WOW Wet Sended My Headlights and used Plastx LOOK !!

[Scottie]

Why didn't no one tell me about this before !! Took me about 40 minutes for bothe headlights ! Maybe I can see better at night now yeah !

Leave a comment please !!

http://home.cogeco.ca/~bjohnson28/Headlights/headlights%20002.jpg

http://home.cogeco.ca/~bjohnson28/Headlights/headlights%20006.jpg

[KorruptioN]

Perhaps resize your pictures.

[Scottie]

sorry about that I will later they are all on my laptop and I'm on my PC right now, what do you think pretty good eh?

[Scottie]

OK I just resized the images is that better now?

[Jucius Maximus]

That is a pretty impressive transformation!

[new_vr]

Much nicer, good work

[thecharlie]

A car wash should be next on your list.

[radeonboy]

Looks better than before but you still can get it more clearer. Too bad you dont live close to me since I'll pull out my rotary and finish it for you :D

[Pete_Coach]

You had best get some good wax or clear filler on that as soon as possible. Even though you wet sanded it with very fine grit, there are still millions of scratches in the plastic. It will yellow and dull very fast if you don't seal it.
Next time, you could also just go get any old plastic polish, it will also do that.:)

[Rekognize]

See! I told you! :cheesygri

[Rekognize]

Dodge caravan?

[radeonboy]

minivan or mx-6 :confused:

either way it looks much better.

how old is the car?

lol how could you guys think thats anything over than a caravan?

[Scottie]

thanks for all the replys Yeah it is a 97 Caravan, I used PlastX on them after I wet sanded I hope that works like a sealer to not sure though.

Get the comments coming.

[Scottie]

I found a few different guides on how to do it and I used this one seemed to work great and easy to follow with pictures if anyone want to try it.

http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20994

[dealmeone]

Looks like a chronic Ford Winstar problem. I have seen that on other Ford products as well.

[m4gician]

See! I told you! :cheesygri

Hah, and I think I may have had a little something to do with it.

[m4gician]

many car brands have this problem.
I've seen one to many acura's with this haze issue.

thankfully my 02 civic is still clear...for now.

wonder what causes it?

oxidation, rocks and small dust particles hitting it as you drive. It just happens with plastic. A clear bra helps and it does work :)

[huangpu]

nice job, thanks for sharing.

[Scottie]

I parked my van in between 2 other mina van the other day after I sanded them at the store and they were about the same ages as mine and both of those looked like mine did before, also I saw a few other cars with this problem.

[162]

Heh Scottie, I have the exact same problem.
Questions for you:
1. Did you follow the instructions on the forum exactly?
2. Did you use the same grit sandpaper?
3. Where did you find the plastic polisher/cleaner?

[Badman]

I knew about this before. Makes headlights look soo much better. But I never see people doing it to their van:lol:

[beerbaron105]

minivan or mx-6 :confused:

either way it looks much better.

how old is the car?

how could you not tell its a caravan? lol

[Scottie]

Heh Scottie, I have the exact same problem.
Questions for you:
1. Did you follow the instructions on the forum exactly?
2. Did you use the same grit sandpaper?
3. Where did you find the plastic polisher/cleaner?

No I used 800, 1500 and only 2000 grits and I didn't repeat the steps where it said to rub the plastx in over and over again I just did it once because I forgot to print that part, and I didn't mask off the paint and I didn't clean the water after evey sanding just before the last one and I did it realy fast to.

[Scottie]

I just got home alittle while ago and noticed that the driver side wasn't as good as the passanger side in the pictures so I'm going to just use 1500, and 2000 grit and do it again real fast and plastx it again to make it better.

The passanger side was really bad before so we spent abit more time sanding it then the drivers side I Just the drivers side needed alittle bit more.

[Scottie]

Heh Scottie, I have the exact same problem.
3. Where did you find the plastic polisher/cleaner?

sorry didn't see part 3 of the question

I found it at Candain Tire $10.49 I think it was. I checked Walmart in Peterborough, Ont. and they didn't have any but other people saw they have gotten it from there.

[Scottie]

I would also recommend you using some type of plastic sealent to help it last longer because it was raining abit today and I have to drive about 90 Kms and when I got back the headlights looked about hazy again not alot though but enought for me to reaply the plastX I'm going to try a cheap sealent to make them looking better longer if I can find any,

Do you know of any I could use that doesn't cost much?

[radeonboy]

oxidation, It just happens with plastic.:)

Yep pretty much on the head. Plastic is prone to this issue. On my older Civic the headlights do not suffer of this because the lens is glass and not plastic.

[Scottie]

Can anyone recommend a sealer to used after the PlastX that doesn't cost alot?

[dinb]

Why would the go all hazy again after only 90KM? Are you sure you are not getting moisture in there now? Maybe you couldn't see the moisture before due to the plastic being hazy also.

[Scottie]

Why would the go all hazy again after only 90KM? Are you sure you are not getting moisture in there now? Maybe you couldn't see the moisture before due to the plastic being hazy also.


no it was haze after I put more plastX on and it went away, I tried some cheap wipe on wipe off car wax after the plastX now I'll see if that helps but I have a feeling I will need to get some plastic Sealer

[m4gician]

no it was haze after I put more plastX on and it went away, I tried some cheap wipe on wipe off car wax after the plastX now I'll see if that helps but I have a feeling I will need to get some plastic Sealer

Or a better quality wax/synthetic sealant.

If you really want to stop this, try using a clear bra (lamin-x, 3m film, stongard)

[Scottie]

I'm think I'm going to get some clear coat sealer for it its like $5 and will need some later for a paint fix so I will try that and let you know.

[Scottie]

I found some stuff on the candain tire web site looked perfect for what I wanted it for Went to both CND stores in Peterborough and looked for it for like 2 hours and couldn't find it ! Damn people there to couldn't help much in the search I went to Home Deput and bought some stuff I thought would have worked good and it didn't made it look really cloudy had to sand it off and put plastX back on.

[gheart008]

I knew about this before. Makes headlights look soo much better. But I never see people doing it to their van:lol:

why not? I think the OP and many others do it to increase light output and not for pure looks...

When the plastic is all hazzy, you lose a lot of light output.

[Scottie]

I'm still getting alot of hazing after a short time now I Need to find some type of sealent to use after the PlastX, does anyone know of anything I could use?

[Scottie]

once last pump for people that might have missed my lights, although the hazing is coming back abit its still 85% better then before

[Scottie]

:arrowu:

[Scottie]

:arrowd:

[Dough]

so it come sback ina few days?!

[Scottie]

so it come sback ina few days?!


actauly it comes back alittle tiny bit within 24 hours but it hasn't gotten any worse so thats good, well worth doing it if you light are as bad as mine where.

[Scottie]

It's been about a week since I did my lights and though after abit the start to haze abit I'm not sure if its becausae maybe I didn't sand enough or maybe I should have went to 2500 grit but its only a tiny bit and is not getting any worse, well worth the $20 I payed for the sand paper and PlastX and now I have lots left over and I'm going to do it for my sister in law and anyone else car that needs it done.

[Donkey_boy]

that is only about 65% complete I would sand some more with 1500w and then polish with a machine using g3-g6 then some glaze......I have done at least 100 of theseat a shop I used to paint and prep for.....not my favorite thing to do but I can do it! Or I would just wetsand with 60o and apply 2 coats of clear!



That is a pretty impressive transformation!

[Scottie]

that is only about 65% complete I would sand some more with 1500w and then polish with a machine using g3-g6 then some glaze......I have done at least 100 of theseat a shop I used to paint and prep for.....not my favorite thing to do but I can do it! Or I would just wetsand with 60o and apply 2 coats of clear!

Where can I get some glaze from?

[Scottie]

What is this glaze you are talking about?

I bought some clear coat paint and it made it blurry.

[ElvaSoShexai]

Wolfgang Plastik Lens Cleaning System (http://www.eshine.ca/wolfgang_plastik_lens_cleaning_system-185.php?cat=13)

or u can get em separately here:

Wolfgang Plastik Surface Sealant (http://www.autogeek.net/plastik-surface-sealant.html)

Wolfgang Plastik Lens Glaze (http://www.autogeek.net/plastik-lens-glaze.html)

and a guide 2 use their product... prlly similar to watever u used tho
Wolfgang Headlight Lens/ Clear Plastic Restoration Guide (http://www.autogeek.net/wolfgang-headlight-how-to.html)

i guess it's a good thing my car has glass lenses.. but then i guess it's also bad bcuz it cost 840USD to replace all 4 =(

[climacus]

In my experience once you wetsand and PlastX the headlights, the haze will reappear again and again. Keep that bottle of PlastX around and buff periodically to keep up the shine.

[tml4life_2003]

i went to napa the other day and they had similar stuff on sale. its called permatex plastic lens restoration kit. i think i paid 18 bucks after tax and regular was 24 plus tax. it comes with the polish 30ml, 4 different grades of sandpaper sheets(1000,1500,2000,2500) 1 polishing cloth 1pair gloves and 1 instruction sheet. has anyone tried this kind before? i will post pictures from before and after i use this if anyone wants

[Blackjack]

i went to napa the other day and they had similar stuff on sale. its called permatex plastic lens restoration kit. i think i paid 18 bucks after tax and regular was 24 plus tax. it comes with the polish 30ml, 4 different grades of sandpaper sheets(1000,1500,2000,2500) 1 polishing cloth 1pair gloves and 1 instruction sheet. has anyone tried this kind before? i will post pictures from before and after i use this if anyone wants

Permatex works fine...see my RFD review,,with pics:
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=598166&highlight=permatex

[Scottie]

Permatex works fine...see my RFD review,,with pics:
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=598166&highlight=permatex


did they get hazy after awhile?