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06-27-07, 11:12 PM
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I stare at Goats
2007 Lexus GS
My Garage
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Yankee Stadium
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06-30-07, 06:32 PM
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Driver
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 121
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Yea those look sharp. I bought some other brand..but i think i'm ganna order plastx online because the one i used didnt have these type of results.
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07-15-07, 09:08 PM
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Lead Lap
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: br00klyynnn.
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Just got back from restoring the headlights. Followed the instructions you wrote + additional things that people mentioned. The lights look brand new ! I am gonna upload some before and after pictures tomorrow at work. =]]
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07-24-07, 05:45 PM
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Driver School Candidate
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Michigan
Posts: 17
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I'm going to try this next week. How do you know when its time to move to each step though?
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07-24-07, 06:20 PM
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Lexus Fanatic
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: midwest
Posts: 5,870
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I wouldnt try wetsanding first b/c if Plastx is good enough to restore headlights, why scratch them by sanding? If Plastx fails, I'd try wetsanding.
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07-26-07, 12:57 PM
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Lexus Champion
2007 Lexus IS
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 3,121
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To just get rid of fogging wouldnt just the 2000 grit work? The OP had a lot of actual scratches but I have a few cars that have bad yellowish-green fogging but no scratches.
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07-29-07, 12:21 PM
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Driver School Candidate
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Michigan
Posts: 17
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I just used the PlastX and its a big improvement. I have some light scratches on my lens though so I will be wet sanding them tomorrow probably. But if you don't have scratches on your lens the PlastX will be good enough to restore your headlights.  Should I use the 1500 and 2000 sand paper? Or should I use ScratchX? The scratches aren't that bad so just wondering what I should use.
Last edited by truelex523; 07-29-07 at 12:31 PM.
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08-12-07, 06:35 PM
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Lexus Fanatic
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: FL
Posts: 7,127
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How long does this last???
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08-12-07, 11:11 PM
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Pole Position
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: dallas, tx
Posts: 249
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wow! i have to try this on mine.
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08-15-07, 10:01 PM
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Driver
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: OK
Posts: 199
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I just got done cleaning/polishing my headlight housings and it looks fantastic! My car came with brand new high-beam lenses, but the headlights and fogs were yellowish (fogs especially) so it didn't quite match. I spent about 30min with a microfiber applicator pad and some microfiber towels and it looks almost as good as new (I think I'll need to clean the inside of the housing to make it look completely spotless). I first used a healthy coat of TurtleWax Rubbing Compound, then cleaned that off and applied Maguiar's ScratchX using fairly strong pressure. Sorry I don't have any pictures, but I'll take some before/afters when I do the fog lights this weekend. I strongly recommend this combo if you don't want to wetsand but still need a heavy cleansing.
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08-23-07, 08:32 PM
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Lexus Champion
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: GA
Posts: 3,164
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Did you get some pics of the fogs? Did you do it yet?
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08-29-07, 11:28 AM
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Lead Lap
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 585
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Did this a few months ago (on another thread) and it worked out great. Since then, I've found 2500 and 3000 grit wet sandpaper. I'm going to try that sometime and see. If anything, I think I should be able to get even better results (Mine were restored 95%, but not 100%).
I'm thinking wet sanding 1500/2000/2500/3000 by hand followed by PlastX with a random orbital should look just like new.
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12-10-07, 03:27 PM
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Rookie
2000 Toyota Celica
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 68
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I used plastX on my celica, one of my headlights was a little yellow, but the PlastX cleaned it right up, I think that stuff is great.
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01-02-08, 09:48 PM
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Pole Position
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 267
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i went to autozone and one of the employees was offering to do this for $10. He used S-2000 and bluemagic and afterwards, it looked brand new
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01-03-08, 05:12 AM
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Lexus Fanatic
1999 Lexus GS
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: CA
Posts: 11,122
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-1000 grit (wetsanding) with a Porter Cable
-cutting pad with rotary
-polishing pad with rotary
I'm happy with the result
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