Not going to "hurt" them per-say. You basically burned off the clear coat on the lens. As long as there is no physical hole that water can get through then you're fine. But a new set of lights ain't gonna be cheap!
What you see is what was left after the adhesives reaction with the Goof Off. The adhesive seemed to have turned milky white and these craters were left After I wiped it down. It just looked horrible. I should have just left it the way it was.Are those blotches the remains of adhesive? Cause I dont see anything else wrong with that headlight.
It sucks as I tested it on a clean spot and I guess it reacted to the adhesive and caused this. I might look into a new or used headlight down the road and have New bi Xenons projectors & maybe some demon eyes / angle eyes . But ya your right about them not being cheap. Not the kind of money I want to spend any time soon .Not going to "hurt" them per-say. You basically burned off the clear coat on the lens. As long as there is no physical hole that water can get through then you're fine. But a new set of lights ain't gonna be cheap!
It did more than turn it into liquid I think it did exactly what "PowerGroove" said it burned through the clear on the headlight. I don't want to use this stuff on them any more as I don't want to make them worse then they are.The goof off turns it liquid then it dries up again. You need to use more and keep wiping it off. It should eventually get it all off, then wash with liquid dish soap and clean towel, should be good to go, wipe on, wipe off.
If all else fails, wet sand and Maguire's polish:O
Or if you aren't comfortable with it, you can have a body shop do it and lightly smoke your headlights for under $100. That is the look you were going for anyways, correct?
Yup that hella sucks but a windscreen is alot more cheaper than a headlight even a aftermarket headlight is about $199 lol I wish it was my windscreen & not my headlight though.I did the same thing with my windscreen, had a track day sticker I wanted to take off. Peeled the sticker off and there was adhesive left behind. Put that goof off stuff on there and it ruined my windscreen. Lesson learned.
This, pretty sure if you read the label on Goof Off it says that it can damage plastics. It's mostly acetone, around 60-70% iirc.Next time you want to remove an adhesive, Use wd-40 or goo B gone.
That goof off stuff is way to strong for any soft plastic, shits as strong or stronger than carb/brake cleaner.
I guess I wasn't thinking hard enough I just wanted it Gone. The adhesive had crystallized goo gone did nothing so I tested some of that goof off on a small corner and it just wiped right off with No problem, so I thought it was cool to try. But It was the adhesives reaction with the Goof off that messed it up . I didn't think of using my heat gun since it was hard crystallized adhesive just figured I could loosen it up and rub it off Big mistake. :OThis, pretty sure if you read the label on Goof Off it says that it can damage plastics. It's mostly acetone, around 60-70% iirc.
Goo Gone is what you should have used, it's a lot lighter and won't damage paint or plastic. Many people confuse the two and well, this happens.
Also, if you ever remove stuff like this in the future, apply some heat with a hair dryer or heat gun first to minimize the amount of adhesive residue left behind.