Oh...permission to go OT a bit ah....may I ask who's that EMMA in our sig there?

Serious meh? I do have friend who can easily setup website with payment gateway wor...

EMMA is my babe.

Relax bro. Setting up business is tough and not easy. Well I think he has his priorities and plan. You still can get Dodo Juice stuff from him.

I was just joking. P.L and me worked in the same company before.

Just that krismas said they open stall nia, later I go confront him with krismas accusation. All the blames on krismas.

Will take some shots and share with fellow detailers on Dodo Juice KL. (For newbies like me out there, they are not selling juice. )

Not as bad or as preposterous as I put it...but, yeah, he's changed his set-ups. You're in a better position to talk to him about the website thingy la....I know ZILCH about web developement...hahaha

Just don't make it sound too serious ok...cuz I wasn't....

Hi all,

I need some help here for my car headlight
8yrs old, now yellowish when look from front

I gather here that
1. I need to sand it with 1200, 1500,2000 till 2500 sandpaper first
with running water

2. Polishing it with somethings like Meguiar's PlastX

3. ??? what do I need to apply for the headlight to last longer without
changing back to yellowish again after few months

Just my 2 sen.... I loved the UQD when it was released and subsequently also bought M135. Somehow I felt that it didn't work as well as the OTC UQD. It was quite some time ago so maybe was imagining things....

What I can remember is that M135 has a stronger solvent kinda smell and didn't need to use as much as UQD. Now that you've mention it...I think I even remember diluting it down with distilled water for some reason...I think it got to do with streaking or something.....

errr...I need to apologise in advance if what I'm going to say would offend you, never was my intention. But here goes....

You don't sound like you know what you're doing (or going to do). I hope you realise that sanding and, ESPECIALLY, removing sanding marks is NOT an easy task without proper products and practice. You might have seen videos showing what you've mentioned above and it looks easy enough. Believe me when I say it's NOT.

But, saying that, if you're willing to take the risk and interested in trying, I do suggest you get yourself something to test/practise on first....preferably something similar or identical to your own headlamp (from kedai potong maybe?) If not, then you'd need to weight the risk of replacing the headlamp IF you failed. Just a note: sanding is easy, removing the sanding marks is the difficult part.

So, in case you decide to go for it:

1. sand paper - get an 800 and 1000 grit also just in case, maybe you can forget about 1200 and go straight to 1500 after the 1000. Make sure for the last few grits you're using sandpaper suitable for wet/damp use. You can use the larger grit dry if you want. Use as required only, try the finer grit first.

2. PlastX is a good start, but what do you plan to use as an applicator? I'd suggest you start 'polishing' and removing the sanding marks with a cloth (cotton or microfiber) and finish off with a foam (sponge).

3. PlastX itself contains a little bit of protection. It wont last long but it'll do. You *might* need to re-apply it once in a while though after it wears down so that you can minimizing the lamps from getting oxidised again (depending on how much of the existing UV coatings you had removed from the plastic). As for 'proper' coating (as in replacement of the OEM one), I haven't tried any yet so maybe somebody else can chime in. Maybe you can try automotive paint supplier....I heard that Aikka have a spray-on in an aerosol can for headlamps....

Don't know how much is a bottle of UQD/UQW but I bought my DG aquawax recently from Megaherbs Tmn Megah with 5% discount for RM40.85 @ 16oz. I wonder if there are any more economical quickwax out there.

KrisMas,

Noted and thanks for the advices
Will let you know what I came up with later

have not done 1 and 2, but for 3, what i do is to apply my liquid wax on it. Seems to work . Alternatively, if you have more cash to spend, you can get dedicated products like the Meguiar's Headlight Protectant (http://www.meguiars.com.my/product/517)

This post has been edited by mav3rick: Feb 26 2013, 03:16 PM

UQD is RM70 for 22oz botlle (RM56 if less 20%)

UQW is RM58 for 15oz bottle (RM46.40 if less 20%)

i usually wait for Meg's 20% discount sale before purchasing.

mav3rick,

Thanks for your advices.

I'm honoured by the request, and so I open up a V2.0 thread for Car Detailing.

Please continue all these very informative and revealing discussions over here: Car Care and Detailing [V2]

So, I hereby request those in authority to lock up this thread save it for future references.

I like thank you RedBox (who ever and where ever he is right now) for starting this original thread and also Quazacolt for the honour of the V2. This is for you Quazacolt....

Best of Regards.