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Old 05-20-2008, 12:26 PM   #9 (permalink)
jeremyb
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Date registered: May 2008
Vehicle: 2002 e430 sport
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Originally Posted by E-Class Owner View Post
the buffer is a slow speed one; you are polishing polycarbonate.

To do a better job on lenses that are heavily clouded, which it sounds like yours are/were, wet sanding [in one direction only - I personally prefer vertical] with progressively finer grades of wet/dry sandpaper, and a final polish up with Plast-X will make the lenses near new in clarity.

Permatex makes a kit with the wet/dry paper, etc. There is more detail in the "stickies" on the W210 forum, I believe.

Good luck,


JR
thanks JR, i will try what your suggesting, should i be worried about scratching the plastic on the headlights when using sand paper??
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