Remove Texter From Headlights

[r34_boy]

Any ideas how to remove without scratching?

[Luciano]

i reckon it wouldnt hurt to give the texta a light scrub off with a bit of metho on a rag mate

and if your headlights are foggy, give them a manual buff up with some Autosol metal polish! works a real treat!

[Krimz]

Yea what MSPEC33 said, meths, or turps or sumthing hi alcohol, and use a cut and polish afterwards and then they will look brand spankin new! for a wile lol (unless in good condition )

[Duncan]

toothpaste!

why is there texta onyour headlights?

[R33S2]

DONT use any alcohol based stuff on them, it will smear the plastic! Toothpaste or autosol.

[Basti]

deodorant works

[noone]

Mozzie repellant the spray on stiff like aeroguard works a treat to remove texta from plastics and most surfaces

especially smooth ones or smooth painted ones.

If your overly concerned spray a little where it cant be seen but I have never seen it damage any plastic ond use it all the time to remove marking out lines etc.

Cant be beat!!

[r33cruiser]

use a whiteboard marker to color over the texta.

then just wipe it off.

used to work on whiteboards back in me school days.

[sh@un]

I'm sure the headlight plastic cleaner stuff would work fine

[r34_boy]

tried toothpaste, no luck.

its kind of a paint like substance, like pens you use for painting models.

Edited March 5, 2008 by r34_boy

[Luciano]

sounds like some pretty stubborn stuff.

if none of the above methods posted will remove it, you might just have to use some sort of scraper eg a razor to remove it. very carefully of course so you dont damage the plastic!

Edited March 5, 2008 by MSPEC33

[steve33]

brasso. thats what i do my headlights with. alot of places use it to cut back paint to before polishing. strong stuff but wont damage your headlights whats so ever.

[blind_elk]

Take it back to the idiot that wrote on the lens in the first place and get him to fix it!

[Trent04]

yeh i reckon just take em back to the guy who u got them off if none of the stuff has worked..

[steve33]

yep agreed with the 2 above. he done it he fixes it

[ZENNON]

if i was you i'd just do it myself - he wouldn't care if he damages it

surely it wouldn't be that hard getting it off

[dano4127]

they look like good ones what did you pay / where did you get them?

[r34_boy]

cheers for replying ppls

asked a wrecker, he said mineral turp will fix it. I'll post pics when I get them cleaned.

dano4127 - ebay'd them, they were cheap too all up $210AUD inc. shipping to AUS, DHL to the door. Da Proof

Someshop on ebay.com.au are trying to sell for $415 for one.

[black33gtst]

yes turps will do it turps is made form mixing white spirits and shellsol a100 it is not an alcohol base

[Trent04]

$210? that is awesome mate, good find