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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 03:54 PM
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how to clean dirty turn signal???

Im just wondering how u clean the film off my dirty turn signal, thers like a plastic piece in front of it with like water and stuff. Is there a way to remove the plastic piece, or somethign else.thanks
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 04:22 PM
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Nope, unless you cut it off and re-glue it. The only way to get in there is with a bunch of Simple Green or Castrol Super Clean. Just spray some in and shake the living ba-jesus outa it. Its not going to get ALL of it, but it got most of the crap out of my lenses. I took it one step further and sanded/polished the faces of the lens. It looked great for a while, till a rock came up and smacked one of em . Do a search on the board for polishing lenses and you'll find some info on how to do it if you'd like to try it out.
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 08:55 PM
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Gotsta agree with Scott. I just did that to my turn signals this past weekend. Loaded up the inside with Simple Green, shook till I couldnt shake no more, then shook alittle more. For the out side of them I just used Turtle Wax's Compound. Suckers look like they are brand new. $5 bucks in supples and about 3 hours of work ( I was board at work so I just kept compounding them) they look brand new. Beats paying some one 65 bucks for them
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Old Aug 1, 2002 | 02:17 AM
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get someone to put them in a paint bucket shaker, and shake those bad boys with some green.

3 hours???, took me about 5 min with a electric buff wheel (not the kind you use w/ wax) and some plastic polishing compound. Have to love going to grandpa's house with all the goodies.
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Old Aug 1, 2002 | 08:58 AM
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Mine were pretty crappy looking so it was going to take longer then 5 min to begin with. But like I said it was a slow day at work so I just sat there buffing those things. WHut else was I going to do? I prolly could have gotten done with them in like 20 but I was bored.
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