headlight resto

[seabreeze]

Got to be honest I do headlights the old school way, wet sand, compound, plastic polish, finish with an acylic sealant. I have done side by side with some of the new prouducts on the market used by an area "headlight specialist", and there was no comparision, mine looked new and his looked like they had some stuff painted on it. If all of the junk is on the outside of the lense, I don't see a chemical removing it? Have I just not came across the right "new" product?

no dude junk an all gets under there... mines too. what polish you use and what grit? i just got the condensation outta mine yall.... gonna be awesome.
what junk did the other dude use? what he charge for that any wayz?

[seabreeze]

once your seal is broken, not much you can do but replace as far as I know. depending on bad it is, but i start with 1200grit, you can feel the difference when you have it all off. I use a a 4in wool pad on a drill with 3m finesse it compound, buff out till smooth and you see no visilble lines from the sanding. Than I use a 4in white pad with either 3m or meguires plastic polish, not alot of speed or pressure is needed. This should make them clear as a bell. Finish with an acrylic sealant of your choice, I use AT-5 w/ PTFE.

[dontsleeponit]

Sounds like you do alot of work to restore the headlights. I bet they come out better then new with the sanding and compounding though.

Here is mine that I did recently on my crap car. For the 20 min of time I invested, the results I think were great, IMO.

A quick headlight restoration

Sure they can be better probably, but its good enough for me. And plus, like you said, the seal on these lights arent perfect and they do have a slight haze on the inside. And the car is a 1993, thats almost 15 year old lights, barely ever cleaned and certainly never protected in that time.