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Oxidation on headlights

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99'GT280

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Hey, does anyone know how to get the oxidation off of your headlights? I really need to clean them.
 

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idk exactly on the headlights if this will work but on the rear 3rd brakelight i took off when i changed spoilers i wet sanded it with a very fine grain and then gave it a spray of canned clearcoat and it looks brand new, was scratched and oxidized pretty bad before
 

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We Are Car Care -- Car Wax, Car Polish, Auto Detailing Supplies, Car Buffers & Car Accessories Store sells products specifically for headlights.
 

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wow that some expensive stuff for headlights, id try the $0.20 piece of sandpaper and a $3 can of clearcoat first, if ur gona spend $20-$50 in headlight restoration products you should take a look at just picking up some light that are not oxidized anyways
 

Tim2002GT

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evil281 said:
idk exactly on the headlights if this will work but on the rear 3rd brakelight i took off when i changed spoilers i wet sanded it with a very fine grain and then gave it a spray of canned clearcoat and it looks brand new, was scratched and oxidized pretty bad before
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Thats what I did on mine, except instead of painting them, I used Plast-X and buffed out the small scratches and cracks. I believe Nighthawk has a write-up on how to restore head/tail-lights.

Edit: here's the link... http://forums.stangnet.com/701921-refinishing-plastic-lenses-results.html
 
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3m makes a product thats cost around $20 comes with sand paper and little buffing pad that attaches to ur drill and some headlight buffing compound. worked out great for mine.
 

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I did not like the 3m kit. It took me the whole kit just to get it looking like it did to begin with. I only did one side and you can't tell which one I did.
 

VOORHEES

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pnyxprs96 said:
3m makes a product thats cost around $20 comes with sand paper and little buffing pad that attaches to ur drill and some headlight buffing compound. worked out great for mine.
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Mine too. 2 thumbs up.

My previous link on mine...http://forums.stangnet.com/772185-resurfaced-headlights-weekend.html
 
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