Cleaned up the third brake light...

This is some before and after for probably one of the most common problem areas of this style mustang... the rear third brake light lense. I don't know if I've seen a mustang this style without a crapped out lense. I guess it is the material.

Process:

• Wet sand with 400 grit
• Wet sand with 1000 grit
• Wet sand with 2000 grit
• Polish with ScratchX on a LC orange pad on rotary at about 1,200 rpm

Before:


After:

wow looks good. Mine is starting to get crapped up. but a new one is going in soon anyway

IS your car a DD?

Dd?

a daily driver. and how many miles does it have?

Because im wondering if these light crap out with a lot of sun exposer, or jsut getting old.

Yeah it is a daily driver. Someone else on another forum suggested that maybe Ford screwed up this material in that they probably used the same formula on this plastic as inside third light lenses. Inside ones get protected from UV by the glass and this one has direct exposure. I dunno...

Dang, looks very nice man. Definatly doing mine next time I wash it.

anyone know where to buy the third brake light on the 03cobras mine cracked on me god knows how..anyhelp would be great!

contact steve (FORDSVTPARTS) on this board. He could give you a good price. From what i recall its around 95-110$

yeah..that's a lot of work for something I can buy for 50 bucks..
hahaaha

that looks so much better, something i need to do also

VirtualSVT said:

yeah..that's a lot of work for something I can buy for 50 bucks..
hahaaha

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Well it took me about an hour to do the whole process so I guess I'm worth $50 / hour. Plus I know what to do if it ever gets jacked up again or another car with a similar problem.

Nice job Dan.

Scott, woudl putting wax or some kind of UV block on top protect those things?

A wax or sealant with UV protection probably would help.