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Old 11-21-2012, 04:09 PM
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I got them on Amazon, I'll have to see if it was direct or a reseller.
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Old 11-30-2012, 11:43 AM
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Just noticed this on mine today too. They don't even list an email for the N American market on the Depo site. I guess I'll try the Meguire's restore. Won't be buying anything Depo again though.
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Old 11-30-2012, 01:17 PM
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Like I said, that site is very unfriendly, which seems to be typical of Asian manufacturers (electronic component manufacturer sites are even worse).

If I have to do ongoing maintenance on these things with headlight restorer, I expect I'll get tired of it and either put nightshades on them or replace them with Fall Edition units.
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are the falls as dark as the depos?
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Old 11-30-2012, 01:45 PM
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From your picture posted it appears that the headlight "shield" is a shaded coating, on the outside, that is peeling. Is that the situation? If so, I doubt if using any of the buffing type cleaners will renew the coating.

Really sounds, as you suggested, the need to remove the coating completely and then respray with a Nightshades type product.
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Old 11-30-2012, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by skyline26
are the falls as dark as the depos?
Falls have the black housing and their lenses are tinted.
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Old 11-30-2012, 01:54 PM
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Ours are Fall Editions! The lense is Clear not Smoked and the housing is Black Chrome not Black like the Depot's, I'll see if I can find a photo to post .....
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Old 11-30-2012, 02:03 PM
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Here's a couple of photo's I found, not a close up of the Headlights but hopefully you get the idea .....



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Old 11-30-2012, 03:36 PM
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Those don't appear to be smoked, but everything I've read about the Fall Edition headlights says they are smoked. Did the Premier Edition use the same headlights?
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Pretty sure from our research that all of the special edition HHR headlights had clear lenses and no amber turn signal lense .....

We also have a clear bra that protects the front hood, fenders, bumper, grill, head and fog lights so the lenses will never delaminate .....
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