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Subject:Re: Vanagon rear lights and the pathetic headlights
From:Jay Brown
Date:Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:15:07 -0500

Don't use anything too harsh to clean the inside of the lens, you don't want
to damage the reflector surface.  Regular Windex should do the trick pretty
well.  Here are a  couple posts from thesamba:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=179098
<http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=179098&highlight=lens+clea
ning> &highlight=lens+cleaning

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=378845
<http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=378845&highlight=lens+clea
ning> &highlight=lens+cleaning

Most of the time a good cleaning and buffing with a soft terrycloth towel
will do the trick for the outside of the lens.  If it is really bad, you
could try a glass polishing kit:

http://www.eastwood.com/professional-wind-shield-headlight-kit.html?srccode=
ga030170

Good luck,

Jay

-----Original Message-----

From: Marius Strom [mailto:marstrom@microsoft.com]

Subject: RE: Vanagon rear lights and the pathetic headlights

Hi Jay - what's the recommended procedure to clean the outside/inside of
these glass lenses?  I've been struggling with that - mine have a milky
sheen to them.  I can find 3M products to deal with plastic lenses, but I'm
not finding anything listed for glass -- especially the inner surface.

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