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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 05:50 PM
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My headlights are turning a yellowish colour. Is there anyway to get rid of this? Something to apply on it?
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 06:02 PM
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 06:18 PM
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just wetsand it with sandpaper? what grit?
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 06:23 PM
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has anyone ever heard of blue magic polish? does that stuff really work? i dont want to mess up my headlights since they are JDM one piece headlights, not cheap or easy to find replacements.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 07:19 PM
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I use 3m plastic cleaner and 3m plastic polish on my wife's headlights to remove the oxidation.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 07:39 PM
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eagle one polishing pads (in the silver container) clean up the oxidation. but it lasts for about 1.5 weeks.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:10 PM
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Oh! I saw this last night on team-acura.net Clearer Headlights I hope this is what you wanted. If not just search around on that site. Its pretty cool.
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Old Apr 2, 2005 | 01:03 AM
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parts stores (napa autozone) carry headlight and plastic restorer kits that come with like 5 different grades of sandpaper and like 3 compounds and a polish, they seem to work well. nothing blue magic makes will help you out, and i doubt the eagle 1 pads are helping much if they only last a week, they make it look clear till the polish fades. wetsand with like 3000 grit then use heavy - medium - light compounds then a good plastic cleaner/polish. thats if u wanna do it right
u can get replacements for like $300
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Old Apr 2, 2005 | 03:18 AM
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I just finished polishing mine. I used the Blue Magic plastic polish, it worked very well. My headlights now look like new. It removed all the oxidation and eliminated the fogged/scratched look to the plastic. Crystal clear now!!!
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Old Apr 2, 2005 | 09:03 AM
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i used the never-dull.. worked awesome
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