Fun with Foglights
12-31-2009, 06:33 PM
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12-31-2009, 06:51 PM
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Googling the key ingredient cerium oxide leads to this kit at Summit Racing. Also includes the felt polishing wheel:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-905030/
12-31-2009, 09:20 PM
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Sean, and any others who want to pursue this ... Aaron's phone number in Austin is (512) 470-6221. His company is called Accent Glass Resurfacing (www.glassfixers.com). He said it's a quite laborious process and took him over three hours of work to restore my badly-worn driver's side lens. Our deal was $250 for the pair.
If you do want to have yours done, check with Aaron for the caveats (risk of breakage, etc.). He took a scratch out of my windshield when I first got the GTS and I like the work he does.
If you do want to have yours done, check with Aaron for the caveats (risk of breakage, etc.). He took a scratch out of my windshield when I first got the GTS and I like the work he does.
12-31-2009, 11:42 PM
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Tom this is definitely a great find. I think I will be giving him a call next week to get mine redone so they're perfect. Thanks!
01-01-2010, 12:30 AM
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I serious about the Bon Ami thing. It is a mild abrasive recommended for polishing glassware, pyrex, and crystal. A whole lot cheaper than $250. Heck, my detail guy charges $250 and he shines up the whole car claybar, hd cleanse, zymoll dynasty and includes polishing the windshield and lights if he notices fogging or pitting. For $350 he will do a wheel off cleaning and clean all the kreosote from the underside of the car. He typically clays the windshield any time he does the rest of the car. If you call him a detailer he is offended. Calls himself and automotive appearance enhancement specialist.
He also turned me on to some stuff called Sea Power Metal Polish. I first got it for some anodized club sport forged wheels a local car wash fogged with their cleaner. Then found it polished plastic lenses like crazy. Used it to defog the pod plastic over the gauges on my 90 GT and it worked wonderfully.
He also turned me on to some stuff called Sea Power Metal Polish. I first got it for some anodized club sport forged wheels a local car wash fogged with their cleaner. Then found it polished plastic lenses like crazy. Used it to defog the pod plastic over the gauges on my 90 GT and it worked wonderfully.
01-01-2010, 01:30 AM
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I serious about the Bon Ami thing. It is a mild abrasive recommended for polishing glassware, pyrex, and crystal. A whole lot cheaper than $250. Heck, my detail guy charges $250 and he shines up the whole car claybar, hd cleanse, zymoll dynasty and includes polishing the windshield and lights if he notices fogging or pitting. For $350 he will do a wheel off cleaning and clean all the kreosote from the underside of the car. He typically clays the windshield any time he does the rest of the car. If you call him a detailer he is offended. Calls himself and automotive appearance enhancement specialist.
He also turned me on to some stuff called Sea Power Metal Polish. I first got it for some anodized club sport forged wheels a local car wash fogged with their cleaner. Then found it polished plastic lenses like crazy. Used it to defog the pod plastic over the gauges on my 90 GT and it worked wonderfully.
He also turned me on to some stuff called Sea Power Metal Polish. I first got it for some anodized club sport forged wheels a local car wash fogged with their cleaner. Then found it polished plastic lenses like crazy. Used it to defog the pod plastic over the gauges on my 90 GT and it worked wonderfully.
We use Bon Ami for the ceramic surfaces in the house, never thought to try it on glass. I may need to find a polishing pad for the drill. Would be cool to be able to polish the headlights too.
01-01-2010, 12:16 PM
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Tom,
Wow, very nice!!! My fogs were not as bad as yours, but they could still use a polishing to make them as nice as what yours look like now!!!
Wonder if he can take the pits out of my windshield?? If you drive into the sun when its low in the sky, my windshield looks like someone took a sandblaster to it.
Wonder if you could set these guys up for one of y'alls 2nd Saturday events??
If so, I'd like to come down and have him take care of my windshield and fogs.
Wow, very nice!!! My fogs were not as bad as yours, but they could still use a polishing to make them as nice as what yours look like now!!!
Wonder if he can take the pits out of my windshield?? If you drive into the sun when its low in the sky, my windshield looks like someone took a sandblaster to it.
Wonder if you could set these guys up for one of y'alls 2nd Saturday events??
If so, I'd like to come down and have him take care of my windshield and fogs.
01-01-2010, 12:20 PM
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Too bad we didn't know about Aaron sooner, would have been great to have had him at the OCIC in addition to the detail/PDR guys.
01-01-2010, 06:18 PM
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Watch out for lens cracking with the stongards. My fog lights lasted 20 years and 120k miles, and the day I put stongards they both cracked running 100w bulbs...
01-01-2010, 06:32 PM
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Sean, and any others who want to pursue this ... Aaron's phone number in Austin is (512) 470-6221. His company is called Accent Glass Resurfacing (www.glassfixers.com). He said it's a quite laborious process and took him over three hours of work to restore my badly-worn driver's side lens. Our deal was $250 for the pair.
If you do want to have yours done, check with Aaron for the caveats (risk of breakage, etc.). He took a scratch out of my windshield when I first got the GTS and I like the work he does.
If you do want to have yours done, check with Aaron for the caveats (risk of breakage, etc.). He took a scratch out of my windshield when I first got the GTS and I like the work he does.
06-05-2010, 08:24 PM
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I have done this job has the oxide and my first thought was the apposite, I spent 8 hours doing a few little scratches on the rear hatch glass, it was still not perfect. Personally I am thinking you really need to use a much courser abrasive or a type of sander to sand down the scratch quickly and just use the oxide to regain the glass's gloss. I suspect that is out there but I haven't seen it.
Greg
Edit just saw the use of wet and dry in the volvo link supplied, I should have done that, I have done that before for lots of things including what is in my avatar.
Maybe it's just me but I have a hard time beleiving it took him 3 hrs to do one lense. Maybe he had to say that to justify the price.
Greg
Edit just saw the use of wet and dry in the volvo link supplied, I should have done that, I have done that before for lots of things including what is in my avatar.
06-05-2010, 10:47 PM
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By Imo000
I have done this job has the oxide and my first thought was the apposite, I spent 8 hours doing a few little scratches on the rear hatch glass, it was still not perfect. Personally I am thinking you really need to use a much courser abrasive or a type of sander to sand down the scratch quickly and just use the oxide to regain the glass's gloss. I suspect that is out there but I haven't seen it.
Greg
Edit just saw the use of wet and dry in the volvo link supplied, I should have done that, I have done that before for lots of things including what is in my avatar.
I have done this job has the oxide and my first thought was the apposite, I spent 8 hours doing a few little scratches on the rear hatch glass, it was still not perfect. Personally I am thinking you really need to use a much courser abrasive or a type of sander to sand down the scratch quickly and just use the oxide to regain the glass's gloss. I suspect that is out there but I haven't seen it.
Greg
Edit just saw the use of wet and dry in the volvo link supplied, I should have done that, I have done that before for lots of things including what is in my avatar.
You must have done something worng.
