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Headlight restoration - 1/21/2008 9:34:48 PM

Scubba.steve

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Does anyone know of a cleaner that will take the foggyness and haze off headlights that i can find around my house, i dont want to buy a $30 dollar product and use it once.
Thanks

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RE: Headlight restoration - 1/22/2008 8:59:43 AM

shreff99

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And one to take the "yellow" out of them as well. My GF has a Taurus and her headlight lenses are turning yellow and if you want to replace them you have to replace the whole headlight unit and I'm not gonna spend that kinda cash on a car like that.

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RE: Headlight restoration - 1/22/2008 5:10:27 PM

Rob

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Mothers mag polish.

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RE: Headlight restoration - 3/14/2008 12:51:13 PM

southside

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do what i did to mine wet sand them then find some one with a buffer then buff them out the will look like new. easy fast cheap

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RE: Headlight restoration - 4/30/2008 11:44:23 AM

Scubba.steve

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I used miguires PlastX and they came out to a mirror shine. Would reccomend this product to all.

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RE: Headlight restoration - 5/6/2008 4:34:54 PM

lhausi2

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I love how you didn't just go to autozone and get the special stuff for it its called headlight restorations,in a black bottle with a blue cap, for 12.99.works

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RE: Headlight restoration - 5/7/2008 11:49:43 AM

cliff

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Scubba.steve

I used miguires PlastX and they came out to a mirror shine. Would reccomend this product to all.

Thats what I was going to recommend, it's probably the best stuff-for the head light!

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RE: Headlight restoration - 5/12/2008 11:41:15 AM

blk n tan

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we use three stage wet sanding and finish it off with the polish. they look awesome when its finished.

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RE: Headlight restoration - 6/4/2008 11:58:52 AM

Jarreddl

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i picked up that plastX stuff and it works pretty good. i only sat down and did it for about 30 minutes so you can still tell which one was fogged but there is a big difference.

im sure if i sat down and did it again it would look new again but im lazy.

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RE: Headlight restoration - 6/6/2008 9:11:54 PM

Scubba.steve

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Remember, the foggyness can also be on the inside of the lense. So unless you took it apart it and cleaned it. it will stay that way

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