Shining up the taillight housings
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Shining up the taillight housings
Picked up a set of used taillight housings, with really decent (no bubbles!) chrome. There's some light overspray and other stuff on them; anyone have suggestions on the best way to shine these up nicely?
Neil O'Connor
Madison, WI
72 FIAT 124 Spider
12 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Summit
14 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn Eco-Diesel
ex-71 FIAT 124 Coupe
and a host of Audi's, Saabs, VW's, MOPAR's, Fords, and a Bimmer....
Madison, WI
72 FIAT 124 Spider
12 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Summit
14 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn Eco-Diesel
ex-71 FIAT 124 Coupe
and a host of Audi's, Saabs, VW's, MOPAR's, Fords, and a Bimmer....
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Re: Shining up the taillight housings
tin foil and water
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Re: Shining up the taillight housings
Thanks.....would not have thought of that at all. Crumple the tin foil, I assume?
Neil O'Connor
Madison, WI
72 FIAT 124 Spider
12 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Summit
14 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn Eco-Diesel
ex-71 FIAT 124 Coupe
and a host of Audi's, Saabs, VW's, MOPAR's, Fords, and a Bimmer....
Madison, WI
72 FIAT 124 Spider
12 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Summit
14 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn Eco-Diesel
ex-71 FIAT 124 Coupe
and a host of Audi's, Saabs, VW's, MOPAR's, Fords, and a Bimmer....
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Re: Shining up the taillight housings
yep .. get it wet and the water with the foil create some chemical reaction and helps clean the chrome .... chrome is stronger than the foil so you don't have to worry about scratching it ..... it works surprisingly well ....