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Old 12-27-2007, 08:30 PM
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im just wondering if i can sand these down with 1000 sand paper and buff them???

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If those are what I think they are, they're plastic. Plastic acts differently than paint.

Try some plastic polish, like PlastX

http://www.meguiars.com/?clear-plast...Cleaner-Polish

It says for clear plastics, but I don't know of anything else out there.
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kool thanx bro....i used 1000 and buffed out a hondas headlights with and came out pretty damn good... i think those were plastic too
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Yea, I've done that too, but I don't know why something tells me to try it on the inside of the covers just in case.
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you can sand and polish plastic, you are absolutely right. just stay in the higher grits and wet sand then polish and i bet you could get them looking like new.
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Sweet! thanx bro!
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Sand with 2000.
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or quit waisting time and buy new ones.....i think they are only about 40-45.00 right??
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40-45 for front pair and 40-45 for the back pair.... im not going to spend 90 for something i can clean up a less than an hour! LOL
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use 2000 grit then buff carefully
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Another vote for PlastX. I used it on my gsxr's windscreen and w/o sanding it took out some sizeable scuffs.
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^^^ nice!!! im going to have to use PlastX i'll post up the finishing pix
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Originally Posted by Marc3.4V6
If those are what I think they are, they're plastic. Plastic acts differently than paint.

Try some plastic polish, like PlastX

http://www.meguiars.com/?clear-plast...Cleaner-Polish

It says for clear plastics, but I don't know of anything else out there.
I recently just bought that to buff my headlights, and lets just say i wasted my money...
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