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Old 01-26-07, 03:42 PM
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Hi All,

I'm sure there are dozens of post regarding headlight cleaning, but I wanted to share my experience.
Initially I had thought that my headlights were rubbish and needed to be oven-treated and opened in order to clean the insides as well (note: the seal was weak and condensation was occurring), but before I did so I thought I'd try the outside and see if I was happy enough with its result.

Well I am!
All I used was:
  • Meguiar's Plastx
  • Paper Towels
  • Low Adhesive Masking Tape (Maybe overkill)

I masked off all the areas w/paint fearing that this stuff would hurt it, took out a paper towel and went to town.

Here are the results:
Before:


After:


Photochop to better see the difference:


The Magical Stuff!



I highly recommend this! It took me about 15 minutes and the difference is dramatic.
Old 01-26-07, 04:41 PM
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Sweet, looks like just what I need, Thanks.
Old 01-26-07, 04:42 PM
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nice comparisons...you only used paper towels? not even microfiber?

Try getting your hands on DA buffer...your arms will thank you...
Old 01-26-07, 04:45 PM
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What a big difference! It looks great!
Old 01-26-07, 05:03 PM
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the projector area is always very hard to clean and nearly impossible to get completely clean

the high beam though, looks marvelous
Old 01-26-07, 05:25 PM
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Meguiars Plastx is good stuff. I made a thread about it a while ago. Nice results!
Old 01-26-07, 05:34 PM
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I used Mother's Plastic Polish every 4 weeks on my headlights and they look great!!
Old 01-26-07, 05:37 PM
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Link Below are my results for using meiguars. Almost like new.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...=249606&page=2
Old 01-26-07, 05:49 PM
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This stuff is great. I did the same thing but I applied wax after hoping that it would help prevent it from yellowing up again.
Old 01-26-07, 06:29 PM
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yeah i also used it when i first got my car and i almost **** my pants when i was done since i got it from a friend for free( i had to go buy my own bottle i was so happy)
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The before wasn't bad at all. Most members WISH that a little yellowing was their only problem.

I guess if you just want them to look good this does indeed work, but it isn't helping the cutoff or projector any at all. Like I say though, in your case, they were looking pretty good to begin with in comparison to some. The projectors could do better however.

nice wax job.
Old 01-26-07, 07:47 PM
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looks good- nice before and after
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i will definitely buy that stuff
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Im getting myself a bottle
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nice, looks good I've used the mothers it helped but wasn't impressed I'll have to give this a try! Thanks for the tip.


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