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Old 02-23-2003, 01:16 PM
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Default How to polish faded 98 z28 Headlights

I guess over the years the lens on my headlights faded. I was wondering if anybody knew how to bring my headlights back to the orginal new car look thanks.
Old 02-23-2003, 02:18 PM
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yes dave, replace them.
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I use zaino on mine when I do the rest of the car and they look pretty good.
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This upcoming spring I am going to wet sand my headlights <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
Old 02-24-2003, 02:23 AM
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<img src="http://www.mothers.com/products/productcatalog/productpix/06208.jpg" alt=" - " />

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The Mother's polish sounds pretty good!

Here's what one guy did. http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread...ght=headlights
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The Mothers polish is nice but not strong enough, it doesn't work as quickly as sandpaper, you'd be there all week :-)
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Never Dull. Comes in a silver and black tin. Used it on my 91 LX and it worked great. Takes a little rubbing though.
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never dull? i myself have some bad looking 98 headlights and have sanding them from 320 grit all the way up too 3000 and then buffed them with a plastic compound and nothing so i know its from inside of the headlight... Anyone try anything from the inside??
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We use Novus 1,2 &amp; 3 at work. It works as a 3 step deal if you would have major scratches. Otherwise, start with the 2 and polish with the 1. The higher the number, the more abrasive the polish is. I've seen it do some miracles on the arcade games we work on.
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I use 3M clear plastic Polish. I bought some 97 taillights for my 02 Camaro and polished them right up. Sweet product.



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