I know there have been numerous suggestions on the cleaning of oxidation of the the tail light lens but I would to add my suggestion.<BR>I have found a highly EFFECTIVE and CHEAP way to clean and polish the lens. First is to use Turtle Wax Chrome Polish as a first step to remove most of the oxidation. As this leaves very fine scratches I follow up with Crest regular Toothpaste (yes, toothpaste is a fine polish)to remove any fine scratches. My tail light lens looks spectacular without having to run around looking for "special" lens cleaner/polish compounds

Brad, got to try that s**t and see if it works. Quiet as it's kept that is something that has botherd me from day one, but I never told anyone. I'll let you know the results.<P>------------------<BR>

Polishing Compound (finer than rubbing compound) worked great on mine). Your method sounds cheaper though. I think some chrome polish smells nasty, like it has high ammonia content, so I tend to use other things that aren't as noxious.<P>

A couple of weeks ago I was at a carshow with my 90 and another guy parks behind me with his 90. Right away I noticed his clear lenses and got to talking to him about it. He had a cleaner by Mcguires which he let me use on mine. Within 5 minutes or so mine looked as good as his. They went from hazy to clear without much work.

I found that the best thing to use is ELBOW GREASE! Any number of polishing compounds work (I use a scratch remover product)but only if you rub and rub and rub (and I'm not trying to be obscene here)LOL

[tjenkins]

Was this McGuires Number 2?<P>--Tom<BR>

I have just bought a bottle and it's just labeled as Mcguire's cleaner wax.As I said it is a liquid and they say that it removes small scratches, which it did do on my lenses. Cost was $4 and change.

I bought a bottle of McGuires #2 polish,<BR>they also sell wax, but the #2 polish is<BR>what you want. Trust me, that stuff is<BR>GREAT! For less than $5 your tail light<BR>lens will look as good as new. No elbow grease required - honest! It works in a<BR>couple minutes. Probably the best $5 I can remember spending lately.<BR>Try it - you too will be amazed. I got<BR>my bottle at Advance Auto Parts. It's<BR>tan colored.<BR>Jim Houston<BR>Charleston, SC

[Rick Villeza]

Anybody got a tip on how to protect it once it's polished?

Once it's polished with McGuires, I think the McGuires wax is probably the best thing for it. I haven't bought the wax yet, but I did notice that when I went back over the tail light to wipe off some 409 spray (I was cleaning around the trunk area) it streaked the lens some. I'm now thinking the McGuires wax applied immediately after the polish would have been the ticket. Maybe any wax will work the same way, but that would be my suggestion. That McGuires #2 polish is great!<BR>Jim Houston<BR>Charleston, SC