can these headlights be saved?

[ScottH]

The DP kit will eat these for lunch. No sweat. Just restored my lights with them - among the best product I've ever used.

[godfearingman]

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This is with Ultimate Polish and DA about 5 minutes looks clearer than the pictures show but still nowhere near clear. Thinking about getting either Turtle Wax headlight restorer or Ultimate Compund

[FUNX650]

Thinking about getting either
Turtle Wax headlight restorer
or Ultimate Compund

So...(to paraphrase Ecclesiastes 2:12):
It seems you decided to compare wisdom...
with madness and folly?



Bob

[TTQ B4U]

The DP kit will eat these for lunch. No sweat. Just restored my lights with them - among the best product I've ever used.

^^^ THIS. /Thread IMO.

[Setec Astronomy]

Like any polishing, you have to start with an approach aggressive enough to remove the defects, then you need to step down through less aggressive methods to remove any artifacts from the defect-removal step.

It's really hard to tell where you are from the pictures. When fixing headlights you need to remove the hazing from the lens; sometimes this can be done with compounding, or sometimes it will require sanding. If your technique is sound and polishing isn't clearing them up, then I'll venture that what we are seeing in the pictures is hazing that hasn't been removed, and you need to go more aggressive.

Of course, not every headlight is created equal. Like any correction, you need to have your basics down, as far as your polishing technique, and progressive use of chemicals and media.

[godfearingman]

I need to find and buy the best and cheapest product I can buy the same day they only gave me $10 to buy something and want it like yesterday lol

[Setec Astronomy]

I need to find and buy the best and cheapest product I can buy the same day they only gave me $10 to buy something and want it like yesterday lol

What if those criteria are incompatible with getting the job done?

[godfearingman]

So I'm supposed to pay more money for the product basically twice what I'd pay for one of the two products I mentioned plus keep there car longer when they already want it now?

[Setec Astronomy]

So I'm supposed to pay more money for the product basically twice what I'd pay for one of the two products I mentioned plus keep there car longer when they already want it now?

Um...huh?

Do you have a body shop supply store near you? Go buy 1 sheet of 1000 grit, one sheet of 3000 grit, and one sheet of 4000 or 5000 if they have it (and if they will sell you single sheets). Then sand the headlights with that, and follow with your Ultimate Polish.

[godfearingman]

Um...huh?

Do you have a body shop supply store near you? Go buy 1 sheet of 1000 grit, one sheet of 3000 grit, and one sheet of 4000 or 5000 if they have it (and if they will sell you single sheets). Then sand the headlights with that, and follow with your Ultimate Polish.

I'll wet sand the lenses right? With just plain water or soapy solution?