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Old 16 October 2013, 07:29 PM
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anyone remove spray tint from there lights before?? Wanting to get mine back to looking standard again, unsure what best method would be to use, don't want to do anything that will damage the lights
Old 17 October 2013, 06:44 PM
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halfords sell some thing called sticky stuff
that works
can also get it off eBay
I did my Evo 9 light and took 3 tins
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does it leave any hazing on the lights at all?? Have read that you need to be careful what you use to remove tint spray as can leave hazing on the lense
Old 25 October 2013, 11:00 AM
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Try pant thiners mate just take your time doing it
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Originally Posted by scoobyman2007
Try pant thiners mate just take your time doing it
+1 paint thinners usually does the trick for most things of that nature then BuFF them back up with meguires headlight kit http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_255233,job done.SJ.
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cheers will give that a try then least I can buff my headlights back up in no luck
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