A little bored today, decided to make a DIY. For those with foggy headlights, there is help. Follow these steps and it should hopefully work. Sorry bout the crappy camera, but its the best i can do.

Materials:
*Sandpaper
320 grit
400
600
800
1000
2000
*Water applicator
Sponge?
Spray Bottle?
etc...
*Buffers
Rubbing Compound
Applicator Pad
Microfiber towels (recommended)
or cotton towels



My fogged headlights err w/e that stuff is on there



Depending on how bad your headlights are you may want to start off with a lower grit, if not you may use something smoother, i started with 320 because that was some thick stuff


For those of you show don't know, wetsanding works best whenit comes to buffing anything. Wetsanding is basically sanding while keeping the area wet and clean of debri.



Make sure you do a thorough job when using each grit to get out all the scratches.
Just keep sanding and work your way up. I just skipped 400 and 800, for theyre not very necessary unless youre a perfectionist, i was just too lazy



After 1000


Then 2000


All done sanding and dried



Rubbing compound does miracles


Applied on my meguiars applicator pad & compare



Sorry no pics of buffing, but just make sure youre tough with it, really rub it in. After completed buffing use the microfiber or cotton towel and wipe clean.

After all is said and done ***Voila***




Any questions feel free to ask




Modified by MugenEH3 at 7:10 PM 6/29/2008

 

Or ya could have used this and got the same/better results + an hour of your time back

 

True, but I just used what I already had at home, and I only spent about 20-25 mins total doing this.

 

do not do this if you have plastic headlights, only glass!

Plastic will just fog up when sanded and cannot be buffed out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by UCLA.lion &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do not do this if you have plastic headlights, only glass!

Plastic will just fog up when sanded and cannot be buffed out.

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Wrong.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1769562

 

well no offense, but to me, it seems to look better whether or not its glass

 

Pictures are broken.

 

sorry, just fixed em

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by UCLA.lion &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do not do this if you have plastic headlights, only glass!

Plastic will just fog up when sanded and cannot be buffed out.

</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL

finally, someone that knows how to restore headlights

 

hey at least he believed he was right, even when the rest of us know that is just pure bullshit

 

yeah, that and, the funniest thing about it is that the pictures show he sanded a plastic headlight and buffed it out haha

 

haha looks like my mom's car. lol

DIY

 

you can only wish your moms car looked this good lol im jp with u, but thanks for the comments guys, hope this helps some ppl.



Modified by MugenEH3 at 12:21 AM 6/30/2008

 

That plastx thing doesn't work on my lights. I buffed it a lot and the oxidation just stayed there. Maybe I have too much oxidation, idk

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TsujenDB1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Or ya could have used this and got the same/better results + an hour of your time back

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obviously you've never used it, because that stuff SUCKS! you need to apply it like 20 times and it still doesn't get it completely off, it comes right back after like 5 days

 

that stuff is the meguiars version of fine cut rubbing compound. its only going to work for light swirls and scratches. if you have oxidation, you HAVE to sand.

 

you didnt even tape off the body parts around the headlights?????

 

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

Wrong.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1769562</TD></TR></TABLE>

Double wrong.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1523524

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by king-of-the-hill &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you didnt even tape off the body parts around the headlights????? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Was just going to say that.

When I did mine, I took them off the car.

 

Meguiars Plastic X FTW. Use it every time I wax the car and the results are noticeable

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by king-of-the-hill &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you didnt even tape off the body parts around the headlights????? </TD></TR></TABLE>

nope, i trust my hands very well, and even if i DID scratch the car, id just use MORE rubbing compound

 

nicely done!! looks good DIY with pictures

 

starting out with a 320grit doesnt seem right.....thats just too rough....

but as stated above.....if they are plastic, dont bother sanding, your fog will return within a matter of weeks.

 

I've tried and used several products to restore plastic headlights. Yes, they work great, however, they will get foggy again within a few days later. You can try to apply wax and/or protectant to keep them protected from UV rays, but you will need to do this on a weekly/monthly basis. The right way is to respray the headlights with plastic clearcoat, that I haven't yet found where or the product brand to buy it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by J_CRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The right way is to respray the headlights with plastic clearcoat, that I haven't yet found where or the product brand to buy it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ace Hardware should carry clearcoat for plastics, or you could always ask a local body shop about it.

 

But is the clearcoat resistant to chemical, weather, heat, etc..from behind outside of the car? I know of Duplicolor making clearcoat spray can for painting rims. Those has good protectants/resistants from what I've mentioned above, but can they sticks and be used on plastic? That I don't know!


Modified by J_CRX at 6:44 PM 6/30/2008