Rear Taillight Lenses on a 69 Charger

[Starman417]

Anyone know if they are making repops on these and the chrome bezel around the lenses?

[Winged 1]

 
Not that I have been able to find.. They are a bugger but you can tear them down and use a lot of spit on the plastic and have the rings redone. Mine are almost complete. Had a little problem with the rings after they were rechromed. But little more work was able to get them straighted out. For what ever reason they warped somewhat...
Good luck..
Eric

[Starman417]

I've spent hours on those lenses and they still dont look all that great....was hoping someone would repop these by now.

[JimShine]

Try Novus plastic polish or Maguires swirl remover. The trick is to get some speed while polishing out. They will come out great, it just takes some work.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Jet did a nice job on his....


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[Doc74]

To make lenses look like new you do the same as with weathered clearcoat, sand it.
Take a grit 1000 and wetsand the lens as good as you can, then go over it with a finer grit ending with 2000 or 3000 wet if you have it.The lens should look flat but very clean .
Now use a good polish like 3M's Perfect it and machine it a few times, they'll look brand new.
I've done it to all sorts of lenses and obviously the smoother they are and the more accessible, the easier it is but even hard to reach spaces will clean up nicely, you just might have to polish it a few times.
If you don't have anything to polish with then just take them to a bodyshop near you, they have everything in reach to clean them up in a matter of minutes.

[tan top]

 

[TylerCharger69]

Try Novus plastic polish or Maguires swirl remover. The trick is to get some speed while polishing out. They will come out great, it just takes some work.

   I agree with this...need some speed to generate friction to get those swirls out...just like a cars finish.....This procedure works great on those newer plastic headlamp covers that turn yellow after a few years.   A good variable speed buffer....some Meguier's polish.....and as good as new!!!....Just watch your speed though.....too much speed will melt the plastic!!!!

[grek]

What's the best process to remove the tail light bezel from the tail light?  Looking at the several tail lights that I have, the posts appear to be mushroomed in order to hold the bezel to the tail light.  If you grind it, or drill it out, there is nothing left to re-attach the bezel to the tail light.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You,

Grek