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Dec 17, 2008 | 11:11 PM

ShaneC

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PlastX for the Win

got sick of the dirty headlights so i decided to take 15seconds on each headlight and give it a good cleaning.

both headlights were just as yellow. you can compare the yellow-ness with the glass high-beam lights.

Before:

After: 15 seconds of cleaning

will look into cleaning it more maybe next year.

Dec 17, 2008 | 11:51 PM

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Plast-X is a must have if your a SC owner! Good job..

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Dec 18, 2008 | 12:04 AM

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Try it with a buffer. It's like 10x better.

Dec 18, 2008 | 12:21 AM

TRD_Power

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PlastX is great stuff and improves the looks of our cars dramatically. I took 1500 grit wet sandpaper to mine, few rounds with PlastX and then used a bunch of sealant to cover them. They look almost new and it's nice to know I can fight off the dingy yellow crap whenever I like now.

Dec 18, 2008 | 12:26 AM

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Wow that looks nice, theres still a hint yellow.. so if you went at it for like a min or 2 would it make it cleaner.. should buy some of this stuff.

Dec 18, 2008 | 02:29 AM

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I bought a cheep autozone buffer attachment for my cordless screwdriver. Worked pretty well. My headlights were lightly tinted yellow and plastx made them almost perfectly clear.

Dec 18, 2008 | 03:18 AM

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not bad, about the same results I had with the old car until I got newer lights

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Dec 18, 2008 | 08:58 AM

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nice work! Don't tell me that bumper is still zip tied though.

Dec 18, 2008 | 09:12 AM

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Quote:

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nice work! Don't tell me that bumper is still zip tied though.

Your post made me look at the bumper.

Its soo ironic how shanec cares about how his headlights look when his bumper isnt even painted.

Dec 18, 2008 | 09:13 AM

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too bad they will look like crap again in a few weeks time.

Dec 18, 2008 | 11:22 AM

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Nice man. You can see a big difference.

Dec 18, 2008 | 11:37 AM

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plastix works good. but blue magic is the best

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Dec 18, 2008 | 11:44 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 97-SC300

too bad they will look like crap again in a few weeks time.

Yeah

I used to polish my headlights every few weeks, but I gave up because one of the headlights has condensation now. I really want to just buy new headlights and fogs, but the thought of redoing my retrofit makes me not want to.