Cool28

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Anything I can do to buff the scratchs and marks out of them to bring them back to like new?

Fosnot

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Wouldnt headlight restoration products work...?

Cool28

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Will that work? Don't want to F up my tail lights

justin455

Yeah, they're plastic too. The 3M kit works very well, or you can just buy some fine grit wet/dry sandpaper and have at it. Then get some plastic polish.

I got my 3M kit for $10 at walmart. They charge about $25 at auto parts stores.

RPM WS6

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3M plastic cleaner, then 3M plastic polish, then a coat of wax. They will look MUCH better after that.

birner88

800 grit 1000 grit 2000 grit wetsand and buff is how I restored mine. Look brand new and glossy.

Cool28

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Thanks ill go pick some up got off today

RPM WS6

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I can understand wet sanding for the headlights since they develop that yellow haziness, but the tail light plastic is different and would have to be really neglected to require wet sanding.

If it's just typical surface scratches and slight dulling, then cleaner/polish should be plenty.

birner88

I'm an over achiever

Cool28

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Ya found I didn't really need 3000 grit even just rubbin compound lol. Started with 800 on a small area and was like woah don't need that lol. The rubbing compound shined it up nicely. I could of 3000grit to get the bigger scratchs but didn't want to weaken the plastic.

RPM WS6

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Unfortunately, starting with such a coarse grit (800) in this particular application probably did more harm than good.

No need to take off so much material just for minor dulling and typical surfaces scratches, as the OP discovered.