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Alexcubek

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I have managed to badly scratch the rear lights on my 500. They were all frosted up and a used plastic ice scraper on them which has scratched them. Has anyone got any ideas what would make the scratches les prominent? Would the toothpaste trick for sun yellowed plastic headlamps work or bug spray.? IMG_1481382921.537033.jpg
 
If the scratches aren't too deep, it may be trying something like 3M headlight restoration kit, it can be bought off Amazon for about £16.
 
Recently my 500 also had white frozen rear lights. I didn't use an ice scraper. Instead I used the warmth of my bare hands to make the ice melt. Does anyone have a better way to deal with this?
 
Quite surprised as new had any problems with my other cars.[emoji33]
 
Mine doesn't have a rubber side, maybe its time I invest in a new one. [emoji12]
 
Thanks, but I don't like spraying chemicals, since they might harm the special wax coating of my car.
 
I've heard it is possible to make a home-made de-icer with (isoprophyl)alcohol and water only. Is alcohol harmful to wax?
 
Warm water in a big jug.
Does the trick nicely over the windows and the lights.
Repeat as necessary.

Can't help with e scratch though. Sorry.

Good luck,
Mick.

No, cold water should be used , if it feels warm then it's about 40+c on a 0c screen not a good result if you use sufficient cold there's not a freezing issue.
 
I never bother de icing headlights, the heat from lights will do that, though i have that fly eye stuff on mine to tint it, and never had a problem with them icing over
 
I've been using nicely warm water on screens for more years than I care to remember, and my dad before me.
Never ever EVER had a problem, so I will carry on doing it.

Recently, I've been using the soapy water from the washing-up bowl! (y)

Keep warm,
Mick.
 
When mine used to be out on frosty mornings, I'd run the engine with the lights one while I cleared all the windows with a plastic scraper. This took about 2 minutes, in which time the frost on the lights had softened enough to come off with the rubber squeegy bit.
I've always found de-icer spray increases the tendency of the inside of the glass to steam up. Never used water - by the time I'd fannied about with that I could get a lot of scraping done.
Now I've retired and junior members of the family have moved out I have the luxury of leaving the 500 in my garage overnight.
 
I've always found de-icer spray increases the tendency of the inside of the glass to steam up.

That's logical. Using a chemical deicer chills the screen well below 0C due to the latent heat of fusion from the phase change when the ice melts.

When mine used to be out on frosty mornings, I'd run the engine with the lights one while I cleared all the windows with a plastic scraper. This took about 2 minutes, in which time the frost on the lights had softened enough to come off with the rubber squeegy bit.

This leads to significantly increased engine wear, especially on fuel injected petrol engines. At low temperatures, the fuel won't vaporise properly, and neat petrol is extremely effective at washing the protective oil film off the cylinder bores. It's best to get the engine through the initial warmup phase by driving it gently once started.
 
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