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Old Oct 7, 2003 | 03:48 PM
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turn single lights

Ok so im doing some bumber repairs. I decide to take one of turn single lights out. Are you guys serious, you realy take them lights apart an clean them. (Their sealed) Ithink im jus going to put them back in, un less some has some better ideas.
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Old Oct 7, 2003 | 07:44 PM
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Ok so that was dumb idea. But i could have sworn some did it.
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Old Oct 7, 2003 | 10:08 PM
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buy new ones. :-P.

no, i duno, i havn't messed w/ them, sry i'm no help.
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Old Oct 7, 2003 | 10:42 PM
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Before getting new ones, I cleaned my old ones by letting a mixture of SimpleGreen sit in them, then rinsed them out, it's about the best you can do without dismantling them. Then I used an abrasive rubbing compound on the lens to clear them up, THAT was a vast improvement.
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 12:41 AM
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a rock went threw mine and busted the cover and the light behind it......so your saying its all one unit and i can just replace it together?
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 12:59 PM
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I used Blue Magic (I think that's what it's called). It's an abrasive compound made for polishing all types of metal. It works damn good for clearing up haziness on the outer lense of my turn sig.
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 01:56 PM
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drone thats write its all one peice.
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 04:08 PM
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i read somewhere that somes cut the lense off, cleaned in there, and glued it back together and put some silicone on it to keep water out?
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 07:04 PM
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Thats going a little extream. I jus thru them back in. Their just a pain in ***.
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