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I found this product on ebay that supposedly restores the clear shine to the contour lights that have become foggy and dull, like mine. Think this will work or is it crap? It could be a much cheaper way of making them look brand new again, rather than paying 230 for two new headlights.
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You can try a plastic polish. I know Mothers, Meguires, and Plexus makes a plastic polish.
I've tried the Meguire's one, and it works well. It took the haziness away and cleaned my headlights up real well.
It's worth trying one of these before you go and pay for new units.
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rubbing compound works as well as whitening toothpaste.
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thats wht i used...turtle wax rubbing compound...cost like 1.74 at walmart for a small tub..really works well
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does any of these products really work for foggy headlights? i tried everything and ended up sanding them and then clearcoating them. which worked for the most part but they cold be better.
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I am currently trying to get my hands on a canopy polishing kit. When i was in the air force we used them to polish scratches out of f-16 canopies. It is a set of emory cloths that start at 600 grit and go in this order,
800grit
1200grit
2400grit
3000grit
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8000grit
Some of the grits may be a little off but yes it does go all the way to 8000. we used it to make sure the canopies were without any visibility harming scratches. To let you know how smooth 8000 grit is, if you rub a dollar bill over the surface after getting to 8000 you will see scratches from the bill. I think this would work well.
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Originally posted by fingas:
I am currently trying to get my hands on a canopy polishing kit. When i was in the air force we used them to polish scratches out of f-16 canopies. It is a set of emory cloths that start at 600 grit and go in this order,
800grit
1200grit
2400grit
3000grit
4500grit
6000
and
8000grit
Some of the grits may be a little off but yes it does go all the way to 8000. we used it to make sure the canopies were without any visibility harming scratches. To let you know how smooth 8000 grit is, if you rub a dollar bill over the surface after getting to 8000 you will see scratches from the bill. I think this would work well.
Oh hi, I am stationed at Nellis AFB hehe, I work AGE but have some crew chief buddies that hook me up a kit now and then  They work great one all your scratched plastic, cant say I have had to use them on the headlights, but have used them on my stero face and other stuffs
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I used this kit for rubbing out model kits to flawless paint jobs. http://www.dxmarket.com/micromark/products/81601.html I have also used it on clear plastics and with some water you will make them perfectly clear again
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I also found this product called Novus plastic polish. We used to use it to refinish the play field on Pin Ball machines. http://www.novuspolish.com/fullscreen-launch.htmI have used it and my headlights were completly clear again.
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