My car has 31K miles on it and I am starting to take notice of all the little chips in the headlights so what im wondering is has anyone sanded them down a little to make them appear more clear. Any input on sandpaper used and and other information will be appreciated.
Jeremiah

 

FYI, sanding any clear plastic lense such as the one on our headlights will leave permanent damage in the form of a haze. It may work on real glass but it will not work under any circumstances for plastic.

 

I've done this. I used 1500 grit sand paper and did it very lightly. You have to go over it with plexus afterwards. It takes a lot of polishing and a lot of elbow grease, but it works.

I noticed a VERY SLIGHT hazing in a few areas, but it doesn't affect the light at all and realy isn't noticable unless you look very closely and catch the right light.

 

Thanks for the tips guys i appreciate it.

 

I have seen professional kits for clearing pitted glass, which consists of various stages of abrasives (high cut to low cut) and then polishing with jeweler's rouge - I guess the same could be done for plastic, but this should be done by a pro or someone with experience. I would find out what kind of material the headlight cover uses (polycarbonate?) and then get a sheet of it and practice. Search on windshield re-finishing or similar on Google.

 

Plain old swirl remover (the one you'd use on your car's paint) will remove most of the little dots with a 10 minute strong rubbing pass.

The big ones may take more drastic measures like sanding but I wouldn't use anything less than a 2000 grit wet sand paper. Then do the swirl remover thing.

 

WAIT- YOU NEED NOTHING OTHER THAN POLISH'S #2 and #1 from this link. I had the same problem, with hazing, and this stuff worked amazing. #3 is not for polycarbonate, so don't use that. Start off with #2 and then work it for 10 min. 10 more min with #1 and you're done- lights look brand new, and for 9 bucks too!

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspa...vusproducts.php

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by gomason
WAIT- YOU NEED NOTHING OTHER THAN POLISH'S #2 and #1 from this link.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by gomason
WAIT- YOU NEED NOTHING OTHER THAN POLISH'S #2 and #1 from this link.