brown headlight covers

[Josh Colombo]

Hey Larry,

I think everyone that has an older style legacy suffers from that. It's worse if the car sits in the sun. I think the plastic is actually deteriorating or something, and causing that brown oxidation. It sucks cause it looks ugly and decreases lighting performance. You CAN get rid of it. Get a good polishing or rubbing compound and buff the lens out. You will get the oxidation out. If you use a rougher rubbing compound, or even polishing compound. I would suggest then a clear coat polishing compound to help get rid of the tiny scratches left by the harder compounds. Then finish it off with a coat of wax to help protect it. If you have a high speed buffer, that would work the best, but I use the good old fashion way and it works fine.

This is only a temporary cure, the brown comes back, but depending how much your car sits outside, will determine how soon.

Josh

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-----Original Message-----
From: ssspoon@aol.com [mailto:ssspoon@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:55 PM
To: BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: fuel pump + ECU problems


Hey Bill, too cool, thanx muchas.

I have just been thru 2 weeks of hell.

The in tank fuel pump died, or at least that was the diagnoses. Do not
understand rationale for in-tank pump since they fail.
Mechanic just happened to have one which is lucky cause turbos use a diff
pump than all the other Legacys of course.

A week later car just shut down while I was checking out electrical (or at
least that's what I called myself doing). I was idling the car with the
battery disconnected. I had been having to jump start the car and was trying
to see if I had charged the batt successfully or if there seemed to be an
alternator problem.

Turns out the battery terminals were not as tight as they should have been
after the fuel pump install. They didn't move when I tugged at them, but
actually they needed to be quite a bit tighter. Something to remember when
the terminals have been loosened.

Anyway after tightening the battery, the starter turned over just fine, but
no fire.

Another trip to Raffi Subaru in Lawndale, California pointed to a dead ECU
cause this time no spark and no pulse at the injector wires. Don't know if
running the engine without the battery connected killed my ECU. A cross
country internet search turned up 2 or 3 good sources and the car fired right
up with the preowned ECU. It seems a little peppier pulling out from stop
but then misses and stumbles while accelerating. Tomorrow when it's
daylight, I'll check the plug wires. Loose wires have caused the same
symptom. I'll give it a few days and if the problem persists, I might try an
ECU reset.

Since the problems came so close together, I need to try energizing the fuel
pump now, maybe it was the ECU giving out all the time.

The bright side of all this is a recently totaled Legacy L wagon at the
mechanic. Some of the parts I need are of course smashed, but I have dibs on
the one good clear headlight lens cover. (Am I the only one with faded brown
lens covers?). Dibs on the windshield washer tank so if I "f___" it up trying
to convert it to a reservoir for my planned air-to-water intercooler, I won't
feel so bad. Dibs on the right rear tail light to replaced mine that has had
a chunk chipped out for a couple of years. Dibs on the carpeted dash cover.
And of course dibs on the sunvisor, which the mechanic knew would be the
first thing I would ask about.

Do you need anything from a parts car with around 64,000 miles?

Larry Witherspoon

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[Mark Ward]

Is the oxidation inside or out?? I have the same thing.
Mark



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>Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] brown headlight covers
>Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 09:35:19 -0400

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[Chen Na]

Both -- at least for my 91 Legacy L.

Chen

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> Is the oxidation inside or out?? I have the same thing.
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[Josh Colombo]

I mainly get the oxidation on the outside. I polish them and they look good for about a week, then they go right back to brown. I think it's just age and deterioration of the headlight cover material. I really don't know of a permanent fix other than buying new headlights, which in my opinion is a little too expensive of an option.

Josh

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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:27 PM
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Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: brown headlight covers


Both -- at least for my 91 Legacy L.

Chen

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> Is the oxidation inside or out?? I have the same thing.
> Mark



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[daniel.wilson@db.co.nz]

I don't know what your problems are must be just a certain light unit
or batch. I have never seen this problem before.

What did you end up polishing them up with in the end?

Dan

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[Josh Colombo]

Any sort of polishing compound for your paint works fine, and then I finished it off with a cleaner wax to help protect them from browning as quick

Josh

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Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: brown headlight covers


I don't know what your problems are must be just a certain light unit
or batch. I have never seen this problem before.

What did you end up polishing them up with in the end?

Dan

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[jonesboy@sunwave.net]

At 04:38 PM 30/05/2001 -0400, you wrote:



Any sort of polishing compound for your paint works fine, and then I finished it off with a cleaner wax to help protect them from browning as quick


When that wax heats up from the heat of the bulbs, it will turn opaque.

Don't ever wax your headlight covers, it's just a bad idea.

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