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Old Jun 1, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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Headlight sanding method work for fogs?

I did the sanding of the headlights and it came out nice..my question though is can i do the same thing to the fogs? would love to make those baby's sparkle :-D..
Old Jun 1, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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Those are glass.....

























So no.
Old Jun 2, 2006 | 06:33 AM
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no? i was going to start with my fogs, to see the result and in case i screw up it will be down low.
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Scooobay
I did the sanding of the headlights and it came out nice..my question though is can i do the same thing to the fogs? would love to make those baby's sparkle :-D..

Can I use this method on my 03 headlights, there nasty. If so, could you please explain how it's done if it's not to much trouble. Thanks.
Old Jun 21, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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Old Jul 8, 2006 | 01:33 PM
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it absolutely does work... well for me at least....

I started with 60 or 100 and worked my way up to the fine, 2000
.. never tried it on headlights but doing the foglights took me a lot of time.

left sanded - right unsanded.


the stone chips are still visible... at close observation but still look better than on the right.

I also don't have glass polish so i used chrome/metal polish and then plastic like finish stuff - Black Magic

*not taking any responsibily if it doesnt work for you*
Old Jul 8, 2006 | 01:42 PM
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Well generally plastic lights dont need to be sanded. A buffer, compound, and 5 monutes should do the trick.

I never knew the sanding would work on glass, I got to try that.
Old Jul 8, 2006 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by JSutter
Well generally plastic lights dont need to be sanded. A buffer, compound, and 5 monutes should do the trick.

I never knew the sanding would work on glass, I got to try that.
yea i want to try it out on my glass 96 lights.

I gave it a go seeing as the fogs werent looking good, and i think they came out very impressive.
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