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Old May 25, 2005 | 09:22 PM
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How to clean and mount headlight blackouts

I bought some AVS headlight blackouts off the board and the adhesive was used and doent work . What should i use to stick em on so they wont come off even at highway speeds.

BTW, i used brak kleen to clean off one of them cuz some tape from the package left residue taht didnt want to come off. IT dulled the thing out. I was wondering if i ruined the finish on it or can i clean this "fog" off. Im pretty sure it just left behind a residue, how do i get it off?
Old May 26, 2005 | 07:47 PM
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Re: How to clean and mount headlight blackouts

I got em mounted pretty good, I tried wetsanding and it came out ok with 1000,1500,2000, and 3m buffing compound. I was wondering what i could do to make them look good as new? Should i just keep using the rubbing compound or are there any other good tricks? I was thinking about clear coating them possibly. I wish i woulda bought new but these should be able to be worked on.

They don't need to be 100% perfect because whatever i do to one, ill do to the other and they will look identical.
Old May 27, 2005 | 11:07 AM
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Re: How to clean and mount headlight blackouts

If you're done with the rubbing compound, go to a polishing compound, then a plastic polish like Maguire's. Works good!
Old May 29, 2005 | 10:14 AM
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Re: How to clean and mount headlight blackouts

Originally Posted by Compstall
If you're done with the rubbing compound, go to a polishing compound, then a plastic polish like Maguire's. Works good!
like he said
you could probably wax them too to keep some of the road stuff off them
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