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Old 18-02-2011, 10:22 PM
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I own a st170 mk2
have a problem with my headlights lenses when you look @ them they look yellow can anybody give me a clue how to remove the yellow tinge
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Old 19-02-2011, 02:16 PM
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You can do this perfectly, if you take your time with maguiars plastic polish no10 and plastic cleaner no17, micro cloth and foam pad.
It is also possible top get a AS NEW result using wet and dry, basically exposing a new layer of plastic, then polishing.
Just do a search on the net there are various methods, but using abrasive paper works best, just takes a while, about 1 hour to 1 1/2 hour each light.
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Old 19-02-2011, 02:26 PM
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Apparently you can use toothpaste!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKAshYmrExc
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Plastex works very well for this ,matter of minutes with a rotory polisher
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The toothpaste certainly seems worth a go, might depend on how bad it is ?, but certainly worth a go to start with, good find that was.
Toothpaste is also useful for putting up pictures from newspapers(sun page 3) on prison cell walls as well, as not allowed glue!!
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