1st Gen Protege/323/GLC General/Maintenance Discussion for 1990-1994 Models (BG Chassis) and 1981-1989 GLC/323 Models (BD and BF chassis)

Cleaning aged headlights

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Old Mar 3, 2004 | 12:58 PM
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Cleaning aged headlights

Does anyone have any tips / tools / materials needed to give the foggy / rusty headlights a new look ?

Is there some special plastic abrasive compund and than something to polish it with ?

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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 01:30 PM
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Re: Cleaning aged headlights

Originally posted by ProteZE
Does anyone have any tips / tools / materials needed to give the foggy / rusty headlights a new look ?

Is there some special plastic abrasive compund and than something to polish it with ?

Thanks
What I did is use some CLR on a rag, and rub it. Than I washed them, after that I used some "brassol" jewelery polishing liquid. The light look amazing and still do. I did all this in 30 minutes for both light, without removing the lights from the car.
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 06:58 PM
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use a plastic cleaner and use a porter cable 7424 variable orbit polisher.
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 09:46 PM
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i used some rim polish !
mothers aluminum mag polish i think they call it, its like 7 bucks cdn, and works amazing!
Old Mar 7, 2004 | 03:59 PM
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I got the plastic clean / polish stuff from candian tire ... it is alright.
Old Mar 8, 2004 | 11:01 PM
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for an MX-3 but bassically can be used on a pro

http://www.projectmazda.com/tech/howto/headlights/
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