1st Gen Protege/323/GLC General/Maintenance Discussion for 1990-1994 Models (BG Chassis) and 1981-1989 GLC/323 Models (BD and BF chassis)

Headlight haze problem.

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Old June-15th-2003 | 08:43 PM
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does it stay shiney like that or do u alwayz gotta put stuff on it to keep it lookin like the "after" pic?
Old June-18th-2003 | 12:06 PM
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.... true that, or you could go with the glass e-spec lights and corners for $395 a pair over in the group buy. If we can get a couple more folks, it'll be $350 for the pair.
Old June-18th-2003 | 04:46 PM
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haze you say? well, i didnt notice any on my E-SPEC GLASS HEADLIGHTS . it is so nice to live in europe

Old June-18th-2003 | 04:58 PM
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Comeon people buy these e-specs i wanna save 50 bucks :-)
Old June-19th-2003 | 03:14 AM
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new motor or headlights...hmmm


Why don't I just go to my apartment in Prague and get them from a junkyard myself
Old June-22nd-2003 | 04:00 AM
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Originally posted by enderFound

First, buy 600, 800, 1500 and 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper; also buy a plastic cleaner and a finish restorer. All can be bought at PepBoys, Autozone, etc.

The procedure can not be easier.

1. Wet sand (a good stream of water while you sand the OUTSIDE of the lens going from 600 and up. Just do about 2 min. with each sandpaper.

2. Apply the plastic cleaner (follow their instructions).

3. Apply the restorer (follow their instructions).

The complete procedure it takes 20 min. tops.
I have gone through this problem before and i got the following tips from someone for the condition my lights were in.
You only really need 1500 or 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper depending on the severity. Mine werent too bad so i used 2000.
After the sandpaper, i polished the lenses with toothpaste (yeah, don't laugh, it worked since its finer than 2000 grit)
Then I used Plexus Plastic Polish cleaner that i bought online (usually pretty hard to find locally) and that was that.
Once a month i spray some more Plexus and buff it off after i wash my 323 for upkeep but other that, no sanding was necessary ever since (and that was a year and a half ago)
Old July-16th-2003 | 05:19 PM
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400 grit sandpaper (wet) and the same clear coat as I used on the whole car gave me this result:



Much better than before....

Oh yeah, and if the light looks different, I painted the housing black, too...
Old July-19th-2003 | 10:15 PM
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I used Liquid crystal car polish it contains no wax and took my yellowish, hazed headlights and made them crystal clear.

Last edited by NoFear; July-20th-2003 at 08:44 AM.
Old July-20th-2003 | 12:14 AM
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holy crap!!! i forgot about this thread. well since i started this thread i bought a 2003.5 P5 with crystal clear lenses. some great suggestions guys!. ill try the metal polish first then if i dont like that ill do the sandpaper thing. thanx to all who kept this thread going eventhough i totally forgot it.
Old July-20th-2003 | 11:27 AM
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I used the Blue Magic plexiglass cleaner, then used 3M plastic polish and it came out almost like new again. I can see alot better now...later
Old July-20th-2003 | 06:07 PM
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Been a fan since the late 70's......someones gotta like them...
Old July-29th-2003 | 03:32 AM
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Originally posted by MazdaMadness
haze you say? well, i didnt notice any on my E-SPEC GLASS HEADLIGHTS . it is so nice to live in europe
JE!!!!!!! Ima Mazda 323 i kod nas!!! Cujemo se. Cao cao......
Vlada sa Floride..... (iz Beograda inace)

(translation since there will be a lot of puzzled looks when people read that ):

WOW!!!!!!! There are Mazda 323s over there too!!! Talk to you later. Bye bye......
Vlad from Florida..... (from Belgrade originally)
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