One lame question and a cool tip . . .
Lame Question: I'm converting my car from the two little bee-hive lights per side to the later single horizontal teardrop style per side. Which surface of the lense points upward? The wide flouts or the narrow ribs with the "made in Taiwan" lettering?
Cool Tip: If your lenses are faded or cracked (as the ones that I picked up were) and you want to make them BETTER than new. Clean them up real good. To repair the cracks/breaks/etc. use Testors plastic cement (like the stuff for models) and let it dry for an hour between applications. You can continue to fill the cracks and holes with this cement until everything looks right. If it's just cracked, not broken into pieces, spread the cement on the inside of the lense.
Once all is solid, use soap and water and wet sand the outside of the lense with 300 grit until smooth. This is a good time to sand off the "made in Taiwan" lettering as well. If there are still low spots build them up with more cement and sand again.
When the lense is pretty smooth to the touch, run out and buy a can of Dupli-Color METALCAST "Red Anodized" and a can of Dupli-Color WHEEL PAINT "Clear". Give the inside of the lense three light coats of the red and the outside one heavy coat. Finish off in a few minutes with a medium heavy coat of clear and the lense will look like a jewel!
Seriously, so much better than new that it'll shock you! And much brighter when in use.
Hope that this isn't just old news, it works beyond GREAT!
TC
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