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    Figured I may as well polish up the replacement bumper lenses I picked up. $10 at the JY. The bottom one is unpolished for reference.

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      Originally posted by TypeG

      What kind of knobs are those .. they look grreat!

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        they're from an old radio. i don't have then anymore though. my current knobs look like this:


        later.
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          Thanks G Man

          On a side-note .. for you guys looking for tools ..
          I find allll the tools I own at various Pawn Shops ..
          You'd be amazed what can be found there, all kinds of great deals.

          You might even find that bomb vacum cleaner .. you know, the one with the bright ass headlight,
          and you might get that fawkin ROOM of your's clean one day!

          Hahaha .. anywayz .. it's more fun polishin the shit outta the plastic parts any day,
          then it is pickin up dirty socks and vacuming ..

          Keep this thread goin .. I'm lovin it!
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            Originally posted by TypeG View Post
            this more detail instruction on polishing the plastic headlights.

            this is the before pics:



            first thing i did was put mothers mag and aluminum polish on the headlight:


            i buffed the headlight for a few minutes, then used the plastic polish and buffed this time by hand, as that is all that is needed after the metal polish.

            done:





            don't forget to tape off the headlight so you don't damge the surrounding paint.
            I did this today on my spare jdm 1 piece headlights. Now it came out clearer then it ever was. however I still have the clear coat and specs of the clear coming off. Is this where I should wet sand?

            thanks in advance.

            Maury

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              Originally posted by excalibur02 View Post
              I did this today on my spare jdm 1 piece headlights. Now it came out clearer then it ever was. however I still have the clear coat and specs of the clear coming off. Is this where I should wet sand?

              thanks in advance.

              Maury
              to remove all the clear coat would be tedious to say the least.

              if you don't mind the work go for it, but you would have to get the headlight crystal clear and re apply a clear plastic sheet, otherwise the plastic will try to haze back up. 3M makes clear plastic sheets BTW.

              it might be easier to just put a new plastic sheet on over the old. it may hide the peeling clear.

              or you could simply polish it regularly. later.
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                i've been taking my mothers ball and power metal polish to cruise nights and charging people $5 a headlight to clear them up! so far i've done about 10 cars, but most of those were done for free. i always get a crowd around me and jsut about everyone always says something along the lines of "holy sh**" when i rub the polish off of the headlights revealing the crystal clear lense beneath. thanks for writing this up, typeG, it's helped me out a lot and even gotten me the occasional nickname of "mr clean" around springfield!

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                  Originally posted by TypeG View Post
                  if they are plastic (like the one pieces). the OEM headlights are glass.
                  How would you polish the OEM headlights?

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                    heres a little something i did for my truck yesterday













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                      Wow, npor!
                      Looks new!

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                        can I use these methods on the jdm window visors?? can I use the mag wheel polish on them and then the plastic polish? I used the plastic polish on them already but mine still have some spots that the plastic polish wont get off...will the mag wheel polish work?? Thanks


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                          yes you can use the mag and aluminum polish first as it has a heavier cut. it sounds like you'd benifit from using a powerball with the metal polish and then using the plastic polish by hand for the final finish. later.
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                            matt (right?)

                            which do you prefer

                            the powerball

                            or powerball mini

                            for polishing things of this sort.

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                              I just wanna give TypeG props on making a diy outta this, I tried this for fun on a spare blank peice I had from another accord....wow...I think I'm doing my whole Int now...and lights...THE WORKS...Thanks man, bloody rock solid game you got there
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                                Originally posted by TristansCB7 View Post
                                I just wanna give TypeG props on making a diy outta this, I tried this for fun on a spare blank peice I had from another accord....wow...I think I'm doing my whole Int now...and lights...THE WORKS...Thanks man, bloody rock solid game you got there
                                cool man. just make sure you know the type of plastics that can be polished and the kinds that can't be. i pretty much have pictures and a list of everything that can be polished. and if you are going to do the buttons/switches you can use straight plastic polish with no sanding since they don't have a texture. later.
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