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08-23-2013, 03:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Brunswick, GA
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Gauge Cover Cleaning
Any idea what may work to get this clear again? Texture wise it is almost like when headlights get that fade to them..
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08-23-2013, 03:46 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Jasper, IN
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Re: Gauge Cover Cleaning
What if you ysed that headlight restore on em?
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08-23-2013, 04:12 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Brunswick, GA
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Re: Gauge Cover Cleaning
Could give that a shot, might even have some laying around somewhere.. Didnt know if anyone had ever had to do something on the gauge cover, not even sure how its got like that. lol
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08-23-2013, 04:17 PM
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Re: Gauge Cover Cleaning
I've always washed them in the sink with some dawn and a wash rag. Then once it is dry I take 3m Machine Glaze and hand polish it and finish it off with some 3m Hand Glaze. Have not had one scratch up on me yet from the polish.
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08-23-2013, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Stillwater Lake, NS
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Re: Gauge Cover Cleaning
Don't use "goof off", it burned mine
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08-23-2013, 06:48 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: San Diego, CA
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Re: Gauge Cover Cleaning
I used a very fine sandpaper and then polished
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08-24-2013, 10:01 AM
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Location: salt lake city, utah
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Re: Gauge Cover Cleaning
Vato-zone sells a turtle wax brand of plastic polish. It was less than $10 and worked great on mine.
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08-24-2013, 10:54 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SLC, UT
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Re: Gauge Cover Cleaning
I've had decent results with healight restore or plastic polish.
For crystal clear results, I have wet sanded with 1500 then 2000, followed by a buff with rubbing compound or plastic polish, or headlight restore. Whatever was handy at the time. |
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08-24-2013, 02:59 PM
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Parts and more parts
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Lebo, Kansas (middle of nowhere
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Re: Gauge Cover Cleaning
Use 3M Finnesse-It rubbing compound to polish them and then wipe down before installing with a detail spray. Done it many times and it takes scratches and haze out of the plastic. I use the finesse-It for a lot of different things, besides polishing paint.
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