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8th October 2019, 11:26 | #1 |
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Headlights.
Just cleaned up headlight lens as it was turning green. Cleaned with emery paper (400) and soapy water then polished with autoglym cutting polish. Looks a treat when wet but misty when dry. Any idea what I can do now?
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8th October 2019, 11:50 | #2 |
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400 grit is too harsh, its a starting point not finishing. Either buy a headlight restoration kit (like this) or wet/dry with soapy water starting with 400 and working your way through progressively finer grades, 800-1200-2400 then a cutting polish, soak the wet/dry in the water before using it.
As you've removed a layer of the plastic its a good idea to finish off with a spray of UV resistant lacquer. |
8th October 2019, 12:11 | #3 |
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Okay, will do. Thanks for that.
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8th October 2019, 20:53 | #4 |
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It's very important that you cover your polished headlight with some kind of lacquer as it will quite quickly go misty again if you don't.--- ( anti-UV. )
( From personal experience. ) |
8th October 2019, 21:03 | #5 |
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Used the 3m kit again for a set of lights 2 weeks ago, to from this
To this No uv laquer applied yet though..🙄 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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10th October 2019, 09:58 | #6 |
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They look very good!
I did mine when I first bought the car a few months ago, but one has some deep scratches in so not applied lacquer yet. I'm on the lookout for a pair of "nice" ones I can get some form of LED DLR conversion on.
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10th October 2019, 10:46 | #7 |
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start with 800 max, then up to 2500 or 3000 then a cutting compound,
Then as said before , some treatment to stop it hazing again , Laquer is the best . Not found any polish types stuff thats actually works . Esp all the big name stuff , useless Had this on all our ZT's but the lil ZR of the same age is still perfect .. C
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