hey guys here are some pictures of how far gone a plastic light lens can be and how nice they will clean up.
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plastic light restoration
- tycot1
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plastic light restoration
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- tycot1
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Re: plastic light restoration
no polish ball kit will do this job. i started with around 800 grit wet paper and staged out until finished, washing and change water between each cut. so i went 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000.once sanding is complete high speed machine polish with course git pad and polish, wash with water, fine cut pad and polish, wash again then apply wax. this took me about three hours. this can be done to remove scratches or complete jobs on almost any plastics.
http://bigtimemotors.ca 1972 datsun 510 220 hp ka "couped", 1971 510 westwood champ gt4 '81& "83, 1979 550 hp trans am, 1962 cadillac hrdtp, 2005 subaru sti, 1999 triumph daytona 955i.
Re: plastic light restoration
Hella good job Tyson!
- two_68_510s
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Re: plastic light restoration
Hey Tyson,
Do you have to tape off the surroundintg area? Looks perfect, really.
nice job.
Do you have to tape off the surroundintg area? Looks perfect, really.
nice job.
Joel
2 '68 510 2 door sedans
'95 240SX
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2 '68 510 2 door sedans
'95 240SX
“We will either find a way, or make one.” – Hannibal
Re: plastic light restoration
Hi Tyson,
It works well. I posted this a couple years back on the Greg Terry build;
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15693&start=360
Funny thing was that night I just used the mothers stuff on a polishing attachment on my father’s 04 Pathfinder headlights that were only very minority fogged. I didn’t think it made that much difference, so I just did the one. A couple days later he drove at night and next day was back at my place to do the other one because he said it made a huge difference!
Good work.
Byron
It works well. I posted this a couple years back on the Greg Terry build;
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15693&start=360
Funny thing was that night I just used the mothers stuff on a polishing attachment on my father’s 04 Pathfinder headlights that were only very minority fogged. I didn’t think it made that much difference, so I just did the one. A couple days later he drove at night and next day was back at my place to do the other one because he said it made a huge difference!
Good work.
Byron
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