jsherid1

Going to be used on the cluster and perhaps on the front fog lamp covers. Any suggestions?

DR

I've always had good luck with Mequiars Mirror Glaze 10 Clear Plastic Polish on clear plastic parts (not glass)

Tom in Austin

I'd love to hear of the product or technique that would work on my nasty old fog lamp covers. They have laughed off everything I've tried.

DR

Colgate Toothpaste and a buffer ???

Drewster67

3M has a reconditioning kit for cloudy plastic lenses. Saw it on two guys garage

Power drill required. Comes with sandpaper and polishing solution. Take about 30 minutes each side -

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If your referring to the lower fog lenses that are glass. Dunno how to fix that.

RKD in OKC

Sea Power Metal Polish. It is amazing on glass and plastic lenses, including pod gauge lens. Also great for de-oxidizing anodized wheels.

928 at last

What David said, only I'd start with Mequiars "Scratch "X"" and a lot of patience. I've had great results with this stuff on just about everything I've tried it on.

Marine Blue

+2 on the Meguiars.

But you need to explain what you mean by cluster. Are you talking about the exterior lights, the plastic lense on the dash gauges or the turn signal stalks?

Patience is key when working with plastic. You want to minimize the use of chemicals which can potentially harm the plastic later in life.

As far as the glass lenses go for the later cars, not much you can do to the outside but if you take apart the inside you can improve the look significantly.

jsherid1

Thanks guys--

For the cluster I mean the plastic lens on the dash gauges.

Jfrahm

I've used toothpaste to great effect on plastic headlamp covers on newer cars, and on DVD's I got from Netflix that would not play (I think the previous renters store them in a catbox or something.) Too rough for the cluster cover though. Using toothpaste, DVD's come out swirled badly but playable and I never tried to get them any better. The cluster cover would look pretty bad IMO.

Meguiers clear plastic polish does work pretty well for stuff like that cluster cover, Scratch-x might be good to try if the plastic polish is not cutting through the swirls.

CD's, CD-R's and the like are great to test out your polish and technique on. You can probably find one you do not need somewhere.

-Joel.

DR

Another good one is "Plexus" long proven as the best stuff to clean and polish the clear plastic windows on Jeep Soft Tops.

joejoe

Plexus is what my brother uses on his rv8 and heli. I have used it for guage cluster and speedo/tach guages on many corvettes, both 928's and 944's.

jsherid1

Where can you get Plexus?

DR

Almost any auto parts store should have it and I think even Wally World has it.

Marine Blue

I bet a motorcycle shop would also have it for helmet lenses.