Headlight Cleanup

[JonnySTS]

Cleaned one of my headlights on my STS today. Ran out of daylight so will do the passenger side and fogs tomorrow. I used a 3M Headlight restoration kit I purchased at NAPA for $16.00. I've seen em on ebay as well. I was nervous cause I have never sanded and wet sanded before. But it went pretty easily. Cant wait for my 10000k hids to get here Friday. .

Here is the untouched passenger side and the freshly cleaned drivers side. Sorry for the crappy cell pics. The passenger side one loks better than it is in person. Lol. Its YELLOW. HAHA!

I LOVE this kit and highly recommend it to all.

[richard96]

So you sanded then wet sanded the lens. I assume you polished the lense afterwards.

Looks great! I bet that lasts a long time.

[JonnySTS]

Originally Posted by richard96

So you sanded then wet sanded the lens. I assume you polished the lense afterwards.

Looks great! I bet that lasts a long time.

Thanks! Yes, the kit came with 3 or 4 different grits of sandpaper disks and then a polishing pad and polish. I hope it does last awhile. Lol.

[guitarisawesome]

It's been said that you should clear coat it after sanding it down/polishing, to protect the lense from hazing up again. I did that to mine as a precaution and mine look great. Gotta say, some 2000 grit sandpaper and some plastic-x polish will go a lonnnnnnnnnng way. Even if you just hit yours with some polish every once in a while, you shouldn't have to clear coat it though (i'm guessing).

[machinegunmonkey]

thanks for the heads up! My Buick needs this done....I'll have to look into it.

[JonnySTS]

Originally Posted by guitarisawesome

It's been said that you should clear coat it after sanding it down/polishing, to protect the lense from hazing up again. I did that to mine as a precaution and mine look great. Gotta say, some 2000 grit sandpaper and some plastic-x polish will go a lonnnnnnnnnng way. Even if you just hit yours with some polish every once in a while, you shouldn't have to clear coat it though (i'm guessing).

Actually, I was going to ask my buddy to clear coat em. He has a body shop. Im going to ask him to do it after I get the foglights done tomorrow.

[pumpkinman]

looks great what did u use to polish it?did u polish it with a high speed buffer?

[JonnySTS]

Originally Posted by pumpkinman

looks great what did u use to polish it?did u polish it with a high speed buffer?

The kit comes with a polishing pad that attaches to a drill. Drill has to be 1200+ in speed according to the directions. And it comes with some 3m headlight polishing compound.

[JonnySTS]

There is a bunch of videos on youtube about it.

[pumpkinman]

WHEN I CLEANED MY HEADLIGHTS OFF MY 98 SUBURBAN. I WET SANDED THEM WITH A VERY FINE GRIT SAND PAPER. THEN I POLISHED THEM USING A RUBBING COMPOUND AND ILL TELL U IT WAS LIKE IF THEY WERE NEW. MIGHT WANA GIVE IT A TRY TO POLISH THEM WITH A RUBBING COMPOUND
THIS IS HOW THEY LOOKED BEFORE THE CLEAN UP


AND THIS IS WHAT I USED TO POLISHED THEM

AND THIS IS A SHOT OF THE HEADLIGHT ITSELF TO SHOW HOW CLEAN IT WAS

[JonnySTS]

Originally Posted by pumpkinman

WHEN I CLEANED MY HEADLIGHTS OFF MY 98 SUBURBAN. I WET SANDED THEM WITH A VERY FINE GRIT SAND PAPER. THEN I POLISHED THEM USING A RUBBING COMPOUND AND ILL TELL U IT WAS LIKE IF THEY WERE NEW. MIGHT WANA GIVE IT A TRY TO POLISH THEM WITH A RUBBING COMPOUND
THIS IS HOW THEY LOOKED BEFORE THE CLEAN UP


AND THIS IS WHAT I USED TO POLISHED THEM

AND THIS IS A SHOT OF THE HEADLIGHT ITSELF TO SHOW HOW CLEAN IT WAS

That looks great!

[NevadasCrimson]

im gonna have to get one of these kits for my dd mustang. the headlamps look horrible on it. How much time did you put into it?

[JonnySTS]

Originally Posted by NevadasCrimson

im gonna have to get one of these kits for my dd mustang. the headlamps look horrible on it. How much time did you put into it?

I put $16.00 (for kit) and about an hours time...