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Are 2nd gen GS foglights glass or plastic - can we wetsand them?

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Old 09-27-11, 02:04 AM
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Default Are 2nd gen GS foglights glass or plastic - can we wetsand them?

So my fogs are in need or refinishing or replacement, ive had great results with wetsanding headlights and polishing to new, can we do that with our foglights?
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yes you can. i wet sand them all the time when i do the headlights as well.
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Originally Posted by SuicidnS13
So my fogs are in need or refinishing or replacement, ive had great results with wetsanding headlights and polishing to new, can we do that with our foglights?
If you cant tell the difference between Glass or Plastic, forget about Modding Anything, BTW i got some magic beans i would like to sell you..
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Originally Posted by ****-adkt
If you cant tell the difference between Glass or Plastic, forget about Modding Anything, BTW i got some magic beans i would like to sell you..
bahahahahaha
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sanding headlights and sanding foglights are different, plastic vs. glass. my buddies have cleaned their foglights (glass) by using some sort of powder but it does involve wetsanding.. you just need the powder to make the lens clear again.
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clear plastic just like the heads...wetsanded mine the other day. Make sure you use plenty of polish afterwards
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go for it!
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Originally Posted by repugnante
clear plastic just like the heads...
um, our foglights ARE glass. NOT plastic like the headlights...

AS SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID, plus had OP bothered to search some keywords like glass foglights he would have found many many threads about it and people trying to open them
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I did search and found way too many conflicting answers. Pretty funny how so many people have different answers how ever. Makes you wonder if they really did wetsand their glass lenses or if they really are poly.
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Originally Posted by SuicidnS13
I did search and found way too many conflicting answers. Pretty funny how so many people have different answers how ever. Makes you wonder if they really did wetsand their glass lenses or if they really are poly.
this thread told you they glass

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ons-lense.html


BTW they glass, i hit myself in the face with a chunk of them trying to open my spare pair before i gave up and sent them to luxurymods to retrofit the next pair


pics for proof last pic shows the rock hole through them




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Originally Posted by sakataj
this thread told you they glass

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ons-lense.html


BTW they glass, i hit myself in the face with a chunk of them trying to open my spare pair before i gave up and sent them to luxurymods to retrofit the next pair


pics for proof last pic shows the rock hole through them




Nice... definately will not be wetsanding them now... So guys above who just recently wetsanded them post up some pics. Id like to see the damage
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just go to autozone and buy the 3m or meguiars kit. it slaps dead onto a power drill and comes with all the right grit sand paper & polish pads.
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Originally Posted by Mike813
just go to autozone and buy the 3m or meguiars kit. it slaps dead onto a power drill and comes with all the right grit sand paper & polish pads.
meguirs kit doesnt come with sandpaper, although it is a good kit for the plastic headlights, i dunno how well it will do on the glass of our fogs

i used it like every 6 months
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well for me i never personally used the kits, i just thought itll be easier for the op. basically i just take a 3k grit sand paper and slowly work the fogs in left to right motion. after im done and happy with all the removed pits rinse off w water and get the power drill + buffing pad and start using the 3m swirl remover till it clears up. then i put on a layer of wax and i leave it at that until the next wash. on my old clear fogs i sometime spray a light layer of clear coat over it and it fills in the scratches nicely as well and seems to "clear up" the haze.
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