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Old 13-02-2014, 02:58 AM
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Question Meguiar's One Step Headlight Restoration Kit VS bug jdm lamps?
Meguiar's One Step Headlight Restoration Kit

Thinking about buying the above to sort the below





Anyone used this product?
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Old 13-02-2014, 12:45 PM
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I just use some 1500 then 2500 grit paper, then a compound. Can It be used by hand, or do you have a machine?
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Old 13-02-2014, 01:11 PM
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Toothpaste!
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Old 14-02-2014, 04:29 AM
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I just use some 1500 then 2500 grit paper, then a compound. Can It be used by hand, or do you have a machine?

I think I'd rather have someone experienced try



Quite bad eh?
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Old 13-03-2014, 11:02 PM
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I used a polishing compound by hand this evening to great effect !!
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Old 14-03-2014, 09:21 AM
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tooth paste doesnt work on them, i had exact same on my bug , compound only
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Old 14-03-2014, 09:59 AM
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I used a polishing compound by hand this evening to great effect !!

Same as . This has always worked for me. Compound and then your usual glass cleaner and job done.
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tooth paste doesnt work on them, i had exact same on my bug , compound only
You're not wrong, i tried last night and it did stuff all.
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Old 14-03-2014, 03:00 PM
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Toothpaste only works on glass as good as a polish as glass has no uv protective coating
Anything more than a pure liquid is an abrasive on the coating even though it polishes up.
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Old 14-03-2014, 03:34 PM
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When you've got them sorted use some Meguires PlastRX
http://www.meguiars.co.uk/product/225/Plast-RX/

Or Meguires Headlight protector
http://www.meguiars.co.uk/product/45...ht-Protectant/

To keep them from going cloudy again.

I found the PlastRX can't be used with a machine polisher as it gets sticky when it gets warm due to the friction. There is a 3M kit available for restoring them as well which is supposed to be quite good.

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Old 14-03-2014, 08:28 PM
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a mop and g3 does the same job, that or t-cut works a treat. Bit of elbow grease and your sorted!
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When I got my bug a month ago during its first real clean/polish session a bit of polish got onto my headlight, I thought sod it and continued with rest of the light. Gave it the same bit elbow I used on rest car and low and behold, it started to remove the 'fog'. A month later and 4 cleaning/polishing sessions later, no more foggy lights at all - thank you tesco own brand car polish!
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Old 23-03-2014, 02:01 PM
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hehe

SJ offered to have a go at mine - need to see when he's available
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My misses used a scouring pad on her Pug 206 headlight as she had some "tar or bug ****" on it. Scratched it to peices! I got the orbital polisher out, and some V36 polish, after 30mins of progressive buffing, it looks better than new!
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:42 PM
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Finally got round to it yesterday, Dad bought the Meguiars kit with me 50:50 as he wants to try it on something else...







Pretty pleased we didn't need to use the sanding and finishing pads, just be sure to towel off the residue straight away!

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Old 09-04-2014, 10:06 PM
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Great job! Well done!
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