Polish for plastic headlights?

[Skeeter]

At the weekend I'm going to be taking some wet and dry to my headlights to remove the haze and scratches. I need some advise on the polish to use to bring them back to a shine. I will likely be hand polishing.

Recomendations?

 

[stulid]

this works well.

www.meguiars.co.uk/product/225

 

[Dogbreath]

Beware that you will most likely remove the anti-scratch coating doing this. They will polish up ok afterwards, but as they are polycarbonate they will then scratch very, very easily.

 

[TheVoice]

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[Smokey McPot]

Beware that you will most likely remove the anti-scratch coating doing this. They will polish up ok afterwards, but as they are polycarbonate they will then scratch very, very easily.

If they're hazed and scratched I'd suggest that maybe the anti-scratch coating is past its best already.

 

[Hunders]

I've heard of people spraying a clearcoat over them after polishing. That would add some protection I'd imagine.

 

[The_Abyss]

Can you DIY replace a PC hard coat?

 

[ajstan]

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That is what I was going to do dammit!

 

[D-Ranged]

T-Cut or toothpaste

 

[lanzarobbie]

i tried to polish mine as they were really bad, but didnt come up great, i never thought of using wet n dry

 

[Clarkey]

You will probably regret it if you start this job with the view to polish them back up by hand.

 

[Participant]

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Lols, that's what I thought he meant.

 

[Nick1881]

I would just use T-Cut and skip the wet and dry, it's a mild abrasive anyway. Then maybe follow up with Autoglym SRP.

 

[Skeeter]

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What did I miss?

Yes I will probubly regret doing it by hand. Depends how much drill but pads are when I go get my stuff, and weather my dads cordless drill is charged.

 

[Hunders]

this works well.

www.meguiars.co.uk/product/225

I just noticed this link. I've heard that this stuff is really good so I'd opt for this over some T-Cut/polish.

What did I miss?

I'm assuming it's Polish (as in the language) for 'plastic headlights'

 

[Shador]

This might be a stupid question but my rear lights are hazed and I really want to bring them back to life a bit more.....can the same products be used on those as the headlights?

...I'm scared that this is a really stupid question lol

 

[Hunders]

This might be a stupid question but my rear lights are hazed and I really want to bring them back to life a bit more.....can the same products be used on those as the headlights?

...I'm scared that this is a really stupid question lol

Yes. That Meguires stuff that's linked to is the product that I'll be using on my MR2's rear clusters. People on IMOC have used it on their cars and vouch for it being good.

 

[Shador]

Awesome - thanks for the reply.

I'm going to spend some time detailing the elise this weekend ready for the good weather *crosses fingers* and I've never done rear clusters before!

 

[Skeeter]

Lots of people on the Clio forums have used wet and dry to great effect. Its just the polish they have used varies in each situation from SRP to Meguiars to (im not kidding) Mr Sheen...

Going to Halfrauds this weekend, see what I can pick up. Cant find that Meguires Plas-RX on their site tho, where else would I be able to pick some up?

 

[Skeeter]

Just a though, does anyone know where I can get that plastic masking tape stuff that car paint shops use when spraying? I need to mask around the lights so I dont scratch the paint when I sand but normal masking tape will get wet using the wet n dry, and electrical tape leaves residue.

Cheers