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10-06-2007, 03:56 PM #1
wet sanding my headlights didnt work to good
I did the ole wetsand my headlights to clean them up but now it looks worse.
I used 400, 800, 1000, 1500 and 2000 grain. It got the film off but now it has a light cloud on the lense. I polished the lens (w/Plastic X) after sanding and it helped but its still cloudy. Any suggestions ?Last edited by Speedy_Gonzales; 10-06-2007 at 04:32 PM.
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10-06-2007, 04:49 PM #2
found a stickie on the subject (forgive me its on a mustang site lol)
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=536689
going to get some turtle wax polishing compound and scratch remover and see how it works
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10-06-2007, 07:32 PM #3
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Good luck.
Let me know your process and how well it worked.
My daily driver '01 Grand Am GT is starting to have hazed lens.
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10-07-2007, 06:33 AM #4
After wetsanding, use a buffer and the Plastic-x and it will clear it up. Applying by hand will not get rid of the have
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10-07-2007, 06:49 AM #5
RANDY....
i did the exact same thing and then went to the exact same site (stang) and then bought that exact same crap.
it still didnt work for me.
then i took my meguiars cleaner wax to it and it cleared up.....
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10-07-2007, 09:58 AM #6
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10-07-2007, 10:54 AM #7
how long did you spend on it?? It worked great on my camaro, cleaned them up really nice man. i spent about 2 hours on each headlight and used a lot of water on them when i was sanding. use mothers plastic polish that worked for me.
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10-07-2007, 12:28 PM #8
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10-07-2007, 12:40 PM #9
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10-07-2007, 03:45 PM #10
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10-07-2007, 03:57 PM #11
I used 2,000 and i used a shitty polish at first, then tried the mothers and it worked lem see if i got and before and after pics of it for you, at the least you coud clean them up and sell them, i know they pull a pretty penny to say the least
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10-07-2007, 03:58 PM #12
i only used up to 1200....
im going to have to give mothers a shot. i did this when i did the "whistler" mod.
thanks again.
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10-07-2007, 04:03 PM #13
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10-07-2007, 04:54 PM #14
I used the turtle wax polishing compound and scratch remover today. It helped a little but would take a high speed buffer.
Then I tried mothers mag & aluminum polish and it worked much better. It was getting dark so I didnt get to do the entire headlight. I will try it tomorrow
Silly thing about all this is my headlights were not to bad, but I wanted them to look new
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10-08-2007, 08:13 AM #15
not sure if the alum polish woiuld work that great, but they do make a plastic polish that worked great for me
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10-08-2007, 10:30 AM #16
Randy-if you dont want to buy a buffer yet or even if you do -they make orange cutting pads and finishing pads with a backing plate in a little kit for repairing scratches at wal-mart that fits on your drill. They are like 2 1/2-3" round and would be perfect for doing the headlights. I bought a kit but havent had time to use it yet. Then one day if you get a scratch in your paint you could use the kit for that (it comes with some scratch repair paste too).
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10-08-2007, 11:08 AM #17
Save yourself time and use Mothers alum polish with NO wet sanding.
Then go back over it with a glaze such as Meq. #7 show car glaze or something that is a glaze NOT a wax.
They will look like new.Don't be afraid of the bottle!!! Be afraid of your tune!!!
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10-08-2007, 11:27 AM #18
The only problem I had by not sanding was the haze came back within 1 week of doing them with plastx. I havent tried the method tuner used but am going to.
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10-08-2007, 11:44 AM #19
The alum polish is somewhat abrasive. And the glaze seals the plastic back up and fills in scratches.
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10-08-2007, 12:28 PM #20
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