Headlight restoration for free!

[darkside]

Dont know if any on here have hazy, yellowish, cloudy headlight lense. If you do, this is what I did:
1. Tape off surrounding area of lens.
2. Wash with dishwashing soap.
3. Wetsand with 1k HORIZONTALLY. Wipe off with clean cloth.
4. Wetsand with 2k VERTICALLY. Wipe off with clean cloth.
5. On a clean cloth, apply a thin amount of mother's headlight restoration polishing compound and wait 5mins.
6. Attach the foam ball supplied in the kit to a power drill and apply more polishing compound (about the size of a quarter)
7. Apply in a slow side to side motion untill all compound has spread on the lens. Then polish.
8. Go back to Walmart and return the product. Just tell them it didnt work. (optional)

[ocmonteroguy]

haha Im not the only one who rents things from walmart??
Headlights look good!

[darkside]

LOL. I tried meguiars and turtle wax. They were basically emptly when I returned them. Either I didnt do it right or they just didnt work. I'm on a first name basis at walmart already.

[ocmonteroguy]

Ill keep that in mind, I havent had any problems with my head lights being hazy yet, keep my fingers crossed

[bdmontero]

Only problem with doing that is you quicken the process of oxidation. Uv rays will eat plastic alive with no uv coating.

[darkside]

There are no UV application on the market right now. But my bro just re-polishes his car with maguires plastix every 3 months with no wetsanding. I'd gladly do this process than buy a new set of housing.

[mudrunner]

I just used a rubbing compound and rag works fine.

[monty98]

Sept 21, 2011 15:07:32 GMT -5 darkside said:

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8. Go back to Walmart and return the product. Just tell them it didnt work. (optional)...

Well.....technically it DIDN'T work right? Since you removed the coating ;D I could justify it that way

Although I'll never need to do that since I am of the lucky few (well 97-99) with the glass headlamp

[darkside]

Apr 26, 2013 1:40:33 GMT -5 monty98 said:

Sept 21, 2011 15:07:32 GMT -5 darkside said:

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8. Go back to Walmart and return the product. Just tell them it didnt work. (optional)...

Well.....technically it DIDN'T work right? Since you removed the coating ;D I could justify it that way

I guess youre right, I just cleaned the lens again last month but I havent returned it back to walmart cause of guilt....You just gave me a reason bro...LOL