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[Morgan]

Did a full plastic restoration with Shaz on his car today. We used a few different products and the end result was second to none.


What you will need -

-Wet and dry sand paper
-Meguiars Scratch X
-Meguiars Plast X
-Buffing pads/cloths
-Cotton cloth




Wet the wet and dry and in small circular motions, sand back the headlight




The little scratches you are creatingare a good thing. The Scratch X is there to help with that




Crack open the Scratch X. Using the same method and a bit of elbow grease, rub over the plastic




When you're sure you've got it all, wipe it all off with a wet cloth and give it a buff with the cloth.




Next, bust out the Plast X. This stuff is specifically for plastics (ScratchX is for any scratches) so is great for headlights and a great finisher for this project.




Again, grease up those elbows.




Wipe off with wet cloth. Buffer it up




...aaaaand your done!!



Here are some comparison shots
Before -






After-






Half done to show the difference between the two. And that's just after the ScratchX!!






Also did the foglights




Can also work on things like the rear garnish. So smoooooth!






BO$$'s work while eating donuts

[legacy rsk]

well done they almost look like new ones

[Shaz]

It's ridiculously easy to do.

And it looks a million times better.

FYI,

ScratchX - $15
PlastX - $20
Wet and Dry - $2
Terry towel - $5
Applicator Pads $5.

Good DIY Morganass.

[TSG]

Nice, same product I used on mine. Except I bought a kit. Came up the same though.

http://www.subyclub....ht-restoration/

[twinturbosubaru]

Great result Morgan, thanks for sharing this info, obviously good products too !

Regards
Paul

[Jovi]

Will it go dull again in a few months or if it gets wet? Take any scratches out if had any?

[Morgan]

Cannot recommend highly enough!

[AussieTemplar]

trust shazza to be in thongs! good tut though!

[Scuba-Roo]

It probably will dull. I just used a cutting back compound on mine and got a decent result. Couple months later I did it again.

Good thing I think about Morgan and shaz's way is you'll have enough to re do them a few times, yeah?


Good write up guys

[TSG]

Well it has been a few months since I did mine meow - they still look fine. It gets parked outside every second month too.

[Morgan]

We created scratches usung the sand paper. Then used the scratch X to remove the scratches.

Most likely will have to do it again at some point but it's like washing your car - you don't do it once and then hope it never gets dirty again.

[Jovi]

Just curious how long it will take to go dull as ive got a really dull set of bulet style lights, i bought new ones to replace mine but haven't thrown these out, and they have a few scratches in it. might give it a go and see how it turns out...

Thanks Morgs for the idea...(meow to find time to do it and motivation)

[Morgan]

We did a headlight each and it took less than an hr?

[AussieTemplar]

I used some headlight yellow removal stuff on my car probably 6 months ago. Had the same effect as all of this except within a month it started to yellow again.

[Shaz]

I'll keep track of it over the next few months and let everyone know if they start going yellow again.

Cheers,
Shazza

[hamish_023]

The headlights will return yellow in a few month unless you coat them with paint protection or a cheaper option is to put sealant/wax on them every time you do your car.

Machine polishing achieves amazing results with the right products, this way you wont get high and low spots where you haver rubbed when the oxidisation fights back.

[Gunga]

WD-40 works!! I used to use it on my bike for all plastics and head light. Any whiting plastic will look almost new again. It makes a bit more crap stick to it (dust), but if you clean your car/bike on a regular basis, cleaning is easy.
The squashed n mangled bugs on the headlight will just wipe off.
Also if you get tar from the road on your rims or any other part of your car/bike WD-40 will pretty much dissolve it off.

[Cam.]

Morgan or Shaz, What grade of wet n dry did you use?

[RX25SE]

Machine polishing achieves amazing results with the right products, this way you wont get high and low spots where you haver rubbed when the oxidisation fights back.

Just did this.

Machine polish and a coat of wax.

Massive difference.

[Morgan]

Morgan or Shaz, What grade of wet n dry did you use?

Mmm 200?