HeadLight oxidation ?

[wig]

I tried removing some oxidation from my headlights with my DA and the DA Microfiber discs using both D300 and 105 products. I polished each head lamp for about 40 minutes and was only able to get them to about 65%, which is much better. Would I get better results with a headlight restoration kit? I was using a speed of 4.5 on my DA. Thanks, Ron

[The Guz]

Re: HeadLight oxidation ?

Do you have any pics? They may need sanding and the heavy duty restoration kit is a good investment. Pics would be helpful to recommend something for you to use.

[Murr1525]

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Pics may help show, but the kit does come with some sand paper that will make things more aggressive.

[wig]

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Guys, Here's the link

[wig]

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[Stephan]

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Guys, Here's the link

If you insert IMAGE instead of link, you'll get the full photo, not a link to your gallery:
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[The Guz]

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The coating is starting to fail. The heavy duty restoration kit comes with sanding discs and everything else you need to get these lights looking good.

[wig]

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Thanks for the tips and recommendation.

[PureArt]

This way works a lot faster then just polishing IMO.

http://youtu.be/ACu1yRyjzOU

And look into opti lens. Meguiar's need to introduce coatings. Again in my opinion.

Good luck...!


Art

[The Guz]

Re: HeadLight oxidation ?

Thanks for the tips and recommendation.

I forgot to mention that I ended up using M105/M205 instead of using the provided plastx on 4" pads. There is a headlight protectant that comes in the kit and it is recommended to be applied every 6-8 weeks.

This way works a lot faster then just polishing IMO.

http://youtu.be/ACu1yRyjzOU

And look into opti lens. Meguiar's need to introduce coatings. Again in my opinion.

Good luck...!


Art

This is a good video.

[joscratch]

Headlights

This always produces a clear finish! Sand with 1500, then 2000. Use #105 w/4" wool pad, the Meguiars 4" yellow pad. Then, finish with Meguiars Plastic-x w/4" black pad. And if so desired, wax with Meguiars NXT spray wax. I've used this combo on all types of plastics as well as carbon fiber..... comes out amazing with minimal time. Lots of pics at http://www.joscratch.com/photos.html.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: HeadLight oxidation ?

With headlights sometimes you just need to get more aggressive even though they don't necessarily look really horrible to start with. We've seen times when just a good buff with Ultimate Compound or M105 gets the job done, and we've seen some headlights that just don't want to respond at all and you simply have to pull out the sandpaper to correct them. And even then, sometimes you have to go even more aggressive with the sandpaper than you first thought. A couple of weeks ago we had a Cadillac CTS in our training garage that didn't look too bad, so we were shocked when we had to go with 500 grit dry sanding to start. The darn things just didn't want to correct without it. In the case of your vehicle, wig, we'd recommend our Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration Kit with the 1000 and 3000 grit sandpaper.

[joscratch]

A lesson.....

Every project has it's own way of dictating the corrective process. Sometimes, I've thought "outside the box" and have gotten incredible results. And sometimes you go with something that just works. ......... just handle with care

[wig]

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Here's the results after using Meguiar's HD Len correction

[The Guz]

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They came out great.