Iggy

Those of you in the Northeast know what kind of h3ll winters can be to our cars and the headlight lenses. Anyway, I got sick of looking at all the haze that had developed. I dropped into a local bike dealer and found some Novus plastic polish

I ended up using a drill with polishing wheel starting with the heavy duty #3 then stepped down to light duty #2.

It did'nt get the really deep nicks but it definately made an improvement.

pics

Iggy

MikeTL-S

How messy is that stuff to work with? I need to do it to mine. I got my car in September of 2002, my very first NEW vehicle, and well, in New England, we had a terrible winter. Figures.

Iggy

Mike,
It's just like working with paint polish. Work it in with a ciecular motion and then wipe of the haze with a clean cloth.

I actually went at it again after I snapped the shots and it came out a little better. The Novus cleaner is really designed for acrylics which is softer than the headlight lenses that I believe are polycarbonate. That's why I ended up using a drill with polishing head.

Iggy

Tom Blasing

Mine started to get a little dirty beyond just a good car washing. I used clay-bar on them and then the plastic polish. Wish the rest of the car felt that slick.

ScotTLTypeS

Funny... I was just noticing the haze on my headlights...

I know what I'm doing this weekend.

maxx96

Great job Iggy, the difference is very amazing. What I did with mine (and I have done this with all my cars) I use rain-x on all the outside covers (ie. rear lights, fog lights etc) and this protects them very good

nym31mp

kool

spl1011

I thought Rain-X is not good for some plastics (its says so ont he bottle). Are you sure its cool to use?

Just curious!

I love Rain-X and use it on all the glass surfaces on my car. Wipers suck compared to rain-x on the highway!

come to think of it, I have used rain-x on my sideview mirrors. They are not glass (I am thinking) and they have help up fine.

bricot

Don't have to worry about it, I put on the Clearbra headlight covers, still look new.