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Ocracoke

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Re: The next WirralSmarts car
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2016, 01:27:36 PM »
This is what it looks like (note how cloudy the front is compared to the back):



Shocking is the word I think.
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2004 ForFour 1.3 AMT - The yellow 454!

http://www.forfour.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5224.0 - The WirralSmarts mod/upgrade thread

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Re: The next WirralSmarts car
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2016, 01:38:55 PM »
I assume that you are referring to the roof? Unfortunately they all seem to have gone like that to some degree. For some reason the tint coating on the polycarbonate has degraded over time. Don't forget that these cars are now all over ten years old. Solutions seem to be to machine polish off the remainder of the coating or vinyl wrap the panel or reapply another coating of some sort or just leave it alone and live with it!
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Re: The next WirralSmarts car
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2016, 10:57:24 PM »
Might be worth tryin a 3M headlamp cleaning kit on it

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Re: The next WirralSmarts car
« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2016, 05:48:10 PM »
Quote from: Problemchild on January 26, 2016, 10:57:24 PM
Might be worth tryin a 3M headlamp cleaning kit on it

JJ

It was one of the things I was considering so may as well give it a go (headlamps themselves need work anyway). If it fails, then I'll consider leaving it for the moment and wrap it when I get around to painting the panels.
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2004 ForFour 1.3 AMT - The yellow 454!

http://www.forfour.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5224.0 - The WirralSmarts mod/upgrade thread

1x 454 1.3 S-A, 1x 450 RHD mk5, 1x 450 mk5 CDI
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