OMG wow

xenith · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:16 pm Post subject: OMG wow

so got my car back from the body shop 2 weeks ago and love the new paint job. BUT and there is always a BUT. the head lights got that yellow look to them dating the car bad Sad

so there i am thinking im going to have to do some cooking (headlights in the oven thing

) but with been time poor Sad

and not keen.so i was in the local the other day (auto parts place) Very Happy

i came across this new stuff well i think its new. called plast x from meguiars read the lable and it says its for head lights mmmm i wonder. so i get it home and go to it and ................. a little time later i stand back and think yep love it Eeek Dance

that stuff rocks clear as lights in less than 20 min
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Chappo · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:08 am Post subject:

Cook em and get it done with

Greeny · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:13 am Post subject:

Unless you cook them, your only cleaning the outside. Plus while apart, you can fuck the orange bit off.
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Black_JZS · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:30 am Post subject:

When i wash my car i go over my headlights with the meguirs "paint cleaner" (i use on the paint to if needed), takes about 5 mins and brings them up real nice. Doesnt last very long (until next wash) but its not too bad for the time it takes

Riley · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:39 am Post subject:

Riley · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:40 am Post subject:

Chappo · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:43 am Post subject:

ant_jzs160 · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:08 pm Post subject:

i didnt see plast x when looking, all the US guys said to try it but yeah i never found it. i got Meguirs Plastic Polish which is designed for motorbike plastics, screens etc. It works okay, but mine on my 160 seem to have some UV coating that has gone yellowed and it doesnt come off. so they appear shiny but go dull within a week or so. helps if im going to something and want the car to look good 1-off, but doesnt last Razz

xenith · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:28 pm Post subject:

mate this stuff was taking some yellow stuff off dont know if it was the same stuff as it was all over the rag when i was finnished Very Happy

once you cook em and clean the inside how long dose it take to go yellow again
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Greeny · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:38 pm Post subject:

Miggy · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject:

I have used to many times its good for a while but then they go yellow again, you need to keep applying it.
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Greeny · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:06 pm Post subject:

I used Sonax stuff, only needed to use it once.

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morph31 · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:23 pm Post subject:

I prefer using some of this.

It might sound silly, but the ingredients in lube actually help to polish the headlights up nicely. I do suggest people try it.

Riley · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:30 pm Post subject:

cthawes · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject:

that plast-x stuff works well i use it on all the car yard crap they all come up very well sometimes you need to sand them first with 1200 or 2000 if they are very dull,
but still it only last for a few weeks
but if you have money to burn just change them with the uk spec headlights like i have no more yellow lenes ever

christodav · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject:

morph31 · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:08 pm Post subject:

510ONE · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:31 pm Post subject:

hey guys umm we had this same topic up a while back. anyways i have tried this one stuff a while ago. i have pics of how i went with it. used that about 2months ago now and bro used the plastix stuff on his 33 same day i think or a few days after. anyways my lights are still clear and bros car has gone to same shit yellow. haven't washed the car so kinda a little dirty but still way way better then the yellow i used to get from using plastix stuff after 2 weeks. but will come up once i clean them. works by u applying a polish and filler to fill all little tiny cracks in the light and then use some coating stuff like 3 drops and it becomes a skin which is supposed to last years....
i got pics of before and after and ill clean the lights up on saturday and take pics again and post it up. let you guys decide...
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ckl · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject:

I was thinking about this a couple of weeks ago and thought that if someone's mate/bro/sis/whatever was a plastic fabricator, they could just get a mould of the plastic front cover and make like tons of clear ones and sell them to us.

Or would that not work?

Greeny · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:08 pm Post subject:

Would need a pretty serious injection mold to make them....... not cheap.
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