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i just finnished giving mine a clean and they came up pretty clear ive tried 4 different products and the best 1 that ive used is the meguiars mirror glaze proffesional series number 17 clear plastic cleaner in a little white bottle 236ml and its the best ive used its almost got rid of all the crap on the headlights will need 2 do a little bit more 2 get it clear as im a bit drunk 2 get it done properely :P

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I'll be able to correct those just as in the pics Daniel (Goshn) has posted.

Most R34's have this issue and most of the time it's on the outside of the lens.

I can't correct the pitting though, just the minor scratches & the faded/oxidised film on the outside, they'll be clear again.

Please make a booking on 9387 8008 and we'll have her fixed up :down:

Cheers,

d.

do a lot of country driving?

I've done a bit, they're not stone chips though. It's as though the plastic has been stressed somehow. Like miniature cracks all through it.

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For those wondering, the Meguires PlastX stuff works a treat, i was extremely sceptical but i went down and bought a bottle of it today and an applicator pad, they came up looking like a brand new set of lights minus a few stone chips, definatly worth the $19, will post pics if anyone is interested when i get them off my phone

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ive tried plastX, scratchX & even normal polish with a orbital and its still yellowy/foggy which im pretty sure its all in the inside now. i dont want to sand the lights down just incase i ruin it so ill just get a professional to open it up and clean the insides.

any further recommendations ?

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Gentlemen,

Be warned - polishishing headlights with some of the above mentioned products is doing more damage than good. A new light has a sealer that stops it from yellowing under sun exposure. You need to use a product that replaces the sealer after you polish. this way your not redoing the job every 3 months and doing more damage.

One word "Glassylite"

google it / ebay it / flickr it / youtube it.

Edited by R34GT-T

i always wax my headlights after a polish, with OCW. Has UV(b?) filters/blockers, etc... my headlights have held up fine 8 months after their last polish. But it's inevitable that they'll revert at some stage, but a 5 minute job with the RO, plus Edge green on with IP 3.01 and we're laughing again. This $100 dismantling job is a bit of a rip-off IMO

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Hey guys thought this thread might help me fix my cloudy drivers side headlight. So I bought myself some plasticX and although I removed what I could from the outside the headlight is still cloudy! Further investigation revealed that the plastic mounts on the housing have cracked and now have left a nice hole... So I am convinced that I need to clean the inside of the headlight and patch the hole. However no one has advised how to attempt this. There has been mention of removing the headlight and placing it in the oven and heating it until it is soft enough to separate, but no positive statement that anyone has done this. So my questions are:

1) How do I SAFELY open the headlight

2) Should I use plasticX on the inside or just a car wash and let it dry?

3) How to reseal the headlight.. Basically can I just reheat it until it is soft and sticky again and then clamp it shut and cool?

Cheers dudes and dudettes

Edited by chrisR34GTT

After polishing with Meguiars Plastx I always put a coating of PLEXUS on the headlights and even tail lights

http://www.plexusplasticcleaner.com/plexus.html

http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdeta...tAbsolutePage=2

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I just got that Glassylite product off ebay (about $40) it comes as a kit incl. 2 different wet sand papers, a polish and the all-important sealant that's supposed to stop the issue from reoccurring... gonna try it today. Will let you know how it turns out. I have the same sort of crap like llama_au above, it looks more like stress fractures than oxidation.

Mine have actually looked pretty good since the last time I hit them with PlastX which would have been a good four months ago or so. Maybe just takes repeated use and a lot of extra force. I'm pretty weak.

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