How To: PlastX Headlight Restoration (Step by w/ Pics)

[dragonle87]

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where can i find grit paper 2500+ cuz i could only find 600

[superbogel]

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Great write-up! Love this stuff. Just did it on my mom's Corolla and about to do it on the Supra. Thanks god my prelude has glass headlights

Results of my mom's:

is this using only plast x or, using the grit paper also?

[97 Supra]

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Ahh, I see what you were doing haha.. try is on the least expensive car first! Haha, good test subject it turned out great! Now that you've done it successfully once, you can probably even tweak the methods, and improve every single time you do it!

I'm glad to see people driving safer at night

[J. A. Michaels]

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Yours look great also. I bet your mom is happy.

[importsnrice]

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Great write-up! Love this stuff. Just did it on my mom's Corolla and about to do it on the Supra. Thanks god my prelude has glass headlights

Results of my mom's:

[AjNavo61490]

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so would NXT wax be safe for all plastics and glasses which also protects the headlights longer?

pretty much any wax/sealant would reduce the risk of oxidation or other chemical weathering effects

[radicalrev]

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Good show.

I love PlastX.

Glad someone else smears it around with their hand. I use it on my cell phone or watch and small items as such and use my finger to work it in.

You don't need to let PlastX dry, Meguiars waxes are the only products that need to dry. When I did my headlights and taillights, I threw a coat of NXT on them.

Look good as new.

Aaron

so would NXT wax be safe for all plastics and glasses which also protects the headlights longer?

[Joe's detailing]

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Bravo.....Good work....

[black240sx]

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I apply plastX with my PC its quicker but eitehr way it works great.

What size and type of pad do you use, and at what speed?

[yalerd]

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This was a great thread.
Love how the headlight turned out

[dietoremain]

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I apply plastX with my PC its quicker but eitehr way it works great.

[94BMW325CIS]

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Whats the advantage of applying it by hand?

[J-Man]

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wow! Awesome product! i tried it today and awesome results! I was going to do it on the family van, but my dad stopped me and told me he wanted proof before I did anything.... and i did prove it by doing it on some signal light...
He said... "you can start with the car!"

[Mike Phillips]

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We would also like to add that starting out with a piece of terry cloth toweling to apply the PlastX will give the PlastX more bite for removing the sanding marks out of the plastic as the nap or little cotton loops act as a mild form of an abrasive that will be more aggressive then cotton flannel that has a flat sheen to it.

Then after you've removed the sanding marks re-apply the PlastX with the flannel or even foam or microfiber for the final polishing results.

Besides product and process, (process = machine or hand application), Application Material is always a key factor when cleaning/abrading a material, (plastic is a material), or a surface coating, (the paint on your car is a coating sprayed over a panel).

[Mike Phillips]

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BTW: Did i post this in the wrong section? Should I have posted it in the how to section or will it get moved if deemed worthy? I wasn't sure where to post it.

Great write-up and even greater disclaimer.

We will move this to the How To forum since we have deemed in worthy.

We would like to add one thing for all the hundreds of thousands of people that will read this into the future and that is this,

Some headlights have coatings on them and when you sand or buff on the lens you will remove some or all of this coating. There is no way to replace this coating once you have removed it and without the coating it is possible that even if you restore clarity to the plastic underneath this coating, (the lens), the results may not last as long as you might hope or expect. The reason for this is because it could be the type of plastic they used under the coating isn't very resistant to UV rays and that was the purpose of the coating.

If your headlight lenses are so cloudy or yellowed that the light coming out of them isn't bright enough for safe driving at night then you really don't have anything to lose but to try to fix them, just keep in mind that the fix may not be permanent and you may now have to maintain the plastic more often with a product like PlastX than you would have if the coating were not removed.

Don't blame us as we don't make headlight lenses, blame the auto manufactures for this problem. This is why we personally like our old cars with our old glass headlights.