10$ dollar solution to dulling headlights

[1105]

not you or me though (we're the rare mustang breed j/k)

The few, the proud, the BROKE! ...well at least thats me anyways

 

[mytight95]

aint that the truth

lol

 

[viperos]

thank goodness for the miracle of EBAY! (and junkyards )

 

[mo_dingo]

How many coats of the meguiar's did you use? What did you use to apply it? I tried it w/ a terry clotch, and it didn't do much for mine

 

[viperos]

you use a standard applicator pad, NOT a terry cloth, that won't do anything valuable... except waste the product and your money (wrong type of value... ) anyway, apply it like wax, on a clean surface, then let cake for about 20 min, the remove w/ a 100% white cotton Made in USA towel... I do about 4 coats each time I do it, which is about 4 times a year... whenever I wax my car...

 

[94GTLaserRC]

Zach...Youre now a Super Stallion....1000 POSTS!

RC

 

[1105]

Zach...Youre now a Super Stallion....1000 POSTS!

RC

Thanks RC... I allready have a thread about it and hoping Joe wont close it

 

[94_Teal_GT]

The few, the proud, the BROKE!

Hey! I resemble that remark

BTW, mytight95 those lights look great! I think I'll give that a try.

 

[FedRich]

mytight95,

Hey, I'm glad you posted this info and those who provided follow-up. I bought some Meguiar's plastic polish which did a whole lotta nothing on my headlights. I also discovered that my foglights were painted over. Any suggestions on this? I'm sure green foglights look way ricey going down the road. However, this might be a good excuse to get my wife to agree to new lights all the way around. "Honey, if I just replace the foglights, the headlights won't match and people will make fun of me." Yeah, that might work

 

[mytight95]

GOOD LUCK ON THAT ONE

my wife would never buy it, she tries to learn everything i do about my car


that way i cant pull any fast ones with the C/C

 

[viperos]

ah, the good and bad about not being married (actually, only good thing is no arguments...)

 

[1105]

ah, the good and bad about not being married (actually, only good thing is no arguments...)

Another good thing is 1 less thing to spend money on that can be going towards your car I'd say if you're on a budget and only want to spend a few bucks on cleaning your headlights, even if they are painted, get some 1200-1500 grit sand paper, wet sand the hell outta them, then use something like McGuiers rubbing compound and it'll take the scratches out... Heres a picture of how mine turned out. Thoes things looked about like the color of my side markers... Mike can vouch for me on that

If I sanded them even more, I'm sure they would look even better.

 

[viperos]

I've never been a fan of wet sanding... ruined a set of corner lights testing it out... could never get the scratches all the way out... but it did get the yellow off... just it was worse lighting after I sanded it... oh well, live and learn (then get loves )

 

[1105]

I'm going to try and use a buffing wheel on them with some sort of compound and see what happend one of these days... It works great on aluminum... Why cant it work on my lights as long as I dont burn the plastic

 

[myeleanor]

we dont have a wally world here in south tx and i aint to familiar with those products you mention at the start of the post where else can i get them at?

 

[looksstock]

why did you use the clear paint? Thanks