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My contour looks great and all, but the lenses for the lights are shabby looking. I know I could polish it, but I want to look like it's clear. I hate all the ford lenses, they ALWAYS do that fade look to them. Does anyone here know of a solution?
Thanks
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133,000+
- Cold Air Intake
- White Strobes in grille
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Do a search on sanding the headlights. I think 2000 grit wet/dry is used. Some people also have used plastic polish, and if they are not too bad, use toothpaste. It helps.
-Ken V.
1998.5 SE Praire Tan Zetec ATX
psycho_bass@hotmail.com
Roush springs Roush rear sway bar BAT struts 17" Millie Miglia HT3 and a ton of subtle asthetic mods
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I just did mine with extra fine steel wool, followed by polishing compound, followed by a coat of wax. I won't say they're as good as new, but they're much better than they were before I started. I was able to remove all of the yellowing, but they still aren't crystal clear.
95 Contour Zetec, ATX (wrecked, sitting in the barn)
95 Mystique Zetec, MTX
2000 Taurus SEL 3.0L Duratec
1994 Crown Victoria LX 4.6 V8
1993 Chevy Silverado 4.3 V6
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Following up...
I did this about 4 months ago, and they look great. I just used body compound (3M). It was easy and quick. It was agreat feeling getting in turning on the light and see those little thin beams of white on the sides (like chevy cars). The light output improved greatly.
Thanks for the input... but I found a much simpler (maybe cheaper) method. each lamp required only a few drops of compound.
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- White Strobes in grille
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What is the name of this compound from 3M?
99 CSVT Green/Tan
# 84 of 2760
Built on Wednesday, September 30, 1998
15.376 @ 92.00 MPH Stock
75,000Km
96 Contour GL
2.5L V6 ATX 170,000Km
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go to auto parts store and buy a can of Turtle Wax Polishing compound.. cost me $1.79 for the can an only used about 1/10 th of the can on the lenses.. used duct tape on the bottom and sides of the lights to protect the painted body parts(so the paint wont come off) took some old face cloths and wet them and then rubbed on some compound and rubbed it on the lenses.. about 5 minutes each lense.... then put some more on and did the same thing... and took an electric drill with a polishing bonnet on it and went over the lenses pretty good... took some more water and wiped off the lenses and did it all over again.... this time you could see the Glass look on the lenses instead of the yellow plastic look... i then wiped them all down with some water and pulled the duct tape off the bottom and sides and used some WD-40 to take off the stickey stuff from the tape and closed the hood(oh forgot to say the hood was open the entire time so you can get to the lights easier)...
hope this helps.. dont use the sandpaper route.. you dont have to do that.....
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