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Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:03 AM
do I just use a headlight restore kit on them or what? dont want to ruin a set of toyo tail light set. so what have you guys done?

Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 2:15 PM
wet sand


than clearcoat
Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 5:12 PM
so have a shop do it then? or is that something a wkend mechanic can pull off lol
Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 6:18 PM
Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 6:46 PM
the_miker17(u kiddin) wrote:wet sand


than clearcoat



^this, or meguires Plastx if its not too bad.



Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 6:49 PM
I have used that as seen on tv stuff and it worked for about a week. Then, my lights were looking just like they did before.



Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:31 PM
I think I will try to buff with that meguires plast-x first if that doesnt do it I will try wet sand then clear coat. what grit 1500?
Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:37 PM
I always did my head lights with 600 then 1200 and they turn out very clear..
Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 9:44 PM
is ok even if im doing this on the toyota cavalier tails they are black trim with amber turn signals? I mean if I sand on the them will it go down into the black and mess them up?
Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 9:55 PM
all ur doing when ur sanding is scuffing the surface to put a sand scratch so the clear will have something to hold onto..and they will be very clear when ur done....and it shouldnt mess up the black
Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:59 PM
ok cool thanks guys for the input on this for me.

Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Friday, August 05, 2011 6:51 PM
final sanding before polish use 3M Trizact 3000 grit pad. No swirl marks even with the lights on at night.



Re: Refurbishing tail light plastic?
Friday, August 05, 2011 8:33 PM
just hand sanding we are talking about right?
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