Making the HID headlights clear again

[04SSHD]

I just finished doing my lights, check em out.

When I bought it-

I just tried to polish them and got nowhere-

This is after the first wet sand and polish-

and after a 1000 wet sand followed by a 1500 wet sand and a blue magic polish-

 

[04SSHD]

now the process-

this pic was taken after the first time I did a quick 1000 wet sand-

another 1000 wet sand followed by 1500-

Polish-

Let the polish do its magic-

And DONE!-

Nice and bright, just the way it should be-

 

[04SSHD]

 

[4.6powa]

looks good to me..

 

[seanklsc]

Wetsanded and polished by hand? Came out pretty good. I'm gonna give it a better try this time.

 

[04SSHD]

Wetsanded and polished by hand? Came out pretty good. I'm gonna give it a better try this time.

yep, all by hand!

 

[poniesviii]

I think this is somthing that's easy to get impatient on cause you want to see the results..... if you don't spend the time it takes to get to the bottom of the pits and to buff out all the fine, fine, scratches from the wetsand then you won't come out quite as nice as you would if you took your time.

It gets old sanding on one headlight for awhile but if you spend plenty of time on each step they will look brand new, you won't be able to tell they're used at all.

 

[turn_on68]

The correct compounds / polishes with a high speed polisher will get them as clean as they will get. If you have the proper compounds there is no need to wet sand them. The key is to have the correct stuff.

Has anyone tried NOVUS Plastic Lens cleaning polishing compounds? This works great on airplanes plastic glass and can be gotten on eBay for I think around $14. Do an eBay search for NOVUS scratch remover.
I am going to use it myself.

 

[04SSHD]

let me change the links, my old file server went down... give me a minute.

 

[04SSHD]

Before-

Sanding-

polishing-

and clear!

from dull to nice, bright, and clear!