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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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There are a few here in town that are like this. Mine was but it never got this bad and I buffed it with one of those headlight polishing kits but it wont touch this one.

Any ideas what works?
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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Buy a new one!
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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New ones can be hard to come by. I'd take off the black plastic surrouding it and then pick up various wet use sand paper starting at 220 grit, 400, 600, 1000, and finish with 1500 or 2000 grit. google wet sanding techniques on the net for more tips.

If it still looks hazy, hit it with a Mothers Power ball polishing head for your drill and meguires scratch X.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by action450s
New ones can be hard to come by. I'd take off the black plastic surrouding it and then pick up various wet use sand paper starting at 220 grit, 400, 600, 1000, and finish with 1500 or 2000 grit. google wet sanding techniques on the net for more tips.

If it still looks hazy, hit it with a Mothers Power ball polishing head for your drill and meguires scratch X.
This works excellently. I went from 220 to 600 ten to 1500, then used the scratchX. Worked great!
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by action450s
New ones can be hard to come by. I'd take off the black plastic surrouding it and then pick up various wet use sand paper starting at 220 grit, 400, 600, 1000, and finish with 1500 or 2000 grit. google wet sanding techniques on the net for more tips.

If it still looks hazy, hit it with a Mothers Power ball polishing head for your drill and meguires scratch X.
Thank you VERY much.

I'm going to make a few people around here very happy.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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Or you can use an aggressive polish.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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Can you buy a new piece or do you have to buy the whole computer? Mine is like that too, just not as bad yet.

How do they get scratched up that bad anyways?
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 06:56 AM
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With the 450 foreman you can get that plastic cover from the dealer seperate from teh whole screen.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 08:27 AM
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Can you buy a new piece or do you have to buy the whole computer? Mine is like that too, just not as bad yet.

How do they get scratched up that bad anyways?
Mines a Rubicon and its part of the instrument cluster and can't be purchased separately.

The picture is a Rancher AT.

Polish yours before it gets bad.

I believe this is a Honda problem and not something that you did.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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It looks like you either live somewhere very sandy and your constantly wiping the dust off with your hand, or the sun's UV rays trashed it.
 
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