Headlight haze problem.
June-22nd-2003, 03:00 AM
#21
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Originally posted by enderFound
First, buy 600, 800, 1500 and 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper; also buy a plastic cleaner and a finish restorer. All can be bought at PepBoys, Autozone, etc.
The procedure can not be easier.
1. Wet sand (a good stream of water while you sand the OUTSIDE of the lens going from 600 and up. Just do about 2 min. with each sandpaper.
2. Apply the plastic cleaner (follow their instructions).
3. Apply the restorer (follow their instructions).
The complete procedure it takes 20 min. tops.
First, buy 600, 800, 1500 and 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper; also buy a plastic cleaner and a finish restorer. All can be bought at PepBoys, Autozone, etc.
The procedure can not be easier.
1. Wet sand (a good stream of water while you sand the OUTSIDE of the lens going from 600 and up. Just do about 2 min. with each sandpaper.
2. Apply the plastic cleaner (follow their instructions).
3. Apply the restorer (follow their instructions).
The complete procedure it takes 20 min. tops.
You only really need 1500 or 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper depending on the severity. Mine werent too bad so i used 2000.
After the sandpaper, i polished the lenses with toothpaste (yeah, don't laugh, it worked since its finer than 2000 grit)
Then I used Plexus Plastic Polish cleaner that i bought online (usually pretty hard to find locally) and that was that.
Once a month i spray some more Plexus and buff it off after i wash my 323 for upkeep but other that, no sanding was necessary ever since (and that was a year and a half ago)
July-16th-2003, 04:19 PM
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400 grit sandpaper (wet) and the same clear coat as I used on the whole car gave me this result:
Much better than before....
Oh yeah, and if the light looks different, I painted the housing black, too...
Much better than before....
Oh yeah, and if the light looks different, I painted the housing black, too...
July-19th-2003, 11:14 PM
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holy crap!!! i forgot about this thread. well since i started this thread i bought a 2003.5 P5 with crystal clear lenses. 
some great suggestions guys!. ill try the metal polish first then if i dont like that ill do the sandpaper thing. thanx to all who kept this thread going eventhough i totally forgot it.
some great suggestions guys!. ill try the metal polish first then if i dont like that ill do the sandpaper thing. thanx to all who kept this thread going eventhough i totally forgot it.
July-29th-2003, 02:32 AM
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Originally posted by MazdaMadness
haze you say? well, i didnt notice any on my E-SPEC GLASS HEADLIGHTS . it is so nice to live in europe
haze you say? well, i didnt notice any on my E-SPEC GLASS HEADLIGHTS
. it is so nice to live in europe
Vlada sa Floride..... (iz Beograda inace)
(translation since there will be a lot of puzzled looks when people read that
):WOW!!!!!!! There are Mazda 323s over there too!!! Talk to you later. Bye bye......
Vlad from Florida..... (from Belgrade originally)
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