2 things to fix on my car....

[got_focus? 10+ year member]

First I have an issue with a yellowish haze on the outside of the headlights....can I just use a buffing wheel to get that off??

Also, after I waxed my car, I noticed I got some on the side molding....car is silver, molding is black, now has a couple swirl looking white marks.....any idea how to get this crap off??

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[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

the healights, you can use soapy water and 800 or 1000 grit sandpaper. Rub it with it for a minute all around then wipe it off with a dry towel. Use some kind of hardwoord floor cleaner or something like that (liquid kind) and wipe it on there until you no longer see it. Just keep repeating and most of it will come off depending how bad it is.

 

[04oilburner 10+ year member]

toothepaste on the headlight!!

 

[92SC300 10+ year member]

porter cable 7424 and some 3M plastic cleaner/polish

 

[Death By Bass 10+ year member]

just polish the lights with the same cut and polish you'd do the rest of the car with //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[92SC300 10+ year member]

just polish the lights with the same cut and polish you'd do the rest of the car with //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

noooo

do yourself a favor and get plastic polish

 

[Death By Bass 10+ year member]

noooo
do yourself a favor and get plastic polish

it will make no difference...

just polish the whole car, and the headlights at the same time...

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its just polish! lol

 

[86yota 10+ year member]

Just buff the headlights out with a compound, plastic polish or not it does not matter. Then polish them. and paint thinner will take the wax off your side mouldings.

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

wetsand lights 800 to 3000 grit in stages, then use a compound to get rid of haze that sandpaper made.

polish.

or go out and buy a lens restorer at autozone. for 10$ you cant beat it. works great.

 

[ryanroma]

Brother.. Some people here have no idea how to detail a car properly... Use Mothers Plastic Polish on the headlights, with a Mothers PowerBall Mini. And for the wax residue on the trim, use Mothers Back To Black. It may take a few applications to get rid of the wax residue. From now on, try putting your protectant on your plastic trim pieces before waxing it.

 

[sdmtnbiker420 10+ year member]

I just got Meguiars plastic headlight polish and it worked pretty well.

 

[ryanroma]

You mean Plast-X?

That is just meant to decrease the visibility of small scratches.

The Mothers' product actually removes yellowing.

 

[vvblazers777 10+ year member]

Brother.. Some people here have no idea how to detail a car properly... Use Mothers Plastic Polish on the headlights, with a Mothers PowerBall Mini. And for the wax residue on the trim, use Mothers Back To Black. It may take a few applications to get rid of the wax residue. From now on, try putting your protectant on your plastic trim pieces before waxing it.

I laughed at this... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/santa.gif.e1ec9cf2e0a0dd232ad35aa594a126d0.gif Have to watch what you say.

I detail cars for a living. 7 days a week / 10 hours a day.

 

[ryanroma]

So do I. I do everything for about 65 dollars, and I mean everything. I don't know what you charge...

When I detail a car, I do:

Washing, cleaning rims, inside of door jambs, inner area of fenders, tire wet, clay bar it or pre-wax cleaner depending on how long it's been since the car has been cleaned, sealer and glaze to fix spiderwebbing, pure carnauba wax to protect the sealer and increase shine, vacuum interior and apply protectant to dash and door panels as well as kick panels, clean under the hood, apply chrome polish if custom chrome rims, apply plastic polish if factory clear-coated wheels or painted wheels..

 

[mavster 10+ year member]

So do I. I do everything for about 65 dollars, and I mean everything. I don't know what you charge...
When I detail a car, I do:

Washing, cleaning rims, inside of door jambs, inner area of fenders, tire wet, clay bar it or pre-wax cleaner depending on how long it's been since the car has been cleaned, sealer and glaze to fix spiderwebbing, pure carnauba wax to protect the sealer and increase shine, vacuum interior and apply protectant to dash and door panels as well as kick panels, clean under the hood, apply chrome polish if custom chrome rims, apply plastic polish if factory clear-coated wheels or painted wheels..

Shit if you were closer...I'm feeling lazy...