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Old 05-22-2010, 11:40 PM
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Re: Cure for Headlight Haze

just a mention to what i did to clean my headlights, this information came from my father-in-law. who is an old school mechanic and owns a chemical company also. he had me take some acetone i had in the garage. a really clean diaper style cloth. wet the cloth lightly with the acetone and gently rub the surface of the lens. this cleans the lens and also the acetone slightly melts the plastic back to a smooth finish ::do not put the acetone directly on the lens, use the cloth:: then a few minutes of rubbing compound and a coat of wax and the look great
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Old 05-23-2010, 06:20 AM
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Re: Cure for Headlight Haze

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just a mention to what i did to clean my headlights, this information came from my father-in-law. who is an old school mechanic and owns a chemical company also. he had me take some acetone i had in the garage. a really clean diaper style cloth. wet the cloth lightly with the acetone and gently rub the surface of the lens. this cleans the lens and also the acetone slightly melts the plastic back to a smooth finish ::do not put the acetone directly on the lens, use the cloth:: then a few minutes of rubbing compound and a coat of wax and the look great
Any chance the melted plastic would lock in some of the yellow?

Welcome to the group by the way. When did you get your SVX?
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Re: Cure for Headlight Haze

Judging by the pics, it doesn't look like it locked in anything but awesome.
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Old 05-23-2010, 12:24 PM
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Re: Cure for Headlight Haze

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Any chance the melted plastic would lock in some of the yellow?

Welcome to the group by the way. When did you get your SVX?
i don't think any more than any other method. the acetone actually cleans the dirt and grits away at the same time.

I got the car at the first of march, dropped the transmission a few weeks later. lucky for me my uncle has a junk yard so i swapped a legacy drivetrain into it for 100 dollars. with information from budfreak on the other site that is. just been working out the bugs lately. i am going to paint it next month. going with the original teal but going to try a new look with the green and paint the top black like some of the other cars. then i will have it back to what i would consider 90%

these sites are fantastic for some of us middle of the road mechanics and i appreciate the information a lot.

thanks for asking
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Old 06-07-2010, 04:58 AM
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Re: Cure for Headlight Haze

I want mine to look that clear but am afraid I'll jack something up.

Why the hell aren't they glass anyways... I mean, even my **** 93 impreza has glass headlights... and the SVX was supposed to be flagship for Subaru? what gives?
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The micro mesh is the polishing kit I reccomended earlier. Any good hobby shop will carry it. Its intended for use on models. Being a modeler, I had it on hand.
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Old 06-14-2010, 06:36 AM
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At our SVX meet in 2005, Brett had some of this Micro-Mesh stuff:

https://micro-surface.com/index.php?...age=page&id=15

It's a lot better than sandpaper. Apparently the military use it for polishing the haze out of aircraft windows.
Thanks for the tip, I purchased some MicroMesh, after reading the link.
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Here's some pics after they are cleared.

I sanded them down with 600-2500 wet sandpaper and used some clear I had left over from when I painted my car. I put 3 good wet coats on it and they look brand new for over a year now. I used a Urethane clear on them so i'd say any automotive urethane clear should work, not the autozone junk.
To anyone that has tried this, with a rattle can of clear coat, how far away did you hold the can and how many passes did you do to cover the entire lens?
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Re: Cure for Headlight Haze

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I want mine to look that clear but am afraid I'll jack something up.

Why the hell aren't they glass anyways... I mean, even my **** 93 impreza has glass headlights... and the SVX was supposed to be flagship for Subaru? what gives?
Just guessing, though I think it's because the SVX was originally designed as a race car and very little has been changed when they started selling them to the public.
I'd think plastic lenses would be less prone to breaking in an racing environment.
The STI is used in racing, not the '93 impreza. JMHO
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Old 03-27-2018, 07:24 AM
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Just guessing, though I think it's because the SVX was originally designed as a race car and very little has been changed when they started selling them to the public.
UUUUhm, no. Where did you get that idea? Pretty fat for a race car!
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Re: Cure for Headlight Haze

These are all good solutions but I use an old school/inexpensive solution; just use any brand abrasive toothpaste and a firm toothbrush (if really cloudy use a dishwasher scrounge), then polish w/Futura floor wax or McGuire's headlight polish.
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