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Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:13 pm
by mikal
Did a headlight restoration today, came out pretty good...
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Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:14 pm
by mikal
:( :cry: I give up..... all my pics get cut off by only this site

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:02 pm
by Deviant
What all did you do, wet sand and polish?

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:24 pm
by fbirdformula
i wouldn't recomend wet sanding on headlights...especially cheap plastic ones

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:30 pm
by Nick Serra
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.

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:34 pm
by Deviant
fbirdformula wrote:i wouldn't recomend wet sanding on headlights...especially cheap plastic ones


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Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:59 pm
by fbirdformula
some that i've seen people wet sand, they sand too far through and mess it up worse

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:13 pm
by 92tegGP
it looks alot betterm, good job

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:39 pm
by Running925
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

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:07 pm
by mikal
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...

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:40 pm
by drewboi
LOOKS LIKE SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:52 am
by mikal
:lies:
I will destroy you and the crapalier

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:52 pm
by drewboi
come one.. even dans saturn can take you ..

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:03 pm
by mikal
maybe if my car was being pushed down the street

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:24 pm
by RS_OWNS
im calling you out mikal battle of the auto teg's

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:32 pm
by mikal
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...

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:45 pm
by RS_OWNS
test pipe and cat back removed the intake silencer

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:46 pm
by Running925
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:

Re: Headlight restoration

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:06 pm
by mikal
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....