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Polishing gauge lenses

Started by blown motor, January 01, 2021, 09:19:02 AM

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blown motor

What's a good way to polish gauge lenses to bring back clarity and remove minor scratches? Will body polish work?
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anlauto

McGuire's makes a clear plastic polish  :dunno:
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blown motor

Who has more fun than people!
68 Charger R/T    74 Challenger Rallye 
12 Challenger RT Classic    15 Challenger SXT
79 Macho Power Wagon clone    17 Ram Rebel


GoMangoBoys

Funny, I was going to post this same question.  The previous owner sand blasted the car with the dash still in it and the guage lenses are a little frosted.  I will try this.
Thanks.  @anlauto .

anlauto

These are the two I use....
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blown motor

@anlauto If you were only using one which one would it be? I have some very light scratches but I'm just trying to get it good to sell it. Or is that the wrong approach?
Who has more fun than people!
68 Charger R/T    74 Challenger Rallye 
12 Challenger RT Classic    15 Challenger SXT
79 Macho Power Wagon clone    17 Ram Rebel

anlauto

Maybe just step two, the "polish"  :dunno:
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Timmy2Tires

I have used a headlight restoration kit in the past. Made the lenses look new.

GoMangoBoys

Thanks for the input on this one fellas.  I ended up getting this product at Summit since this is all most places carry now.  It worked great.  I polished the lenses under all 4 pods and spent less than 20 minutes doing them all.  They are like brand new!!!
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/meg-g-12310

Cudajason

Quote from: blown motor on January 01, 2021, 09:19:02 AM
What's a good way to polish gauge lenses to bring back clarity and remove minor scratches? Will body polish work?

oh what ya selling?

I have some older plastic polish that I used on my gauges years ago.  Worked great.

You are welcome to it!

Jason
1974 Cuda. 360 / A500 OD.  Yes its pink, no its not my wife's car!  Yes I drive it.


blown motor

Gauge lenses from the Charger. I already pick up some Meguiar's.
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usraptor

Depending on how deep the scratches are you may need to sand them out with some wet and dry sandpaper.  My lenses had some pretty deep scratches that polish wouldn't remove, believe me I tried before going to sandpaper. I then sanded them out just like cut and buffing the car paint ending with 3000 grit.  Then came the polishes.  Now the lens looks brand new.  Good luck with yours. Hope your scratches aren't as deep as mine were.  :bigthumb: