i had a buncha scratches and lines on my headlights so i decided to "restore" them but wetsanding...wet sanded with 600...800...1200..1500..and 2000...but i still cant get the original shine..not even close ..they still look really "sanded" and dull..am i tottaly fuked? or can i fix this somehow? do i sand longer?

any help or ideas would be much appreciated

 

As long as you don't see the grooves from the coarse sandpaper you used.... try the Lexan plastic polish or equivalent you can get at Kragen etc.

 

Compound and a buffer (or just some elbow grease) will make the lenses nice and clear again.

 

ahh u guys are both right..im just a little out of it...thanks so much..i just did it and they look great

 

Pics of results?

 

i will get pics tommorow fo' shure

 

Please post pics mine are getting to look real bad. What method did u use? Just sandpaper?

 

my lights are getting hazy too....looks pretty bad. im afraid to take sand paper to them

 

does this work for glass headlamps, or plastic also?

 

We used to sell this kit at my old job. The pads go up to 12,000 grit.

http://www.primetimesolutions.com/pr...N,AUTO,ASCR%2C

 

just clean them with soap/water and then just wetsand horizontally with 600,800,1200,1500,2000 with a water/carwash soap mix
it takes a long time to sand them but its worth it..they are soo smooooth and look brand new..most headlights i know are plastic..id deff recommend doing this if your headlights got a bunch of scratches or anything..but if the scratches are big id do dry sand with 600..thats wat i did and everything turned out fine..then i just used rubbing compound and polisher so they look all shiny/glassy again

 

flash ruins the pic but they do look real good in person and feel really smooth

 

They look great I like the dark housing is that a mod?

 

thanks man..yea i took the lights apart and rubbed all the chrome off the inside

 

I have found that on plastics don't go too low a grit b/c in the end when you get to the finer (1500+ grit) you will see that the 600/800 grit made scratches too deep for the 1500 to remove. I would start atleast at 800, possibly 1000.

I use meguiars "lexan and plastic polish" for my headlights. It is 99cents per pack at autozone and last me a few cleanings, I would say 5 pairs of headlight cleanings.