First headlight restoration.

[Mattas25]

Any and all feed back is welcome.
Here are the before pics. 2010 Toyota Corolla.

I started with some 800 grit sand paper to get rid of the depleted film, smoothed it more with some 2000 grit, then hit it with Meg's 105 cutting compound on the pc7424xp, and lastly finished up with the Meg's 205 polish. Here's the finished product:

[Mattas25]

Oops, here's the before driver side

[Mattas25]

Anyone have any tips on getting into the deep set nooks with a da polisher? Do I just have to hand compound/polish it?

[Don M]

Nice work, they look great now. I'm not sure what you mean by "nooks" but if you can't remove the headlights to work on them, there will be some spots you will have to do by hand.

[g35_coupe]

If tilting or nudging your DA in there won't get it all (assuming you have a 4 in pads), take the pad off the DA and rub vigorously for a few seconds. Repeat with the polishing pad. If you wet-sanded correctly you shouldn't have any marks left.

[Mattas25]

Nice work, they look great now. I'm not sure what you mean by "nooks" but if you can't remove the headlights to work on them, there will be some spots you will have to do by hand.

By nooks I mean the lower corner for the headlight where it's recessed into the bumper, but you answered my question. Thanks!

[Mattas25]

If tilting or nudging your DA in there won't get it all (assuming you have a 4 in pads), take the pad off the DA and rub vigorously for a few seconds. Repeat with the polishing pad. If you wet-sanded correctly you shouldn't have any marks left.

Thanks for the advise, I'll have to try that next time!

[thunderkyss]

I started with some 800 grit sand paper to get rid of the depleted film, smoothed it more with some 2000 grit, then hit it with Meg's 105 cutting compound on the pc7424xp, and lastly finished up with the Meg's 205 polish.

So the sanding was done by hand?

[Mattas25]

So the sanding was done by hand?

Correct. Wet sanded.

[Danube]

You need a layer or 2 of thin clear coat to keep that new shiny look.