guys i need to clear out my headlights cuzz ther are some scratches on it.... any of you guys know what do i need to buy and whats the procedure? really need some advice... Thanx .....

i just black out my head lights yesterday and after i done it all the scratches are now easy to be notice and seen....

 

wet-sand...600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500...IMO

Then buff with compound followed by polish.

They have kits at Wal-Mart...forgot what they're called, but quite a few have tried them and were satisfied with the results.

 

yea ive seen those thing at wallmart.... but it would be more nicer if ill get those bottle one so if ever i can go and re do it again..... whats are the things that should i buy? and where can i get em?

 

grammar > you

lol

I honestly don't know where you can buy wet-sand paper, but I'd try your local hardware store? I'd also recommend a buffer...but if you don't have any experience with one, then I wouldn't bother considering they are too cheap and they wouldn't make this too cost effective.

 

You can get wet sand paper at most auto stores.

 

^^^ what he said ^^^

 

Its mostly blackish grey looking paper. and it will say wet dry on it.

 

If your lights aren't that bad (which they don't look hazed and discolored) I would NOT start at a 600 grit. I would probably start at 1000 and work my way up to 2000 wet sanding with warm water and a little dish soap, make sure to keep the lights really wet the whole time. Get a very high gloss polish like Zaino or something. Power buffers will give you a much better result, but if you decide to do it by hand, be prepared to buff A LOT.

 

yea i got experience.... ive done this before on my friends headlights.... i helped him.... but cant remmember all the things i need but now i remmember.... 3M 1000, 1500 and 2000 grit..... 3M imperial hand glaze....3M swirl mark remover.....Mothers california gold pure carnauba wax and ...... Maguiars deep crystal system polish.... but 1 more thing im not sure whats are the steps and which one go first..... all i remmember is sanding is first 1000 followed by 1500 then last is 2000 and thats it cant remmember whats next..... can you guys helped me out here

 

Yeah, we have it at our work, but the detailers don't use it much.

Good call on going with a "higher grade" for lighter damage. I knew that, but didn't think of it.

Pretty much like 94maxshima stated.

 

Also, jimmypronet, do you have any higher resolution pics of your headlights? It looks like you may just be able to use Scratch-X, a high grade polish, then some wax on them if you're just looking for the nice "clear and glossy" finish...

A lot of people sand thinking that it will return their headlights to new and actually come up with something worse than what they started with, for that new of a car, I'd start trying simpler stuff before I went and did something I may end up having to replace my headlights for.

Good luck...

 

yea i got some wait...

 

Heres the pics...

The right side got some scratches on top part as you can see


And the left side got lil bit scratches on it...

 

I would wet sand with 2000 then polish/wax...those don't look bad at all...

 

Ok..... Thanx

 

There is a product for polishing the scratches out of aircraft canopies. Tey are just plastic too. Sorry I don't know where to fid it but a search should turn up something.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...es/avlcvcc.php

http://sqlshopa.com/mos/1/index.php?sid=aeropar&CA=26

 

Did you try Plast-x It works great on my max's headights