MrG4Life

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Recently I decided to use Mothers Plastix again but this time with the Porter Cable and the results were great. The headlights were not in really bad shape which made it easier.

exvelocity

take the lights out and take them to a body shop that can sand them down and shoot few coats of clearcoat.

is350memb

how long does it last? i actually paint my headlights and it last for a really long time!! like 4 years now and keep going.

clear lacquer!!! 3 coats

Cope

Unreal!!! I was going to buy the Plastic X tomorrow. Read this post & thought what is there to lose. Great results!!!. Lens look almost new. I say almost new to me they look new. After the toothpaste I used a little compound and followed with a little detail spray. Huge difference. One thing is my lens had no scratches. They were just a yellowing haze. Good tip!!! May be my eyes but the gel seemed to work better than the paste. I tried both. Give it a try may save you some $$$$ bucks

2JZSteven

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not sure what im doing wrong. i did every step but my head lights look more yellow. the haze wont go away...

Cope

How did you work the paste in. I used a damp wash cloth to spread followed by wet wash cloth to rinse them off some. Do not let it dry completely. Wiped off with a bath towel until all was removed. When I used a little compound the lens became very squeakie when I wiped the lens off. Was a very clean sound. I used it on my daugther in laws 2002 Isuzu and got the same results. Is your lens glass or plastic material?

MrG4Life

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I had decided to try this product called Blue Magic Lens Sealer. The problem for me is when I polish my lights, it'll only looks good for just a couple of months. It's going on two months now since I applied the product and my headlights still look pretty good. I'll make sure to apply this on my new retrofit headlights when they arrive.

chris07is

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I finally had the chance to use this product (Plasti X) My car is about 6 years old and my fiance car is about 8 years old. She had tons of yellowing on the headlight and for my car, i had some fading. When i used this yesterday.. I was like WThell..this product does WORK..its amazing..

DB97ES

I just bought the stuff from the commercial. You know the fast brite stuff. has anyone ever tried this? I don't want to try it if it's gonna make my lights look worse.

97-SC300

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I'm surprised how surprised people are that PlastiX works... of course it works. It's an abrasive polish. Any compound/ polish combo will work even better for the simple fact that the compound will do most of the haze removal and the polish will bring out the gloss and help remove any haze left over from the compound.

What sucks is that it will turn yellow again pretty quickly since odds are, it's bare, unprotected plastic at this point if it was yellow or faded to begin with.

exile

Watched this on youtube several weeks ago. This guy has made a punch of vids on car care, and this one on restoring headlights seems to be a good explanation of the process. After the correct order of by hand sanding, I think applying compound with the orbital or rotary sander is critical for the best results. It's all in the video...

http://youtu.be/GsHHBk-hZzk

jfelbab

Absolutely foolish not to tape off the paint surrounding the headlight, IME. Once you go through the paint it gets pretty expensive to repair.

Further, there needs to be some consideration to re-applying UV protection when finished or your headlights will yellow again very quickly.

chargerfan

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im too cheap to buy plastix, so i simply used megs ultimate compound instead, LOL

ill have to pick up some of that uv protectant stuff!

ditch2

thanks, nice write up

vlogs300

did you wet the sandpaper while rubbing it?