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Old Oct 10, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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my headlights are looking old and warn is there a way to get the clear shinny look back?
Old Oct 10, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Try Plastic Polish/PowerPlastic on a PowerBall or PowerBall Mini... lift the hood and mask around the lens with painter's tape. It's pretty simple if they're not too bad yet.
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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When I first bought my stang mine were so hazed I was just going to buy some new ones, but a friend told me about this product that walmart carries called headlight restorer. It comes in a silver package and they keep it in their car lighting section, I highly recommend it after I used it my Lights looked brand new, I also used it on my fading Third Brake light, They look Brand spankin new
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 02:41 PM
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sweet thanks ill go out and get it
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 05:47 PM
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The best thing out there for clearing up oxidized and faded headlights is Pittman's Original One Step ALR. Its pure liquid non abrasive and it will not damage your protective UV layer or your lens surfacelike themulti step kits that require sandpaper and abrasive creams. Think twice before you use an abrasive cleaning kit on plastic headlights. Once you do there is no turning back. All headlights don't need sandpaper and grinding. If the problem is oxidation you can clear them up in a matter of seconds. If they need sanding....someone has sanded them before.
http://www.ibc34.com/Onestep.html
Old Oct 12, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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Na it wont damage th headlight at all, I was weary about th same at first but th results were great... My bodyshop tech recommended it, th sandpaper is to fine to scratch or hurt it
Old Oct 13, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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Don't believe it, Sandpaper would not be sandpaper if it won't sand. It would be buff or polish paper.
There is a lot of misinformation from people who have little or no experience in working with thermoplastic lens. Anything that was designed to be abrasive will damage your Ultra Violet lightlaminate and the lens surface itself.
This is the result of a sandpaper job, The sandpaper keeps cutting into the laminate until its all chewed up. Now you got to try to sand the whole lens smooth, Thats a lot of work and it will never look as good as it would if you had used a non abrasive deoxidizer.
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 03:48 PM
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well it never hurt none of my lenses, if that does happen it would have to be th wrong size sandpaper, to rough not fine
Old Nov 25, 2007 | 11:59 AM
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Has anyone had any experience with this product?
http://www.xpel.com/products/headlight.asp
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