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Old 01-12-2005, 11:47 AM   #1
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i got 1995 240sx SE. how to i polish my head lights?

i used scratch remover to make my YELLOW headlights to clean them
they got little bit better but its still kanna yellow..
what should i do to make them nice?
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Old 01-12-2005, 11:52 AM   #2
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i used scratch remover to make my YELLOW headlights to clean them
they got little bit better but its still kanna yellow..
what should i do to make them nice?

What you really need to do is buff the living f out of them. A drill with the proper extension or a dremel with the extentsion will do nice. The extension you need will be a cloth tool. Im doing a shitty job explaining this but Iam sure someone will either come on here and yell at you to search or do a better job at it then me. You can also just buy the glass Euro versions which is what I would do if I had an s14
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Old 01-12-2005, 12:03 PM   #3
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Try some mothers aluminum polish and a good ole scrubbin!!
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Old 01-12-2005, 12:19 PM   #4
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Im doing a shitty job explaining this but Iam sure someone will either come on here and yell at you to search or do a better job at it then me.
here i am.

do a search noob. but not on zilvia. go to nico and search for a post by a girl named 'stickgoat' regarding yellow headlights.

basically she sanded off the top layer, then she treated, polished and waxed. i did the same and my lights are pretty clean. they only look yellow when its starting to get dark. i think theres yellow on the inside too, so i'll have to get around cleaning the interior eventually.
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Old 01-12-2005, 12:38 PM   #5
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dude how long took you to make that little pic? i bet longer than type "Try some mothers aluminum polish and a good ole scrubbin!!"

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Old 01-12-2005, 01:11 PM   #6
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basically if you havent searched yet all you really need to do is wetsand your headlight with some 2000 grit sandpaper and then after a while just let it dry and polish it up or spray some clear coat on them.
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Old 01-12-2005, 01:28 PM   #7
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rainier is right. sand and clear them.
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Old 01-12-2005, 01:37 PM   #8
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Old 01-12-2005, 02:00 PM   #9
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I wetsanded with 600-2000 grit sandpaper, used 3m rubbing compound, polished, then sprayed with clearcoat. that was like three months ago and my headlights are still clear.
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Old 01-12-2005, 02:31 PM   #10
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Old 01-12-2005, 02:49 PM   #11
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Old 01-12-2005, 04:00 PM   #12
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Go to Holts on-line and buy there plastic polish it is the best thing I have used so far with it my headlights look new. you just have to polish them a few times to get to that point.
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Old 01-12-2005, 04:31 PM   #13
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i think any proper plastic and or aluminum polish will do the same thing really


if i could take the lenses off i'd jsut put them in one of those "gem tumblers" lol


put it in there w/ the compound and let it tumble for a few days...smooth as a jewel
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Old 01-12-2005, 04:44 PM   #14
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use plastic headlight polish. Mcguier is the one i used.
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also, using just any polish will only give a temporary clean look. after a few days the headlights will be yellow again. doesn't matter what polish you used. unless you seal the headlights with a clearcoat or some sort of vynl they'll just go yellow after time.
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Old 01-12-2005, 08:41 PM   #16
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use plastic headlight polish. Mcguier is the one i used.

same stuff i used worked really well i wish i didnt use 2000 grit tho and i think there are like a millions posts about this
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Old 01-12-2005, 09:53 PM   #17
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egale one mag polisher also works well
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Old 01-12-2005, 11:26 PM   #18
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When I had an S14, I used Meguiar's Scratch-X, then polished and waxed the holy SHIT outta them, and that worked, but I had to do it about every 1-2 months... Thank God for S13 popups
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