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AllenF Posted
10 January 2011
06:48 PM |
I bought Tom Reed's Volvo from him in Fort Myers, Florida. I
got an early flight Friday and he picked me up at the airport at
around 10. We took care of the money/paperwork and off I went
to South Florida Detroit Allison for an oil change, fuel filters,
coolant filter, and chassis lube. Finally got on the road
about 3:30pm and drove till 10pm. Got up early Saturday at
4:30am and drove on thru to Maryland and arrived here at 6:30 that
night. No problems at all! I did stop at a couple scales
that were open in Florida. I called Florida DOT last week and
they suggested I stop. They told me "you will just get waved
thru since you are empty and since it looks commercial you should
stop." I figured my Volvo looks commercial with the box on it and no
camper in tow so I stopped instead of being chased down. I
have a few things to do to get it thru MD inspection like brakes,
front end alignment, and the headlights that are so yellowed it
barely shows light thru them. Thanks to all for the advise and
I hope I will be able to contribute something back to the forum. |
Ray H
10 January 2011
06:56 PM
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Congratulations. Don't let the truck sit around home too long.
It may get lazy and start to like it. My headlights were all
hazed over when I got mine. A couple of years ago, I sprung
for a couple of new complete units from Volvo. Today, two
years later in the Arizona sun and guess what.... Starting to haze
up again. |
AllenF
10 January 2011
07:15 PM
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I'm a painter so I'm going to take mine into work and wetsand them
down with 600 and clearcoat them. They won't haze anymore I'll
post a new thread and take pictures when I do them. |
Jeff- C IL
11 January 2011
12:21 AM
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On advice posted here--I bought a Maguiar's headlight polishing kit
at Wal-Mart. I had a VW Jetta with really bad headlights - to
the point you could hardly see the bulbs inside. I wet sanded
with 2000 grit first, then about 5-10 minutes of work on each with
the polisher and they look (and work) GREAT!! Saved me a bunch
of money and only took about an hour - for $16, what have you got to
lose? |
Frazierx3
11 January 2011
03:21 PM
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Fortunately I have not had to deal with this problem yet, but I was
talking about this one day with a insurance adjuster and he had said
that wet sanding with 1200 grit and then applying a clear coat
protective works and is done by a lot of repair shops. Just saying. |
MacDaddy
11 January 2011
11:16 PM
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Yeah I think the clear coat is the important part of it. Guy
doing some body work on my Infiniti sanded out a scratch on one
headlight and polished it. you could still see it faintly, then he
hit it with the clear and it was gone.
But I think AllenF has that down pat. |
AllenF
12 January 2011
10:07 AM |
Yellowing headlights are caused by the sun breaking down the UV
protective coating on the headlight. You can wetsand them and
buff them but they will haze out again because now the coating is
thinner since you sanded it and buffed it. By sanding and
clearing it you bring back the UV protective coating. Use a
good quality automotive clearcoat and it will probably outlast the
original coating.
When it gets warmer out I'll pull my headlights and take pictures of
the simple process and start a new thread. |