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RE: Nasty foggy Headlights - 1/7/2008 7:26:58 PM    ballinboy1020 Posts: 278 Joined: 8/19/2006 Status: offline seee i dont get this.. before i had the tail lights i had now i had the stock ones and they were foggy as hell!!!! my car is a 98 and my dad has a 93 accord and his lights look brand new no fog at all.... how come is hasnt got foggy yet and mine got foggy? _____________________________ (in reply to addiction2bass) Post #: 11

RE: Nasty foggy Headlights - 1/10/2008 8:41:12 AM    ninety7_civic Posts: 66 Joined: 8/10/2006 Status: offline nice .. were do u get that stuff ... my headlights look just like that ... ive been looking for a way to clean them ... (in reply to ballinboy1020) Post #: 12

RE: Nasty foggy Headlights - 1/11/2008 6:17:04 PM    koots Posts: 633 Joined: 7/27/2006 From: happy valley,labrador canada Status: offline I used plasticX to good effect and minimal effort for just minor touch ups on mine, say when you ae waxing and cleaning your car top to bottom/inside and out. _____________________________ 97 EX Sedan (Canadian) -Mini-Me In Progress (in reply to addiction2bass) Post #: 13

RE: Nasty foggy Headlights - 1/22/2008 12:02:15 AM    sepat Posts: 44 Joined: 1/20/2008 Status: offline nice . what series of refined sandpaper did you use for grinding?? (in reply to addiction2bass) Post #: 14

RE: Nasty foggy Headlights - 3/14/2008 2:30:09 PM    Bryan1987   Posts: 12 Joined: 3/11/2008 Status: offline don't waist ur time w/ products... simply get a rag + water + baking soda and taadaa the same exact affect, i know, cuz i did it and it looks as good as new now (in reply to sepat) Post #: 15

RE: Nasty foggy Headlights - 3/15/2008 6:18:32 AM    koots Posts: 633 Joined: 7/27/2006 From: happy valley,labrador canada Status: offline I believe those generation of accords still used glass for their headlights instead of the polycarbonate, like your headlights. _____________________________ 97 EX Sedan (Canadian) -Mini-Me In Progress (in reply to ballinboy1020) Post #: 16

RE: Nasty foggy Headlights - 3/25/2008 5:20:17 PM    silver08   Posts: 15 Joined: 2/18/2008 Status: offline     Meguairs Plastx -- About every 6 months to keep them clear.  (in reply to koots) Post #: 17

RE: Nasty foggy Headlights - 3/25/2008 11:24:28 PM    imissmymustang   Posts: 22 Joined: 3/25/2008 Status: offline I have the same problem, and I looked into several ways of taking care of it.  I saw several diy videos on youtube, then researched the commercial products.  Apparantly the commercial products say you can't do it yourself because it will haze again without their special sealer or something.  I dunno if that's the pastx stuff silver's talking about or not.  Anyway, I'm gonna give this technique a shot but if anyone knows what that sealer is it'd be great on a side note I remember the commercial sites I went to generally blamed this problem on the sun, kind of a sun-plastic burn thing, and that's why you need their stuff to protect it from UV lights.  I saw some tints for lights that apply like well.. tints to make it look like your lights are fogged.. anyone think these would help keep the sun off too?? (in reply to silver08) Post #: 18

RE: Nasty foggy Headlights - 3/26/2008 9:16:27 AM    koots Posts: 633 Joined: 7/27/2006 From: happy valley,labrador canada Status: offline It's meguiars Plastic-X and it can be found at Walmarts. It's good for mild hazing, but i prefer just using it as a polish. wet sanding the headlights with 400 grit or above sand paper gives the best results. If you want to retain that look your gonna need to apply the polish like you would with wax on the paint of your car. It loses alot of the UV coating that prevents the polycarbonate lens from damage. This is why it hazes in the beginning. You could probably put a coat of clear on the lens to lengthen the effect. _____________________________ 97 EX Sedan (Canadian) -Mini-Me In Progress (in reply to imissmymustang) Post #: 19

RE: Nasty foggy Headlights - 3/28/2008 3:39:58 PM    imissmymustang   Posts: 22 Joined: 3/25/2008 Status: offline blah.. I bought plastic-x and realized it wasn't really for a full blown restoration job.  So I went to autozone and picked up a lil product they had for it - it came in a sealed bag, simple instructions.  It came with 4 sand paper pads of 2 different grits.  some polishing compound they called CV1, and a final compound they called CV2.  CV2 was very watery and hardened rapidly, said to use 2 coats.. not sure what it was but it seems it was some kind of product that hardens ontop of the lens to protect it from UV.  Anyway, they came out looking pretty brand new, which was a huge step because I couldn't even see the bulb through the haze.  Took me about 30 minutes total.   and the product cost me 20 bucks.  not bad considering tire kingdom here charges like 90 bucks for the service.  Plus it has a lifetime warranty (if you keep the original receipt).  Kind of makes me wanna start a service offering this.  Posting ads at walmarts and laundrymats offering to do it for 40 or something.. nice easy money providing a service that would cost them twice as much elsewhere. steve (in reply to koots) Post #: 20

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