The mothers powerball
03-08-2006, 11:45 AM
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The mothers powerball
Ok, I went out and bought one of these today. I polished my AE headlights with them along with some 3M Plastic Polish.
Verdict: Wow, I was so impressed with this product I just had to post about it. Fits into any standard power drill. My headlights are so clear and they look like they are brand new from the factory. My 6000K Philips Ultinons look gorgeous thru them. If you get a chance definately pick one up. It was 24.99 at my local AutoZone here in Peoria, AZ.
I will try to get access to a camera and get some pics up later tonight.
Verdict: Wow, I was so impressed with this product I just had to post about it. Fits into any standard power drill. My headlights are so clear and they look like they are brand new from the factory. My 6000K Philips Ultinons look gorgeous thru them. If you get a chance definately pick one up. It was 24.99 at my local AutoZone here in Peoria, AZ.
I will try to get access to a camera and get some pics up later tonight.
03-08-2006, 01:06 PM
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I actually just bought some 800, 1000, 1500 grit paper to sand my headlights, and passed by the powerball wondering if I should get it. Do you think I should forego the sanding and just use the P.B.? I got some Maguiar's plastic polish and scratch remover to use as well.
03-08-2006, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Gapp
I actually just bought some 800, 1000, 1500 grit paper to sand my headlights, and passed by the powerball wondering if I should get it. Do you think I should forego the sanding and just use the P.B.? I got some Maguiar's plastic polish and scratch remover to use as well.
Use them both.... The PB will not get rid of pits in the plastic.
So, sand the headlights and then follow up with PlastX or ScratchX with the Power Ball.
03-08-2006, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff92se
You have to evaluate how deep the scratches are. I'd try the powerball w/ the plastic polish first.
Its a 2000, thats six+ years of azz kicking from the road...
Mine looked like crap when I did it a few months ago, I tried the PlastX first. Did several applications and buffed the hell out of it, but it left behind all the pitting from the road and they still looked like crap.
03-08-2006, 05:28 PM
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I just bought meguiars plstic cleaner (#17) and plastic polish (#10), and they didn't get any of the pits out 
. The light look ok when they're off, but as soon as the lights are on there is a cloud. I'll have to try the sand paper.
. The light look ok when they're off, but as soon as the lights are on there is a cloud. I'll have to try the sand paper.
03-08-2006, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Maxima570
I just bought meguiars plstic cleaner (#17) and plastic polish (#10), and they didn't get any of the pits out . The light look ok when they're off, but as soon as the lights are on there is a cloud. I'll have to try the sand paper.
. The light look ok when they're off, but as soon as the lights are on there is a cloud. I'll have to try the sand paper.Upstate road salt FTL... It is killer on our cars. My headlights and front bumper looked like crap from driving the Northway everyday. Then some old lady nailed me re-finished my front bumper and hood, I re-finished my headlights and it looks great again.
It would look like crap in a year if I was still driving my car... Thats the only plus to it sitting 28 of every 30 days, it is frozen in time.
03-14-2006, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by alpinestars
I did it in a circular motion. As long as you end up with 2000 grit, it should not matter.
I guess I'm gonna have to get some 2000 and do it over. (looks way better than before though)
03-15-2006, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by alpinestars
Theoretically you could go higher than 2000 grit, it would look even nice I presume. Just make sure you go through all the aformentioned steps.
03-15-2006, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Gapp
I'm having trouble finding over 1500 grit. I went to Auto Zone and O'Reilley's and couldn't find it. Maybe Napa? Does Lowe's or HD sell that fine of grit?
Got mine from a local Advance Auto...
03-15-2006, 10:41 AM
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Not quite sure why you guys like to pain yourselves by using 1000/1500/2000 grit sandpaper. The equivalent grits can be found in rubbing, polishing and then the normal types of polishers ie..Meguire's #2 then as you go up, it gets even finer. Plastic polish is a pretty fine "grit". So that's why you still see some "scratches" when going from a 1500 to that.
03-15-2006, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeff92se
Not quite sure why you guys like to pain yourselves by using 1000/1500/2000 grit sandpaper. The equivalent grits can be found in rubbing, polishing and then the normal types of polishers ie..Meguire's #2 then as you go up, it gets even finer. Plastic polish is a pretty fine "grit". So that's why you still see some "scratches" when going from a 1500 to that.
It really was not that bad using the paper. My headlights were beaten to hell and it only took about 20min per headlight and that includes using the PlastX.
It would have been much quicker if I did not have all the REALLY heavy pits from the Upstate roadsalt for six years.
04-22-2006, 01:10 PM
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I have done 600/1000/2000 wet sanding + Meguiar's Plast-X polish several times on my headlights and they look better and feel smoother but still look sort of cloudy. I think the polishing step is the most important for that and I was just polishing by hand.
It sounds like many have had great results with the Meguiar's Powerball. Were you using the big one or the new smaller on with the extension? I think it's a great idea although $20 (on sale) seems like a lot for a foam-ball attached to metal. Are there any other similar polishing heads that work with a 3/8" drill?
It sounds like many have had great results with the Meguiar's Powerball. Were you using the big one or the new smaller on with the extension? I think it's a great idea although $20 (on sale) seems like a lot for a foam-ball attached to metal. Are there any other similar polishing heads that work with a 3/8" drill?
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