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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 04:56 PM
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Default ok...pissed about camaro headlights

tried wetsanding some more...i give up...does ANY one know where i can find some nice either stock replacment or the procarpart halfa whistler would work

i just cant find anything other than halos and 400 lights that look fogged in pictures
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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What grits are you using. Its plastic, it can be polished.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 05:20 PM
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start with 800 and move along from 1000,1500,2000,2500 and finish the polishing off with plastix and some other polish on my powerball
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 05:33 PM
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my headlight was way to messed up, even after all the sanding and polishing it still had some little crack lines INSIDE of the plastic...that's why i'm rolling one headlight lenseless
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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try brake fluid, sounds crazy but i tried it and it worked way better than wet sanding. I wet sanded one and polished the other with brake fluid and meguiers platix and the latter came out way better. Try it, it takes 15 mins and could save u some money (I simply accepted that they the will never come out like new, but they are damn close).
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 98camaro1le
try brake fluid, sounds crazy but i tried it and it worked way better than wet sanding. I wet sanded one and polished the other with brake fluid and meguiers platix and the latter came out way better. Try it, it takes 15 mins and could save u some money (I simply accepted that they the will never come out like new, but they are damn close).
ok, explain how u did that
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 01:14 AM
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it is real easy to do, all that it needs is a little elbow grease and some brake fluid. Just take the brake fluid, pour it on a rag and work it over the oxidized plastic. You can see the oxidized palstic coming off. it's worth a try and worked really well for me.
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by reject
my headlight was way to messed up, even after all the sanding and polishing it still had some little crack lines INSIDE of the plastic...that's why i'm rolling one headlight lenseless
lol wait u did what ? you mean u have no lense on the passenger side ?
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 02:03 AM
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Um Sand them with 340 grit, degrease them and spray them with clear coat.
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