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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 11:25 PM
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Mine are now...thanks to mikehonda. He let me use his brand new plastic polish kit and also helped out w/ it

Stuff Mike brought over:


which has this inside:


so you take this:


do a little of this:


and then end up w/ this:


mike was so jealous of my sm00z headlites, he started playing w/ fyr!


yshi - who was finally able to meet the infamous cousin of his, Reid

late dinner afterwards at TGIF

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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 11:31 PM
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much love went into that cleaning job
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 11:33 PM
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wow, how much does that kit cost? my stock 94 teg headlights are soooo dull....
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 11:34 PM
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Cool man. I did the same thing to my EK headlights. It's much more noticable on their bigger surface and it was driving me insane. Glad to see others care about the little details on their Hondas as much as I do.
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 11:40 PM
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what, not crazy jdm pose?
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 11:50 PM
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what, not crazy jdm pose?
not sure 'what'DM this quaifies for but....


yshi - whose head was trapped at the time this pic was taken
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 12:12 AM
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Nice Yoshi. Where can I get this kit? How much?
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 12:51 AM
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Looks nice...I especially like the buffing pads you use with a drill...good idea.

The biggest problem that I have in polishing my lights isn't with the materials, I have more than enough polishes to make them look purrrty...I just can't get my rotary buffer in there.

Nice stuff...Nice results.

JN who would have loved to be at that dinner...just to kick it with the HT peeps....
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 12:54 AM
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lol @ teh birdie
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 01:02 AM
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there is also this stuff called Plexus, its a spray cleaner/polish for plasitc. works well. u might want to give it a try. i use it on my headlights, taillights, and rear window.
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 03:20 AM
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wow...i need that kit. next time invite me damnit!
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 03:30 AM
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 04:47 AM
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Your lenses seem like they've taken a beating even after the cleaning. Lot's of little dimples. But the lenses do look very clean.
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 07:32 AM
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Has anyone else out there tried toothpaste to clean the headlights?

Yeah, thats right, toothpaste. A few weeks ago, we cleaned the headlights of my dad's Mazda MX-3 with toothpaste & it left them like new. Thats putting toothpaste into good use . I suggest someone tries it before buying any cleaning kits, it may do the job for you.
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 07:50 AM
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Has anyone else out there tried toothpaste to clean the headlights?
I suggest someone tries it before buying any cleaning kits, it may do the job for you.
great, now you tell me robert!

yshi - who will wet sand w/ 2000grit sand paper and then polish next time to get rid of the deeper pits in the plastik
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 08:12 AM
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great, now you tell me robert!
Yeah, a little late I figured, but maybe the others can save some money & try the toothpaste method
However, with all the roadracing you do, your headlights will need some tartar protection soon
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 08:25 AM
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so that's reid?
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 08:40 AM
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Where did he purshase that product from?

Cal's : Headlights has a lot of road rash as well
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 08:52 AM
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http://store.yahoo.com/classic-motoring/index.html
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 09:15 AM
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Do you guys think it's ok to use Zaino glass polish on the headlights?

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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 09:16 AM
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I use this stuff http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog....1001&SKU=11186 It seems to work pretty well
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 09:29 AM
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Nice we-todd salute, ysh!!
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 09:34 AM
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Do you guys think it's ok to use Zaino glass polish on the headlights?
any idea on this?
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 10:14 AM
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So y0shi - that stuff works good huh?

And is that the same TGIF that we went to last year durring the IAS trip?

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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 01:26 PM
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seems like nowadays, yoshi is all for the bling bling huh? hmm...cleaning his headlights, painting his cf hood, polishing his red emblem, etc. but to his defense, they do reduce his overall coefficient of drag...

just make sure you blotch on the polish on good so you don't get "sprayed" LOL...

nice pics
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