Happy Hummer
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So as the title states driving/fog lights are the oem and 14+ yrs. of running the roads.
Well, today I said enough was enough and they need to be either ripped out and replaced (that was a last resort) or they need to be cleaned up.
I digress, I've been watching a lot of YouTube videos about this exact topic for quite a few days on and off.
The consensus seemed to be finger nail polish, wd-40, L.A's awesome etc. to clean them up (plastic headlight, fog lights). Nope!
This would not even dent the amount of abuse the lenses had on them.
The problem I've had with my H3's plastic lenses are they literally have sand blasted to a faded, pitted, horrible hazy cr@p finish.
So, time to McGuivr the chit out of things.
I went down to my stash of goodies and in no time came up with a winning combination.
Took a 2inch long carriage bolt 1/4" diameter and heated it with my MAP gas torch nice and red.
Took a 1' x 1' swatch of fleece/flannel type fabric (used this for the head liner in my Jeep XJ) and folded it into a square again and again till it was about an inch thick.
Stuck the hot bolt through it and impact wrenched a nut/washer on. This caused the fabric to curl up like a shower lufa lol!
Shoved the whole contraption on my drill.
Used compound 7. Then used Turtle wax swirl, scratch remover. Then used tooth paste. Then used Turtle wax. Then more buffing. Windex to clean up. Two hours later they look like new.
Tried a Mr. Clean eraser sponge thingy first. Did the exact same steps but it was cr@p. Just didn't have the needed shnittzle lol!
Why not just replace them? I've already got like 4-5 pairs of new bulbs for these fixtures just sitting in the basement in boxes.
Also, these actually work great and the snow melts nicely. There not as bright as led but they are powerful with Silver Star type bulbs in them.
BUT as they say "a picture is worth a 1000 words".....
Well, today I said enough was enough and they need to be either ripped out and replaced (that was a last resort) or they need to be cleaned up.
I digress, I've been watching a lot of YouTube videos about this exact topic for quite a few days on and off.
The consensus seemed to be finger nail polish, wd-40, L.A's awesome etc. to clean them up (plastic headlight, fog lights). Nope!
This would not even dent the amount of abuse the lenses had on them.
The problem I've had with my H3's plastic lenses are they literally have sand blasted to a faded, pitted, horrible hazy cr@p finish.
So, time to McGuivr the chit out of things.
I went down to my stash of goodies and in no time came up with a winning combination.
Took a 2inch long carriage bolt 1/4" diameter and heated it with my MAP gas torch nice and red.
Took a 1' x 1' swatch of fleece/flannel type fabric (used this for the head liner in my Jeep XJ) and folded it into a square again and again till it was about an inch thick.
Stuck the hot bolt through it and impact wrenched a nut/washer on. This caused the fabric to curl up like a shower lufa lol!
Shoved the whole contraption on my drill.
Used compound 7. Then used Turtle wax swirl, scratch remover. Then used tooth paste. Then used Turtle wax. Then more buffing. Windex to clean up. Two hours later they look like new.
Tried a Mr. Clean eraser sponge thingy first. Did the exact same steps but it was cr@p. Just didn't have the needed shnittzle lol!
Why not just replace them? I've already got like 4-5 pairs of new bulbs for these fixtures just sitting in the basement in boxes.
Also, these actually work great and the snow melts nicely. There not as bright as led but they are powerful with Silver Star type bulbs in them.
BUT as they say "a picture is worth a 1000 words".....
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