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project89
06-16-2006, 12:16 PM
heya what works for polishing the taillight lens, ive tried plastic polish,reg polish,wax etc nothing seems to work.the best thing ive tried so far was a lil bit of armor all on a rag and wipe the taillights down,after that they shine for about a week,but they get dirty real fast,anyone know the right way to sand and polish the taillights?
enRo
06-16-2006, 03:22 PM
I used Armor All Tirefoam on my old T/A honeycomb taillights. Worked great.
project89
06-16-2006, 06:24 PM
I used Armor All Tirefoam on my old T/A honeycomb taillights. Worked great.
i quess im sticking with armoralling my taillights then, its just a pain cause dust and dirt sticks to them real easy after,though they do shine pretty nice right after u do them
JW
06-16-2006, 07:09 PM
I just polish mine with Zaino when I am doing the whole car.

JW :D
maroman88
06-16-2006, 07:29 PM
i use mothers chrome polish, i cleaned the parking lenses on my old 92 RS and they got like 7 shades clearer

u need to wash them with rubbing alcohol, then do like 5 coats of the polish, the more coats the better
HardcoreZ28
06-16-2006, 08:02 PM
I can't attest to this personally but I saw a great set done like this. Wetsand the lights with some 800, 1200, 1500 paper. Then polish them out with either plastic or chrome polish. Then spray them with actual automotive clearcoat. A guy from the Delaware club had this done on Power Tour and his lights looked AWESOME. I have a spare set that I'm gonna try this on before the Nats.
camaro2you
06-16-2006, 10:54 PM
I just polish mine with Zaino when I am doing the whole car.

JW :D

Ur cars to new and it just comes out of the garage clean lol and u dont even have to touch it.
JW
06-17-2006, 08:33 AM
Ur cars to new and it just comes out of the garage clean lol and u dont even have to touch it.

Yea... your right :sad: lol

JW :D
Teds89IROC
06-21-2006, 08:23 PM
try rubbing compound and a buffer if you can, otherwise a rag will work, just not as good, then finish with wax. I've done this and they came out good, but now I have the blackouts on so it doesnt matter that much lol

~Ted
camaro2you
06-22-2006, 12:11 AM
try rubbing compound and a buffer if you can, otherwise a rag will work, just not as good, then finish with wax. I've done this and they came out good, but now I have the blackouts on so it doesnt matter that much lol

~Ted

im goin that route to gotta love a all black car with black outs:-P