Don't know if this is a widely known technique or not. Come to think of it i actually saw it on the commercial. Anyways, I had faded ugly headlights. And a friend of mine recommedned using a Mother's powerball and their chrome polish. It worked amazingly. Make sure u have a terry cloth or towel handy to clean up the slinging polish, you WILL sling polish. So if you have faded headlights i highly recommend using a MOTHER's powerball and chrome polish!
sweet! thanks bud. I was just about to buy new headlights for the suburban. I'll give this a try first. Wait, any chance this will work on plastic? Because the headlights on the sub are plastic, not glass. argh.
Mothers has Plastic Polish just for headlights and stuff. It works great, I've also used Lacquer Thinner before. http://www.mothers.com/
Yeah Mothers Plastix is great for clearing up headlights. Really any wax will work. If you wax/polish/claybar your headlights and taillights along with the rest of the car they'll stay in good condition longer.
Be careful with that lacquer thinner... it makes the plastic soft and easy scratched until it dries out/off. Polishing plastic does work great, but be careful not to use too high speed of a buffer and avoid hitting the edges. you can melt/burn the plastic. That goes for paint too. Nothing ruins your day like burning paint... Stay off the edges no matter how slow your buffer is. I worked in a ultra high end paint shop for a while and have seen $6000 mistakes. Nothing like the look on a guy who burned 6 coats of clear, 12 layers of candy, a layer of flake, a base coat, and 3 coats of primer in about 3 seconds. :eek4: No, I'm not going to paint anything for you. It's WAY too much work... I got out of that a long time ago.
i used a cordless drill. not highspeed at all. lemme dig up a pic. i can gauruntee i don't have any before pics. but got a couple after shots from spring fling in panama city. i know its kinda hard to tell, but trust me the difference was night and day.