Got hazy '98+ Headlights? Solution Inside!
09-29-2003 | 08:54 AM
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Got hazy '98+ Headlights? Solution Inside!
First off - thanks to joshp14 and his thread about cleaning up tail lights.
This same process should most definitely work on the headlights, and is also very cost effective. Just to provide with a little more info than what I am quoting below, he used this compound from Eastwood Co. Also, if you need the buffing wheel, and can't find one close to you, you can get them from Eastwood as well.
Now - this is from the other thread.
There is no reason why this wouldn't do the same for the '98+ headlights, as they are the same stuff as the other. So, this looks like a great solution to this problem!
This same process should most definitely work on the headlights, and is also very cost effective. Just to provide with a little more info than what I am quoting below, he used this compound from Eastwood Co. Also, if you need the buffing wheel, and can't find one close to you, you can get them from Eastwood as well.
Now - this is from the other thread.
Originally posted by joshp14
Nothing a little plastic polishing compound can't handle! What do you all think?
First pic is my 88 TA and second pic is the third brake light on my 95.
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Hey guys. Glad you like it. Yes, that haziness is the "before" and the "shinyness" is the after. All you need is a die grinder (I used pneumatic), a loose-style buffing wheel (a little 3" will work), and plastic polishing compound from www.eastwood.com ...If you head over to that site, it's the blue compound, and it runs about $5 for a bar of it.
Just apply that compound to your buffing wheel and buff away. Be sure to NOT stop on one part of the light. Be sure to keep moving as you don't want heat build-up and discoloring your tail lights or leaving burn marks. I did this on my 95 tail lights as well but I don't have pics up yet.
Happy buffing!
Nothing a little plastic polishing compound can't handle! What do you all think?
First pic is my 88 TA and second pic is the third brake light on my 95.
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Hey guys. Glad you like it. Yes, that haziness is the "before" and the "shinyness" is the after. All you need is a die grinder (I used pneumatic), a loose-style buffing wheel (a little 3" will work), and plastic polishing compound from www.eastwood.com ...If you head over to that site, it's the blue compound, and it runs about $5 for a bar of it.
Just apply that compound to your buffing wheel and buff away. Be sure to NOT stop on one part of the light. Be sure to keep moving as you don't want heat build-up and discoloring your tail lights or leaving burn marks. I did this on my 95 tail lights as well but I don't have pics up yet.
Happy buffing!
There is no reason why this wouldn't do the same for the '98+ headlights, as they are the same stuff as the other. So, this looks like a great solution to this problem!
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