Foggy Head Lights

sup3rn0th1ng · Post by **sup3rn0th1ng** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:00 pm

hey everyone,

I was looking on autopia.org and read that some of the fog on headlights can be removed by swirl remover, but only on certain plastics. Now if its the wrong plastic it can cause it to be worse. Has anyone tried this? If it would cause more damage then I do not want to try it, but my one headlight is foggy and the other one is starting to become foggy.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:14 pm

it works on the neon lights ... just take your time .. i have done several ..

one thing to consider though ... for the price and time you spend on cleaning them .. most of the time just a little more $ and you can get a new aftermarket set

latief · Post by **latief** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:24 pm

wet sanding (with very fine sanding paper), they will look great !!!

sup3rn0th1ng · Post by **sup3rn0th1ng** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:55 pm

Ok for the swirl remover, what would you guys try, what do you recommend? I may try the swirl remover this weekend.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:03 pm

i used stuff that is from 3M

http://www.superiorcarcare.net/3mplasclean.html

and

http://www.superiorcarcare.net/3mplaspol.html

the combo even works on non painted factory bumpers

sup3rn0th1ng · Post by **sup3rn0th1ng** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:24 pm

wow this is off topic -Devil- but I love your shifter

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:33 pm

sup3rn0th1ng wrote:wow this is off topic -Devil- but I love your shifter

hah thanks, i didn't want one like everyone else ...

sup3rn0th1ng · Post by **sup3rn0th1ng** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:06 pm

ah yes, but I have an auto

my DD so oh well. I would love to get another shifter

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:17 pm

latief wrote:wet sanding (with very fine sanding paper), they will look great !!!

about 1200 grit , then 2000 and wax them. for 1gns which can get really bad I've started with 400 grit and worked my way up to 2000. the thing is you have to keep after the old ones that yellow badly, just a little plishing compound and wax every couple of months, but the 2gn's aren't as bad from my experience.

Edit: That shifter looks like it will bite your fingers if you miss a shift!

King Crab · Post by **King Crab** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:40 pm

Just throwing this out there.... I used Maguiars PlastX which worked wonders on the outside of the headlights...... but, after it was all said and done the inside of the lenses still had issues because of the condensation build up. I was told that I would have to open them up in order to make them like new again. So, since I'm not going to open them and screw anything up, I'll be waiting for something new....

I hope you have better luck with your attempt.

sup3rn0th1ng · Post by **sup3rn0th1ng** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:52 am

Last night I went and bought Mequiars PlastX so hopefully it does something...I will keep ya posted, trying this weekend. My buddy says it didn't really do much when he tried it on his G/F neon and he used a buffer

we shall see

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:26 am

most of the time the headlamps are to foggy for plastx to make much of a difference .. it is more of a finishing item.

sup3rn0th1ng · Post by **sup3rn0th1ng** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:50 pm

I used the plastx and it did a bit, I think a little more work and they will be better....idk it has done an ok job...going to try to use again.