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Yellow headlight in Dakota #654544
03/29/10 10:13 AM
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How do you get rid of the yellowing, buy new headlight assembly?

Re: Yellow headlight in Dakota [Re: da50r] #654545
03/29/10 10:31 AM
03/29/10 10:31 AM
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Puttin' on the foil in Charles...
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Puttin' on the foil in Charles...
Auto parts stores sell polishing kits that work pretty well.


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Re: Yellow headlight in Dakota [Re: not_a_charger] #654546
03/29/10 10:58 AM
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Thanks..

Re: Yellow headlight in Dakota [Re: da50r] #654547
03/29/10 11:00 AM
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North Riverside IL & Lowell IN
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Wetsand them, finest paper you have, then if you have rubing/polishing compound use it

Re: Yellow headlight in Dakota [Re: da50r] #654548
03/29/10 12:26 PM
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Any kind of metal polish will get rid of the yellow. You can even do it by hand with a little elbow grease. Or one of the polishing balls Mothers sell or something like it.

I use the same dirty black buffer to do mine when I'm polishing aluminum.

Re: Yellow headlight in Dakota [Re: da50r] #654549
03/29/10 01:56 PM
03/29/10 01:56 PM
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Why would you even post that?
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your plastic has oxidized

Wetsand with a 1500 make sure you get a even dull finnish. Pepboys should have it or go to a paint shop.

Finish up with a buffer (careful not to melt the plastic) and fine paint compound, or plastic polish. you do it by hand too but it will just take a little longer.

Since your headlights has wore thru the coating they will dull fairly quickly now.

There are products out the now that will recoat and protect the plastic.


Last edited by HealthServices; 03/29/10 02:01 PM.

Allen Here's a novel idea, let's not throw a bunch of parts at the car hoping it will fix the problem and instead spend a little time diagnosing it first. Life was a little easier when I was just a wrench.
Re: Yellow headlight in Dakota [Re: HealthServices] #654550
03/29/10 08:59 PM
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The kit by 3M rocks. Part number is 39008, and they have a piece to chuck in your drill with some sanding discs from 500 to 3,000 grit and also compound and a polishing pad. I have used it several times with excellent results. Basically, get all the yellow off with the 500 grit, then the rest of the grits will get the scratches out. I keep the lens very wet while doing this to wash away any slurry. When I finish with the 3M kit, I always clearcoat the lenses to keep them looking better longer. Napa has the kits on sale this week for $16.99 here also. Here is the kit along with a how-to video. http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Car/Care/DIY_Projects/Appearance/Restoring_a_Headlight/

Last edited by 2Bad360sfromNC; 03/29/10 09:00 PM.

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