I'm sure this has been covered time and time again but whatever. My headlight were hazy and just plain looked like ****. No amount of cleaner was going to help me so I decided to go ahead and wetsand and polish them. Here's the results:

How they looked (I don't think I need to explain) :


I started with some 800 grit after a quick cleaning to remove any loose dirt. I went in a diagonal motion like this >/ then I reversed \. I prefer to hand sand personally but I guess you could use some sort of tool.


Then went to 1000 grit (same procedures, I'd say I spent about 20-30 mins on each grit/each light:


Then moved up 1500:


Then 2000 grit:


Then finally I hit with a buffer and some plastic polish and finished with some wax.


Comparo pic of the one that is done on the other that I hadn't started:


She looks happy now


BYW: I searched other/older threads and alot of them lacked pics so I decided to make a new thread

 

looks good man, thanks for sharing

big improvement

 

just sick, it looks brand new!!

 

Big change..... looks good

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DxHatchback &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks good man, thanks for sharing

big improvement </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yea, nothing ground breaking but people always like having before/after pics for reference.

 

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Nice job.....

But I Love my Glass Headlights (94 EX Coupe)... I can't understand why so many people want the jdm plastic pieces.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 90civichb &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice job.....

But I Love my Glass Headlights (94 EX Coupe)... I can't understand why so many people want the jdm plastic pieces..... </TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree, I have the USDM glass on my DA and people always say "get the JDM 1-pieces". No thanks, to plastic headlights. Upkeep up the ***.

 

NICE . got any pics of the supplies you used for buffing/waxing/polishing?

maybe a list of what was used

 

Mother Chrome Polish does the same thing Way to clean up the car

 

I went to Wal-Mart and got the 5 minute optical polish that goes on the end of a drill--- put some plastic polish on my headlights and basically did the same thing in 5 minutes.

Either way though yours look great

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by verse671 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Big change..... looks good</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fventura03 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">NICE . got any pics of the supplies you used for buffing/waxing/polishing?

maybe a list of what was used</TD></TR></TABLE>

Pretty basic really.

-1 package of 800 grit wet/dry sandpaper
-1 package of 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper
-1 package of 1500 grit wet/dry sandpaper
-1 package of 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper
-1 bottle of Mothers Plastic Polish (or similar polish)
-wax of your choice
-buffer
-yellow buffing pad
-water

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by StreetEG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I went to Wal-Mart and got the 5 minute optical polish that goes on the end of a drill--- put some plastic polish on my headlights and basically did the same thing in 5 minutes.

Either way though yours look great </TD></TR></TABLE>

I've done something similar with flitz but it seems to only cover-up the underlying problem. Hopefully this will last longer, I guess whatever works

 

what should one do if they have only minor glaze? Skip the 800 and 1000 grit?

 

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I'd start with 1000 and then 1500/2000

 

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Should still do the full process.

 

to keep the headlights clear get sum limenx headlight covers

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nextgtr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what should one do if they have only minor glaze? Skip the 800 and 1000 grit?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah.. technically you could ONLY use 2000 grit, but it you have a large amount of haze like the OP did, it just makes life easier to start with 800. But if you just want to skim over some haze, use the 1500 and 2000

 

Looks good i need to do this sometime too.

 

looks like new, nice work

 

but yeah, that was a horrific amount of haze. thanks for the tips

 

good stuff man

 

good **** sirius

 

nice nice