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Headlight restoration

Postby mikal » Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:13 pm

Did a headlight restoration today, came out pretty good...
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby mikal » Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:14 pm

:( :cry: I give up..... all my pics get cut off by only this site
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby Deviant » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:02 pm

What all did you do, wet sand and polish?
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby fbirdformula » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:24 pm

i wouldn't recomend wet sanding on headlights...especially cheap plastic ones
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby Nick Serra » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:30 pm

fbirdformula wrote:i wouldn't recomend wet sanding on headlights...especially cheap plastic ones


Wet sanding seems to be the normal way people redo them. Whenever I see headlight restoration, its all wet sanding. I dunno.
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby Deviant » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:34 pm

fbirdformula wrote:i wouldn't recomend wet sanding on headlights...especially cheap plastic ones


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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby fbirdformula » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:59 pm

some that i've seen people wet sand, they sand too far through and mess it up worse
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby 92tegGP » Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:13 pm

it looks alot betterm, good job
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby Running925 » Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:39 pm

looks good..

yea all the ones i've done i've done the following

1. wetsand with 1500
2. wetsand with 2000
3. buff with rubbing compound
4. buff with swirl remover

done
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby mikal » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:07 pm

I used this headlight lens restorations kit,
$7.99 at autozone
Comes with these 3 pads, a lubricant and clarifying compound.
The headlights were my friends old ones I got from him because
he gave up on them and bought new ones.
It doesn't take out very deep pitting, but it removes alot of scratches, minor pitting, yellowing etc...
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby drewboi » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:40 pm

LOOKS LIKE SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby mikal » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:52 am

:lies:
I will destroy you and the crapalier
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby drewboi » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:52 pm

come one.. even dans saturn can take you ..
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby mikal » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:03 pm

maybe if my car was being pushed down the street
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby RS_OWNS » Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:24 pm

im calling you out mikal battle of the auto teg's
MORE TOY'S THAN BRAIN'S OR MONEY
DRIVE IT LIKE A RENTAL
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby mikal » Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:32 pm

lol you'd probably win, don't you have boltons?
cuz mine is absolutely bone stock unless you count the hole in my
exhaust as an exhaust system...
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby RS_OWNS » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:45 pm

test pipe and cat back removed the intake silencer
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby Running925 » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:46 pm

i'm not sure if it can actually be concidered a race if neither car is capable of breaking the speed limit between lights. :dunno:
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Re: Headlight restoration

Postby mikal » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:06 pm

We wont be breaking speed limits we'll be going just about the speed of light,
I mean lets be honest here we're talking about integras (well pretty much all hondas) not subarus....
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