peeling/flaking headlight lens
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peeling/flaking headlight lens
Hi everyone, I have an 04mz3 the headlight lenses are flaking/peeling off, seems to be from the outside.....anything I can do to correct this, it doesnt effect the light output, but looks bad....any tips?
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RE: peeling/flaking headlight lens
I had this same problem and worried about it too. It IS ugly.
I carefully scraped off the loose stuff w/my fingernail and installed a set of RockBlockers. No more problem.
If I had it to do over again, I would've gotten the dealer to install or repair them,THEN installed the RockBlockers.
[IMG]local://upfiles/9133/71510C88BCA4478B94B54A90BCE6FCC0.jpg[/IMG]
BTW: They're not really that dark, just the way the ambientlight affected the camera that day/time. Actually, they don't seem to affect light output at all!!
I carefully scraped off the loose stuff w/my fingernail and installed a set of RockBlockers. No more problem.
If I had it to do over again, I would've gotten the dealer to install or repair them,THEN installed the RockBlockers.
[IMG]local://upfiles/9133/71510C88BCA4478B94B54A90BCE6FCC0.jpg[/IMG]
BTW: They're not really that dark, just the way the ambientlight affected the camera that day/time. Actually, they don't seem to affect light output at all!!
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RE: peeling/flaking headlight lens
had a buddy with the same problem on his 3....dealer will fix it, its the protective layer that mazda puts on the headlights.
becareful taking it off though, you can scratch the headlight.
becareful taking it off though, you can scratch the headlight.
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RE: peeling/flaking headlight lens
I should've put this up yesterday, but I was watching an episode of Two Guys Garage on Speed channel. They were talking about buying used cars and one of the issues were plastic headlight lenses that get cloudy.
Their solution was to use a rag and toothpaste to help bring back the clarity, and it seemed to work pretty well too, and is much less costly than the product "specifically" made for the task.
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