rigtec
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G'day Tech-team,
About a year ago, I noticed that the headlights on my wife's "Camery" had become not only cloudy, but pitted, yellow, and completely un-transparent... I mean you couldn't even see the bulbs through the lenses! So I went into research mode to find out just what is the correct way to eradicate this common anomaly!
Now a lot has been said about the resolution to this problem like using... "Toothpaste, WD-40", and a host of other 'Miracle' headlight restoring products on the market today! So I did find a product that did restore the '04 Camery's headlights... and these headlights were THEE WORST example of tarnished lenses that I've ever seen!
It took about an hour per side because the pits were several microns in depth (you could feel them just by rubbing your hand across the lenses). Well the reason that I'm telling you about the Camery, is because around that same time, I started to notice the lenses on my 2012 4Runner Limited was starting to show the typical cloudy film as well.
But it wasn't anywhere near bad enough to start grinding off the surface of the smooth plexglass at this point. But I had another idea. The last step of the Nulens product that I bought for my wife's car was a finishing polish; which does have a very fine abrasive cream in the polish, so I decided to give that a try.
I did exactly as I did with the Camery in the final stage. I first wiped the lense clean. Then I wet the lense using a spray bottle. I applied some polish, about the size of a quarter in the center of the sponge applicator and started to run the drill (slowly) moving the foam sponge from side-to-side, making sure not to touch the paint or anything else that I didn't intend to treat.
I didn't take any Before & after photos as I usually do in my write-ups because I had no plans to write this one up. To be honest, I really didn't think that this would work because I deliberately avoided using the emery cloth sheets as in the directions because my cloudy lenses weren't nearly tarnished enough to chance scuffing them up... but it did remove all evidence of that smoky film: "See below"
So if your prized 4Runner is starting to show signs of aging plexiglass lenses, this is the kit that'll work! As a matter of fact, perhaps you can just purchase the sponge applicator and the "MOTHER's Power plastic polish" on ebay or Amazon... I bought mine from Auto-zone for $19.95.
But I wanted to buy a product that I could open up and see it's contents because I've never attempted to clean-up any cloudy head-lights before but now that I see what it's all about, I can recommend this product with confidence! 'Best to you',
rig, cheers!
About a year ago, I noticed that the headlights on my wife's "Camery" had become not only cloudy, but pitted, yellow, and completely un-transparent... I mean you couldn't even see the bulbs through the lenses! So I went into research mode to find out just what is the correct way to eradicate this common anomaly!
Now a lot has been said about the resolution to this problem like using... "Toothpaste, WD-40", and a host of other 'Miracle' headlight restoring products on the market today! So I did find a product that did restore the '04 Camery's headlights... and these headlights were THEE WORST example of tarnished lenses that I've ever seen!
It took about an hour per side because the pits were several microns in depth (you could feel them just by rubbing your hand across the lenses). Well the reason that I'm telling you about the Camery, is because around that same time, I started to notice the lenses on my 2012 4Runner Limited was starting to show the typical cloudy film as well.
But it wasn't anywhere near bad enough to start grinding off the surface of the smooth plexglass at this point. But I had another idea. The last step of the Nulens product that I bought for my wife's car was a finishing polish; which does have a very fine abrasive cream in the polish, so I decided to give that a try.
I did exactly as I did with the Camery in the final stage. I first wiped the lense clean. Then I wet the lense using a spray bottle. I applied some polish, about the size of a quarter in the center of the sponge applicator and started to run the drill (slowly) moving the foam sponge from side-to-side, making sure not to touch the paint or anything else that I didn't intend to treat.
I didn't take any Before & after photos as I usually do in my write-ups because I had no plans to write this one up. To be honest, I really didn't think that this would work because I deliberately avoided using the emery cloth sheets as in the directions because my cloudy lenses weren't nearly tarnished enough to chance scuffing them up... but it did remove all evidence of that smoky film: "See below"
So if your prized 4Runner is starting to show signs of aging plexiglass lenses, this is the kit that'll work! As a matter of fact, perhaps you can just purchase the sponge applicator and the "MOTHER's Power plastic polish" on ebay or Amazon... I bought mine from Auto-zone for $19.95.
But I wanted to buy a product that I could open up and see it's contents because I've never attempted to clean-up any cloudy head-lights before but now that I see what it's all about, I can recommend this product with confidence! 'Best to you',
rig, cheers!
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