Irish_Al Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 (edited) Well just thought I'd share this with you all as I was amazed at the difference it made. I was on the lookout for a second hand set of lights as mine had gone a horrible yellow colour. Heard one or two people on different sites mentioning that you can use a metal polish on the headlights to bring them back to their former glory. Had nothing to lose so decided to give it a shot today. Went to HalFRAUDS straight after work and picked up a bottle of autoglym metal polish and a few clothes. Spent approximately 20 mins on each headlight to see if it would make any difference, Decided that If it works then I can do them again over the weekend and spend more time on them. Forgot to take before photos on the driver side headlight so took lots of the passenger side BEFORE AFTER Edited July 18, 2011 by Irish_Al (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supranature Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Thats a good job that. Well done. Each time you clean your car, give the lights a going over if you can to keep them clean. Rest of the car looks mint, those lights were spoiling it. Toothpaste also works well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Nice Job, lookin good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Thats a wicked tip, will be using that on my jap lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soopra Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 i did mine with T Cut - worked well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Meguires Plast X did wonders on mine, check my garage for pics, but i was amazed at how well they came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 A massive improvement After years of trying to my plastic lights looking their best, doing the outside is only half the job unfortunately, to get longer lasting results they really need to be cleaned on the inside too. I also spend years using normal off-the-shelf products but recently moved to using professional G3 cutting compound. This gave far better results than things like t-cut, autoglym, etc, but even then they still need re-doing every few months to keep mint. Here's the thread from a few weeks ago: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?248021 and a little half/half showing t-cut vs G3: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 my local body shop has something that you spray on the lences to stop the yellowing ! ill try find out what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai 20V Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Any idea were I can get my hands on some G3, remember I am in Japan.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Any idea were I can get my hands on some G3, remember I am in Japan.... online... just google 'shopping' g3 compound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai 20V Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 online... just google 'shopping' g3 compound. Ok... Sorry, a bit technologically challenged! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubbyTwo Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 on my heavily faded LCR headlights 3 hits with menzerna powergloss brought them up like new with a rotary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-_-b Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Looking good! Such a difference for the work required. I forget just how faded the jspec lights can become if they have never had a going over. Inside next is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Looks much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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