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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:48 pm 
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Anyone know if u can buy glass replacement headlight lenses for el fairmonts my plastic ones are all yellow i got the s**t with them and decided id either wreck them of fix them useing sum 1600 grti wet dry paper it didnt work but at least there all the one colour now lol

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:32 pm 
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anyone?

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:34 pm 
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yeah anyone?

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:10 pm 
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In all the EF/L headlight convo's ive read here ive never heard of glass replacement lenses, but I have heard than the non genuine plastic ones are crappy and dont fit well.

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:21 pm 
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refer to the fix in the technical manuals for ef lights here on fordmods. go the wet and dry progressively finer till its all clean and shiny. I will do mine soon and let you know.
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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:28 pm 
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wouldnt glass ones be s**t...
and crack easy?

(either rock hitting it... or the hot/cold change)

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:46 pm 
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rocks yes - temperature, no!

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:47 pm 
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wouldnt sudden temperature changes crack em?

having high beams on for a while will get the fookers hot..
starts raining... shizen

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:49 pm 
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no ... glass lights have been around for a 100 years

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:51 pm 
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righto then....

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:19 pm 
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cough cough , i cleared mine up no problems
if ya really need them fixed , give me a buzz on MSN

 

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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:54 pm 
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how did u fix yours
i tried wet dry kinda made it worse

 

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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:57 pm 
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with a good $$$ polish/compound and a Air/Buffer

 

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