thanks everyone! I ended up putting a heavy coat of McGuiars NXT techwax 2 on both the lenses since that came recommended after using the McGuiars sanding kit. Since i had it on hand i figured i'd use it. Now that the passenger side is done, she looks a lot less like her 8 year old self.

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