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Old 04-28-2005, 08:01 PM
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Does anyone know how to remove the haze from the headlights? It upsets me that our headlights cost over 900.00 new from the factory and they haze over like a cheap civic. My car is about 3 yrs old and the headlights are starting to get opaque and hazy (WTF).
Old 04-28-2005, 08:06 PM
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Try these threads.

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....dlight+fogging

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....hlight=fogging
Old 04-28-2005, 08:15 PM
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mind explaining whether the haze is due to moisture or due to scratches and letting the car sit in the sun for 3 yrs?

If the problem is on the outside, buy some 2000 grit sand paper and wetsand it. Follow up with some plastic polish. You might want to consider buying a porter cable orbital buffer for this because it takes a lot of elbow grease to polish plastic back to a new shine. I like to use turtle polish, this green/white tub of polish from pepboys, follow up with Meguiar's Scratch X. Hope that helps.
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Originally Posted by aznmojo
mind explaining whether the haze is due to moisture or due to scratches and letting the car sit in the sun for 3 yrs?

If the problem is on the outside, buy some 2000 grit sand paper and wetsand it. Follow up with some plastic polish. You might want to consider buying a porter cable orbital buffer for this because it takes a lot of elbow grease to polish plastic back to a new shine. I like to use turtle polish, this green/white tub of polish from pepboys, follow up with Meguiar's Scratch X. Hope that helps.

So just adding the Meguiar's Scratch X won't help? w/o wet sanding?
Old 04-29-2005, 10:28 AM
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Sorry i forgot if it was just Meguiar's Scratch X, or some meguiar's plastic polish X, the bottle is white, the graphics are black. It does help if u apply the polish only, but to get it brand spankin new, wetsanding is needed because it helps to even out some rock chips too.
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Oh yea.. PlastX....

i didn't quite notice a difference...

I better try wetsanding it first.. then polish it..
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Use Mother Billet aluminum polish. It's the same thing I use on my rims and I can't believe how well it worked on my headlights.
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Menzerna Intensive followed by Menzerna Final II, both applied by Porter-Cable w/ white pad worked really well for me. It did not remove the chips, needless to say, but the lenses polished up beautifully. Hope this helps.
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