Well the S is garaged for the winter, my drivers side light hazed over (surpisingly not the passenger side) and i plan on getting it clear agian!

Ive searched and Ive heard great things using meguirs Plastex i have a few questions regarding how to use do it.

Using plastex on the headlight, is a regular microfider good enough to really get the product to work?

I also heard of swirling issues, should i rub in the plastex in a up-down/side-to-side motion rather then circles?

Should i put a coat of wax or some type of sealer after i use the plastex?

Thank you all for any help!!

 

Don't plan on getting rid of oxidation without some kind of foam pad. The 3m kit comes with 2 sanding disks and a pad you put in a drill, the meg's restoration kit comes with just a pad? It looks like.
I was messing around with some plastX, the bottles like $8 isn't it? I got pretty good results with a 6" white Lake Country pad . I'll try to snap some pics if a camera can pick up the difference, and I didn't do it hardcore or anything, just spent about 2 minutes buffing out one of my headlights. Reason I'll post up pics is because I did one headlight and not the other just to show a friend the results in person for the lulz. I got about 7 years of oxidation on my '04 so I think it did a good job for not paying $15-30 for a kit.
$15 3m kit
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001AIZ5HY/ref=as...ASIN=B001AIZ5HY
$29 Meg's kit (I know plastx is in all the wal-marts around here)
http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-Professiona...t/dp/B002L3Z5WC

Oh and nah, I don't think you need to put wax on the headlights since they are plastic, but some others might give you feedback.

 

Thanks for the feedback man, figured id need something a tad harsher then a regular microfiber, post those pics when ever you can!

 

Pics of Driver side, now I wasn't trying much, didn't have a proper pad for the job, was just seeing if I could clean off any oxidation, was going slow to avoid splatter since I had an oversized pad



Passenger side



It removed the lighter oxidation without much effort.
If you do not have a buffer/pads, I would go the cheaper 3m route. A couple of users have posted results, and I remember on ebay seeing a video of it
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I took the non sanding-route, and I think on a new car, if this was done annually, I hypothesize the headlights wouldn't get bad at all since it would remove lighter oxidation as it comes along.

 

Wow... um... lol tried editing my last post and it was a mess of html script cause it embedded the youtube video and all, and wouldn't let me click an edit button. Skip to 45 seconds of that video.
I am curious if a lake country orange pad would have been better for applying it since they use an orange 3m pad for "polishing it". Guess I'll have to try an orange pad on the passenger side in a few weeks. Bought a 6 pack of 4" orange pads for $13.50 on black friday along with Menzerna SIP & nano polish.

 

very nice! what was your method applying it by hand?

 

Search for my 3m headlight restoration thread and look at the results. I have not been happy with the results of plastX. In my personal opinion, it is not nearly strong enough to fix headlights with medium to heavy oxidation. Light oxidation may be curable with a pad though. I will stick with the 3m kit. Its $19, hooks to a drill, and yields the best results I have seen. It can be ordered through your local oreillys. Just tell them to look in their refinishers guide. I've got before and after pictures on a couple vehicles in my thread. I would find it for you but I'm on my phone. Its probably on page 2 or 3. Hope this helps. If you have any more questions just ask.

 

Porter Cable DA applied lol.
What I'm trying to say is you want a kit that plugs into a drill to act like a rotary. Kits will often provide a drill attachment with sanding pads and then a foam pad to polish them at the end.

 

^^indeed, my headlight isnt really scratched up, jsut some haze/yellowing, im gonna give it shot with plastX since the reviews ive seen/read came with good results on similar looking headlights, if all else fails, 3m kit looks VERY promising

Thank you for your feedback!

Should get some pictures up in a week when i get to the car!

 

So, The headlights on my new 02 were pretty bad. Lots of foggy, yellowish gunk. Here are the before and afters.

Kit used, Mequiars Restore Kit. Comes with pad attachment for drills.

Passenger Before:





During: Half done, half untouched.



Passenger After:





Driver Before:





Driver After:



Picture further back.