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try prepsol dude!! it removed the spray tint on my tail lights.. but if youve got a clear coat on it it wont work! a can of prepsol cost me 8 bux at auto1.
btw butter, whered u get the amber dye? i cant find it anywhere!! autobarn told me to go bristol!! loll
cihanvtec: Super Cheap Auto (Highpoint) to me it was illegal to stock - so they told me to go to Autobarn. I got it from the Autobarn in Sunshine. For some reason, its in the same area as tail lights / bumper lights / fog lights. near the counter. Or ask for it. They only seem to stock just 1 random can on the bottom shelf at a time @ $15.99 per tiny lynx deo sized can.
Wheres auto1? I'll give this Prepsol a shot and i'll let everyone know how it goes.
my luck i will never find it i spent my whole friday afternoon going from auto stores to bloody bunnings to bristol! loll!!
i was just on the auto one website looking for stores around highpoint or sunshine (assuming your from around there) but it seems the closest they have is Roxburgh Park and Broadmeadows.
Auto One Roxburgh Park
Shop 6, 195 Somerton Road, Roxburgh Park, VIC 3064
but you can get prepsol from pretty much anywhere. try autobarn again maybe, or supercheap! even bunnings paint dept. will probably stock it.. good luck
what brand is the dye? does it have a name? i just want to call up a few autobarn stores nd see if they have it in stock before i make my way down.. cheers mate
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So, wax and grease remover? Roxburgh Park isn't that close to me. Thanks for looking it up! Um, let me get you the name of it tomorrow morning. Its like 3am and i dont want to leave my warm room to venture off into the garage. From memory, it was just called Lens Dye. And it had some kinda "Specialist Importer" sticker on it. Autobarn has to stock it.
Would prepsol actually remove a layer off the plastic lens? Coz the lens dye from what im aware, actually changes the colour of the lens. So its not as simple as removing whatever was applied to its surface. As far as im aware, my only option is to soak it in some nasty chemical that will eat away as far down as the lens dye went. Then sand it down then plastic polish it?
hmmm.. yeah ur right, now that i think of it, its a dye not a layer of paint. i dont think prepsol is tough enough to get into a layer of the lens but u might want to give it a shot.. if not, try soaking it in paint stripper or something.loll but i dnt know if that will damage the actual lens. or you could try cleaning it with a bleach like white king maybe, then sand it and polish like you said.. though sanding and polishing will be a bitch coz of the texture inside the lens.
worst case, pick up a pair from the wreckers and try dying it again. a mate of mine got it for 5 bux each..
just finished my ambers today.. it looks okay imo but maybe a little too dark??
my default pic is the 'before' loll which one looks better?
Looking good! That's the colour i was after myself. But obviously f*cked up. Where'd you end up getting your spray from and how much? Did you dye the inside or outside of it?
cheers matee.. i got it from autobarn in airport west. i did it from the inside and put a clear coat over it to make sure it doesnt fade..
how did you go butter? were u able to try anything on the lens?
It should fade if its on the inside. Unless the UV rays from the sun start fading at it. But i highly doubt it would fade. Haven't tried anything to the lens. I might just tough it out - and hand sand it down a few more mm's. See how that goes. Otherwise im gonna rage quit and soak it in the nastiest chemical i've got.... Coke ;)
hopefully it wont fade, ill be shattered!! loll i think you should give white king a shot! thats probably the nastiest chemical (bleach) i can think of. it should do the trick!
I got mine from the fleebay. It's holding up well and it was only sprayed on the outside with night shade under it.
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