Does any site just sell the clear LENSE? mine is weather beatened and scratched, i need the passenger side, the drivers side is perfect.. thanks

 

hah... me too.. i need the same thing.. i dont know who sells them, but there is a wanted thread at the top of the lude forum, try there..

 

try pming prelude1897, he might have some

 

I'm all out...Have you tried wet sanding the lense? Whenever I recieve lights that have some bad weathering, I usually just wet sand them, then polish them.

 

i will try that, it looks like a chemical kinda burned a layer of the plastic though so i dont know if it will work.. thanks

 

what grit sandpaper do you usually use?

 

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I use 1000 grit, and if that isn't good enough, use 800 grit first then use 1000 grit to clean up. Then I use Mother's metal polish to polish the lenses. I've use Meguire's, but that **** sucks. I'll use that stuff after I use Mother's polish

 

Use the 3M plastic polish, it has worked for me in the past.

 

is there a write up on this somewhere? I wanna clean up my headlights also before I sell them!

 

by wet sanding, do you mean sanding it when it's wet? or using another special technique?

 

Wow, I have the same problem, I've been looking for new headlights, but they are so damn expensive and rare for the 5th gen.

More info on how to re-furbish them would be greatly appreciated.

tyi

 

wet sanding is one way wich work ok but needs maintence...i suggest 600grit and high quality clear just paint them ...

 

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Yes, just have a spray bottle with water, and 800-1000 grit sand paper. Make sure you keep the lense wet while sanding it down. Should take about 10-15min. on each lense depending on how bad of shape they're in

 

Inspired by this thread, I decided to re-furbish my nasty weathered headlights. Here's how:

1. Wet-sanded it with 800 grit waterproof sandpaper (gets rid of big scratches and a good chunk of crap, but creates small scratches)

2. Wet-sanded it with 1500 grit waterproof sandpaper (gets rid of small scratches, but leaves a haze)

3. Used a 3M Small-Medium Scratch removing liquid stuff (rub hard... gets rid of haze and small scratches).

4. Waxed to make sure all the little holes got filled up (makes it look crystal clear and pretty).

Note: the look can be enhanced even further if I had a buffer handy.

My headlights went from "so ugly that I have to avert my eyes when I look at them", to gorgeous crystal clear, almost brand new look.

 

you wouldn't happen to have some before and after pics would you? I'm interested in doing this also.