Intense sunlight with full UV is the Kryptonite of plastics in the desert southwest. East coast salt roads rusts cars from the bottom up.. Desert cars strip paint via sun exposure from the top down. Plastic headlight lens fall prey to that at a rapid pace here.
Eventually, the only cure is to replace the lens with new. Hopefully, by the time you do that, they are still available, which is not always the case with the current parts support schemes of "just in time production" that leaves no part un-sold with after market supply being small for such "wreck replacement items". The curse of modern manufacture is plastic everything... which breaks down after "looking pretty" for the period payments are due... Unlike the old Mercedes and the B 52 ... things just don't last these days. I have a car with yellowing plastic lens.. they get re-polished about 4 times a year... There is a new set in the box in the storeroom for when they finally completely fail. That's my plan. On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The problem in this part of the world isn't so much one of physical wear, > but from the amount of UV the plastic is exposed to. If the sealant they > used had something to block UV it could very well extend the life I would > think. > > Dan enjoying the 80F UV today > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Oct 16, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > > > > Meguiers (sp?) made, and probably still does, a liquid polish intended > for plastic windshields. I recall a friend using it to remove the bugs from > the windshield of an aircraft. > > I wonder if regular treatments of that would reduce the hazing? > > > > RB > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
