I was wondering if anyone had a really good working kind of solution to clean grimy covers for tail lights or even the plastic covers for the fog lights or anything...just a thought.

 

You cand sand them and polish them with some plasticpolish it works good

 

I had the same problem with hazy and foggy tailights , so I purchased this product from meguiars called plastx. I used it as directed and boom my tail lights are like new again!! I mean they are soooo clean it's hard to believe. I also used it on the wife's 2001 Durango, headlights and tails and she actually thought I had bought new headlights!!!!!lol here's the stuff here.


http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...7GUdin8EaO_C40
Here's a video showing how they recommend to use.

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RAIN-X makes a kit it works great too.

 

this is the correct way of doing it if they are truly "fogged" as you say. I start with wetsanding (add some soap in the water as well) 1000, 1500, then 2000. Then use a rubbing compound, then use a polishing compound (or plastic polish, whichever I've found works nicely as I've tried both).


Before:

After:


Doesn't take terribly long, honestly. Do it this way and they'll stay looking this way for a long while.. and whenever they start to fog again (which won't be any time soon), just redo them.

 

Yes this is how I have fixed lenses on my cars in the past. Using a plastic designed polish alone will make it better. But really the only way is as stated. wet sand... then a true rubbing compound then the plastic polish! You will get a wonderful result every time!

 

A quick buff on a buff jack makes them better than new.

 

Yeah I just used the plastx polish and my headlights and tails look good as new, no need for wet sanding here.

 

Depending on how bad/foggy they are you may need to wetsand and buff. I do it on the side and it's not very hard. Just can take a little time. PM me if you want to send your lenses to me to buff. I had a post up on here with pics of my tail lights after the wetsanding and buffing.