Yellowy Tinge

[Dan's skyline]

hay guys and girls

didnt know if this was the right forum for this topic but looked the most suited,

ive just resently used the Meguiar's PlastX polish for plastic on my head lights to get rid of the discusting yellow tinge, thought i might show you's the before and after so you can see the result and maybe try it urself, i personally like what its done, makes the car look newer and revitalized haha.

I have a series 1 33 which is know to have the yellowy tinge to the lights.

Before:

After:

Please give us your thoughts, i no it aint perfect but i think its a hell of a lot better, and in person u can deffenetly see the results, the pics arnt the best but hopefully u can see the difference. please mind any spelling mistakes,

Cheers

Dan

Edited April 7, 2008 by Dan's skyline

[steve33]

looks good really man.

mine were yellow too and i used brasso. works a treat.

changes the car so much

[Trent04]

looks good mate

[Owgasm]

is it the exterior that is blemished or the inside?

Which bit do you clean?

[mr. kirisaki]

Use toothpaste!! It works

[Dan's skyline]

is it the exterior that is blemished or the inside?

Which bit do you clean?

ay man its the outside that was yellow, the inside still has condencasion now and then but yeh polish the outside and the yellow will go.

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

my old man works in borneo, and bought me home some plastic cleaner,

i use to swear that meguirs plastx was the best shit ever, but this asian plastic headlight cleaner seems to be 10 times better

amazing, it brought my r34 and my brothers r33 s2 and a mates totally clouded r33 s1 to crystal clear in one application. (( although my mates took a sscond coat lol)

[NA_Goodness]

Are all these things found in Super Cheap? I used JIF, but that didnt work that well. It halved it, but that was about it!!

[Owgasm]

So.. whats the best product? One of my 34 lights is getting cloudy compared to the other.

what do i scrub with?

[adam-__-]

So.. whats the best product? One of my 34 lights is getting cloudy compared to the other.

what do i scrub with?

If only one is getting dirty, I would say that the headlight's seals are stuffed on that light. Usually when the lights go yellow, they both would be, not just the one. My opinion.

Brasso can be purchased at any coles supermarket.

[DRD-00F]

Use a cut and polish product... I use meguirs... works great

[gersfan]

wow thats a huge difference, looks really good

[Dan's skyline]

So.. whats the best product? One of my 34 lights is getting cloudy compared to the other.

what do i scrub with?

hay man i used meguire's plastX its designed for plastic light covers, i just used two microfibre cloths one to aply the stuff and one to rub it off basic polishing.

when i appliyed it i made sure i rubbed thourghly to make sure the oxidation and yellow tinge comes off, and then rubed hard to get the product off. everytime i applyed the PlastX the cloth came off yellow so it obviously doing something.

if u dont want to pay the 20 bucks for it (it will last a while u dont need much.) then go for the cheaper mothers products etc. u can purchas it at supercheap or repco.

i personally recomend it as it gave me a great result as shown in the pictures attached.

Cheers

Dan

[NA_Goodness]

I tried the polish while I was polishing my car, but didnt work for me. I'll try thr Meguire's stuff. Hopefully it makes my shit head lights better.

[Dan's skyline]

I tried the polish while I was polishing my car, but didnt work for me. I'll try thr Meguire's stuff. Hopefully it makes my shit head lights better.

i wouldnt use car polish on the lights dont think it would do much i think the plastic posh has different stuff lol in it, the reason i thnk this is cos the bottle says not to use on paint so must be different in some way.

other then that ye i would recommend using PlastX works a treat and u can see the difference, do a bit at a time and ull see one area is clear the other yellow, ull se result straight away. its up to u how many times you nwant to apply the polish for me the more times i did the better the light got got more off everytime but even one coat was considarably different.

Cheers

Dan

[Trent04]

i was the same as you NA GOODNESS lol polish didnt do anything, then i found some of that maguires stuff and it came out a treat

[Granthem]

So.. whats the best product? One of my 34 lights is getting cloudy compared to the other.

what do i scrub with?

Same with me, only one is getting really dirty on the inside. I think it might he a combination of bad seal and or HID build up. But why only one, im not sure. And im not game to put it in the oven to pull apart and clean them

[adam-__-]

Same with me, only one is getting really dirty on the inside. I think it might he a combination of bad seal and or HID build up. But why only one, im not sure. And im not game to put it in the oven to pull apart and clean them

No need to put them in the oven. Just use a heat gun. Go around the edges with the gun, pull apart slowly each section. Best to clean off the old glue and use new seals.

[SKYWKR]

ay man its the outside that was yellow, the inside still has condencasion now and then but yeh polish the outside and the yellow will go.

looks good man

the yellow will go and will definitely come bak as well man hehe... be prepared to do it every couple of months. i use the meguiars stuff as well but i gotta keep doing it every few months.

[hotchoc]

i used autosol from supercheap. Think it's 8 bucks fro mmemory. Works the same as well. You can use it to polish other metal parts as well. Just make sure you don't polish the paint that's all.