IDK, maybe yours were done in the past

I did mine with some crappy kit before, where you hand sand and they have some kinda coating you wipe on the lens. That didn't last long at all.
Plus, once it started going, it looked worse than it did to begin with.

But as soon as I hit it with the 500 grit on the drill (1st stage of the 3M kit) I could see the old coating come right off.

Then again, that is a drill (rotary) vs. DA... but still, it should have come off quicker for you than it did.

 

DA and random orbital is basically the same thing its a universal term in bodyshops. My sander can do random orbital or I can lock it and strip stuff hence DA or duel action. I have a reg traditional DA and a dynabrade finish DA/orbital. Two different animals when it comes to sanding with fine paper.

 

Actually I forgot, the dealer. Did some polishing of the headlights already before I bought it. Bleh

 

soooo i tried the plasti dip on wheels thing..lol






I have a feeling its going to be a bitch to remove because some spots didnt get as much coverage as I thought

 

^^^ How many coats did you do? Are you going to keep it for the winter or remove it?

 

^armorall nao

 

Armor all sucks. It's too shiny and fake looking. I rather get a different tire shine that leaves a matte finish.

 

Aerospace 303 looks good imo and is the hands down winner for dash.

 

Yeah it is the best. ^^

 

4, but it didnt coat as well in some spots as I would have liked. Took 2 cans. I would try it in winter, but I have a set of coupe 17s with blizzacks, i guess i could paint them too. originally I intended to plasti dip the oem 17s but then I would have had to waste my snow tires in the fall so I just did the summer wheels since no one likes them anyway..lol. the question now would be how hard is it going to be to take this crap off. I also sprayed my side lights with nightshades, looks like crap imo..lol oh well

 

wet sand the side markers with 1000 (just be really careful not to get the corners bare) and then clear them. It'll look way better. That's what I did with mine.

Just plain niteshades does look like crap though.

 

I might try that. I have been looking for a good protectant for my dash. I do NOT like that shiny, greasy look and feel. Does Aerospace or Meguiars leave some kind of shine without the grease?

 

I have no idea about 303 but all of meguairs products for the dash do not make it greese, that's armaroll.

303 is just a UV protectant the megs natural shine has some cleaning properties+uv+scotchgaurd+makes the dash look new.

 

Thanks for the info. I have not heard of the Aerospace one... but I like the name.. I will try the Meg. one. I do like a little bit of a shine so it's worth a shot.

 

Yea the megs is great. Spray on applicator pad, wipe on dash and you can let it dry or wipe with a MF cloth.