I am looking to take the pits out of the headlights in my commuter. I have tried polishing them and that cleared them up really well, but all of the pits are still on there.

Anybody have any idea of the grit of wet sandpaper that I should use to sand the pits off? Any other advice is also appreciated. Thanks a lot.

Jon

 

I know I've seen it somewhere... Someone had a whole kit of papers from like 320 up to 12000 (emory paper?) that they used to sand out their headlights. I would probably start somewhere higher - 600 range. Basically you want to keep stepping up to 3000 or higher, sanding in the opposite direction of your last pass, removing all sanding marks from your previous pass. After your last pass, hit 'em with the PC, a 4" spot pad, a heavier compound and work your way down with regular polishes. Finish up with Meguiar's #10/#17 and you should be set.

You'll definitely want the lights out of the car for this.

It'll take a while and it might be worth it to just get new lenses unless those are really expensive.

 

any idea how much the s2000 lenses are?
mine are pretty jacked up from the chips.

 

Pretty sure new headlight assemblies are about $500/ea.

 

Anyone know if a color tint would help and last?

 

A color tint? Not like window tint?

I know a clearbra (even just on the headlights) could help to keep them from getting messed up, assuming it could handle the heat.

 

Wetsanding is not a good idea for any type of lenses. It is a temporary fix. There is a film on the headlights from the factory that needs to be left alone. If you wetsand this off you will have problems with your headlights staying nice from now on. I would stick to different rubbing compounds to try and solve your problem.

 

Temporary fix?!?.... How can one post have so many inaccuracies.

The is no film on these lenses.
There are multiple diy threads showing fantastic PERMANENT results with the wetsanding method

Excellent results can be had with aggressive PC use.

 

Like I said, It will look great for a while but you have to keep doing it. It will not stay looking great forever. Maybe film is not the word to use, but Honda does use a protectant on the outter layer of their headlight housing. It can be sanded off easily.

I'm not trying to start an argument over this. I have just seen bad outcomes out of this. My personal experience has shown that a little bit of meguire's plast X works great!