I have found that Taiwanese reproductions of all sorts... rust or tarnish in a short period of time. I have just renovated My House and We had to have all these nice gold light fittings etc.... and I've seen how these go dull or pit very quickly.... So I made sure I didn't touch any of the gold parts - and I sprayed them with a clear pressure pack paint - It is important to use a good brand of paint such as DULUX -BERGER- Taubmans etc... the more expensive it is... the better it SHOULD be ... Just give the item many light coats.... and leave it in the sun for a few hours... You can mask the lens up...but the paint won't hurt them ... Actually, if Your Tail lamps or indicator lenses are a bit dull.... give them a bit of a spray also.... to make it easy... just put car polish all around the lamps so the paint won't stick.. or what I do when I'm feeling lazy... I just wrap a piece of damp cloth around the lamp..... Now fancy writing all this on MY :birthday:birthday:birthday .... Lee

For what it is worth here is a tip i read the other day and put it in practice on the weekend.
I had a good bumper that had been sitting in a workshop for a "long" time and bits of metal dust had settled on it causing rust pitting. Trying to get these off was hard. Anyway some how i was reading a crap mag/sun paper and there was an add for vinegar.
They said to scrup it with alfoil and vinegar - IT BLOODY WORKED. The alfoil was strong enough to take the pitting off wothout scatching and the vinegar reacted to take the rust stains off the chrome.

Anyway i am happy and will continue using this one

PS Lee ..... in my set up you typing comes out yellow and is next to impossible to read. I have to highlight it so it goes blue letters and white background.
Wanna be boring and leave it alone.......first ya went mad on the faces now colours......

My Background is dark green-grey... What color background do You have 74L?? I just typed this in dark blue but its come up white on mine...
What color backgrounds do other Members have,,,,???
I print in Yellow so it will stand out... on the dark grey-green background...]
Sorry for the inconvienience 74L!!Lee
Lee:bounce

74L .. Sorry, but the blue was very hard on the eyes here..... What colour background do other people have????? Can You read the yellow happy birthday icons 74L...? What color background do You have Jen??? Lee:o:o

I have set my Theme to Mactastic which is light grey/almost white background and black lettering.
The blue and black i can read - can hardly see the yellow and green is not much better

I have the standard blueish grey colour scheme and any of the colours make the text hard on the eyes. Sure, they stand out though!

I must have different eyes.... But I am NOT an ALIEN..... and I don't see things thru Rose coloured glasses.... I do have tinted lenses in My glasses though!!!
Just remembered that.... But I LOVE COLOUR..... You ought to See My Desktop colours.... WOW!!! and I used to have the identical colours in MY desktop at work... How anyone can be cheerful with dull old shades of grey.... I'll never know...

Dude, I know what you are saying. I've seen your engine! You like your colours.
But if you wanna brighten my day you could try sending some cash.