlight lens/covers
This yellowish thing was just starting to bother me. My 96 is the only one that has this problum & it is ugly. Someone needs to take a before & after picture.
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Try these two sites for actual before and after pictures of headlight lens restoration.
http://www.ibc34.com/ONESTEPMAX.html
http://www.ibc34.com/CONSUMERREVIEW.html
http://www.ibc34.com/ONESTEPMAX.html
http://www.ibc34.com/CONSUMERREVIEW.html
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ORIGINAL: davbell22602
Does anybody know how to clean the factory headlight lens/covers to get clear that look back on a 96 dodge neon.
Does anybody know how to clean the factory headlight lens/covers to get clear that look back on a 96 dodge neon.
will clear your headlights up in seconds. Pittman's One Step is a pure liquid non abrasive Acrylic Lens De-Oxidizer. It reacts to oxidation on contact and will clean and polish the surface of your headlightwithout scratching the lens.
http://www.ibc34.com/Onestep.html