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Scratches on the inside of the plastic gauge cluster?

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Old 08-24-2005, 10:26 PM
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Default Scratches on the inside of the plastic gauge cluster?

Does anyone else have fine swirl/line scratches on the inside of the clear plastic covering that overlies the speedometer and other gauges? When the light hit it right it looks like someone took a SOS pad to it.
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no but check ebay for a replacement
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Yep... Its all over mine too?? I guess previous owner? Not sure what would take it off... maybe "scratch out" for plastic??
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I got it too. Its damn annoying! During sunny days it drives me absolutely mad.
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mine is the same way, i think they all are
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same here
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MacEwen sells them for like $40 for the lens/bezel look in the sponsor list -------->
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I had nasty scratches in mine.... last week I discovered Mcguires deep crystal polish works really well on tailights. After reading this thread last nite I decided to try it on my guage cluster plastic....

wow! I just did it and I'm so happy, I was going to replace mine, but now it looks brand f'n new

I buffed it three times and it just kept getting better.
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Wax Shop Fine Cut swirl remover worked great on mine.
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I changed my gauges and mine were scratched pretty bad, but it buffed out real nice.

I somehow got glass cleaner on mine and it dripped down the backside of it, so i had a drip line of glass cleaner on the back side for 3 months, driving me absolutely insane
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Originally Posted by 00Pontiac
I had nasty scratches in mine.... last week I discovered Mcguires deep crystal polish works really well on tailights. After reading this thread last nite I decided to try it on my guage cluster plastic....

wow! I just did it and I'm so happy, I was going to replace mine, but now it looks brand f'n new

I buffed it three times and it just kept getting better.
It's good to hear that this stuff worked on your cluster lens. I used the same stuff on my old car's headlights and it worked great. I was thinking about using it to get the water spots off my cluster lens and now I'm gunna have do itnext time I wash my car.
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ah the fine world of swirling. if you look at almost anything in sun its gonna have swirls, from a cd case to a credit card. just about everything gets like that for some reason. ive learned to ignore it, except for the paint swirls of course



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