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Boris Siljanoski
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 01:59 pm, by: Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt)

I guess once they go cloudy, and whatever you have to do to remove the haze (polish or sandpaper), will mean you are removing the original UV protect-ant anyway, so either way they will go cloudy I think.

Edit - Meguiars have a product called PlastX, which is made for polishing and cleaning plastics such as headlights, it says it has polymers to protect against water but not sure about UV. From what I have read it doesn't last that long until the headlights begin to fade away again.

There is a product though Called Malco Headlight Sealant, which offers UV Protection.

http://www.malcopro.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=560&category_id=22&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=101

Somebody should give it a try.

Scott Wilkes
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Tasmania
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 09:04 pm, by: Scott Wilkes (Scottywilkes)

i just used the glassylight stuff you get of ebay yesterday, my lights were starting to go yellow so i thought what the hell.

Well there now crystal clear

, awesome stuff, its about a 4 step process

Matthew Weaver
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Victoria
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 09:09 pm, by: Matthew Weaver (Spinna)

oh yeah cool good stuff mate

Boris Siljanoski
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 09:54 pm, by: Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt)

Post back in a few months Scott and let us know if they are still clear.

Natasha D'Abreo
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 10:05 pm, by: Natasha D'Abreo (Natashad)

I might just try the PlastX then.

Chris Prak
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WA
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Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 01:50 am, by: Chris Prak (Carizma)

You guys sure go to some extremities for headlights. I just use the same cutting compound I use to wax the car, then Meth spirits after. Sometimes just the methylated spirits alone. Another alternative is metal polish. Much less work needed to get them looking like new.

Boris Siljanoski
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Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 02:15 am, by: Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt)

Because lots of people have problems with lights going hazy.

I too use the same cutting compound I use for the car, makes them nice and shiny.

Matthew Sharpe
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Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 09:20 am, by: Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

You use cutting compound to wax the car?

Mike Beck
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Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 04:04 pm, by: Mike Beck (Gold_40gt)

Matthew Sharpe wrote on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 09:20 am:
You use cutting compound to wax the car?

HAHAHA, surely a large typo?

Otherwise..

Scott Wilkes
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Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 04:40 pm, by: Scott Wilkes (Scottywilkes)

cutting compound on 2 pac? Goodway to remove the clearcoat extremely fast, acrylic or enamel paint yeah but 2 pac?

Also nearly been a month and my headlights are still crystal clear, so for 30 bucks im extremely happy.

Natasha D'Abreo
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Victoria
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 02:13 pm, by: Natasha D'Abreo (Natashad)

what kind of wax is good to use on the car?

Gary Poloskei
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 02:22 pm, by: Gary Poloskei (Mikrucio)

i resisted my temptation to post a smart ass/funny reply to your post natasha.

Natasha D'Abreo
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 02:25 pm, by: Natasha D'Abreo (Natashad)

me... why what were you going to say now?

Gary Poloskei
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 03:17 pm, by: Gary Poloskei (Mikrucio)

oh dont worry, but if you did a SEARCH you would find MANY articles about waxing your Soarer...

Natasha D'Abreo
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 03:22 pm, by: Natasha D'Abreo (Natashad)

i SEE

Boris Siljanoski
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 12:45 am, by: Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt)

Meguiars Tech Wax 2.0 is very good, try it out Natasha. The ones that come in a tin though do take a bit more effort to buff than liquid ones in a bottle.

Haydn Crandell
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 05:19 pm, by: Haydn Crandell (Haydn)

Scott Wilkes wrote on Sunday, March 28, 2010 -
cutting compound on 2 pac? Goodway to remove the clearcoat extremely fast:
acrylic or enamel paint yeah but 2 pac?

Also nearly been a month and my headlights are still crystal clear, so for 30 bucks im extremely happy.

Enamel is just the same as 2 pac

Matthew Sharpe
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Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 09:49 am, by: Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

Indeed, you can cut 2 pac fine, but not if it has been clear-coated or it will just haze the clear coat and look terrible.

Clear coating is a separate process applied after painting.

Not all Soarers have a factory clear coat - in fact most "mica" (metalic) colours dont seem to. Not sure why.

Haydn Crandell
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Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 12:12 pm, by: Haydn Crandell (Haydn)

you will find nearly every metallic paint mica or not is clear coated. all mettallics dry flat,thats the point of the clear coat, to bring the gloss out.

and as for cutting the clear,you can also do that as well, wet and dry to cut back any peeling or •••• in the paint then buff and polish it.

dont know who is feeding you your info,but sorry to say they are wrong.

Boris Siljanoski
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Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 04:38 pm, by: Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt)

What would be the effects then of polishing Metalic Mica that is not clearcoated, you will polish away the metallic and make it look uneven.

Haydn Crandell
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Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 04:49 pm, by: Haydn Crandell (Haydn)

what makes you think it has no clear on it?

it has to have clear coat , as i said metallics dry flat then clear is applied for the gloss.

Haydn Crandell
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Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 04:51 pm, by: Haydn Crandell (Haydn)

it is a bit like timber have you seen timber before the clear is applied? it is dull and flat looking

Daryl Demarte
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Victoria
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Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 09:06 pm, by: Daryl Demarte (Helieng)

Actually, with two pack, the base coat is very soft until the clearcoat is added. The clearcoat has the hardener in it to bind the whole paint process together as one.

Matthew Sharpe
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Friday, April 02, 2010 - 09:49 am, by: Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

Just going off cars I've owned. My current Soarer definitely doesn't have a clear coat (wine red mica) and is quite shiney. My FSG Soarer did have a clear coat. My Mazda MS-8 blue metalic did not have a clear coat etc.

I would have thought car paint would be like any other paint, if you buy a gloss finish paint, you will get a gloss finish, if you buy a semi or a flat, you will not? I know nothing about professional car painting so like I said I'm just going off the cars I've owned.

Haydn Crandell
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Friday, April 02, 2010 - 11:27 am, by: Haydn Crandell (Haydn)

Matthew Sharpe wrote on Friday, April 02, 2010 - 09:49 am:
Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

Just going off cars I've owned. My current Soarer definitely doesn't have a clear coat (wine red mica) and is quite shiney. My FSG Soarer did have a clear coat. My Mazda MS-8 blue metalic did not have a clear coat etc.

I would have thought car paint would be like any other paint, if you buy a gloss finish paint, you will get a gloss finish, if you buy a semi or a flat, you will not? I know nothing about professional car painting so like I said I'm just going off the cars I've owned.

wish i was in NZ i would come and rub your nose it that clear coat lol.

i will put my left nut on it that it has a clear coat on it,Not that you would want my nut lol

you mean to tell me i have been wasting all that clear i put on Metallic paint for the last 15 years!!DOH!!

your right in one aspect,you know nothing about professional car painting .

PS. the reson why your red wine mica is shiney is because of the 2 pac clear coat on it .

Natasha D'Abreo
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Friday, April 02, 2010 - 11:39 am, by: Natasha D'Abreo (Natashad)

hahaha "your left nut' guys make me laugh

Boris Siljanoski
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Friday, April 02, 2010 - 01:00 pm, by: Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt)

All the Soarers i've seen have clear coat, I thought only some cars made in the 70's and earlier didn't have clear.

Haydn Crandell
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Friday, April 02, 2010 - 01:08 pm, by: Haydn Crandell (Haydn)

Boris Siljanoski wrote on Friday, April 02, 2010 - 01:00 pm:
Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt)

All the Soarers i've seen have clear coat, I thought only some cars made in the 70's and earlier didn't have clear.

correct Boris.even back in those days they used Acrylic clear,i still use Acrylic clear for slap up •••• boxs that come in and want cars to pass rego . not as glossy as 2pac though.

However you can Machine buff it and comes up like glass.

Mike Beck
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Friday, April 02, 2010 - 01:21 pm, by: Mike Beck (Gold_40gt)

Matthew Sharpe wrote on Friday, April 02, 2010 - 09:49 am:
My current Soarer definitely doesn't have a clear coat (wine red mica) and is quite shiney.

Are you sure?

Ben Lipman
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NT
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Friday, April 02, 2010 - 02:05 pm, by: Ben Lipman (Ben12a)

My wine red mica(3K3) definitely does have a clear coat, because it is peeling off the front bumper and leaving the horrible, dull looking mica base coat exposed.

I tried putting clear back over it, but the damage is done. Needs stripping and repainting. Only took about a year to go from beautiful with a mark to almost completely shiite.

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