Cleaned Up My Headlights

20stang00 · 04-21-05, 10:54

Sorry guys, not a full detail but i finally cleaned up my headlights. I didnt get around buying a new pair of headlights, so i saw a tutorial online and tried it out my self. I saved myself $200. Go ahead, flame me for not taking care of them in the firstplace.

Anyway, here's what i did.
-Soaked 350, 600, 1200, and 1600 grit sand paper in some nxt
-Went ahead and wetsanded the headlights from 350->1600
-Polished with ssr2.5 on yellow lc pad
-Hand Polished with megs plastix
-waxed with vm hand glaze.

^Before^

^Closeup on Headlight^

^PC 7336 W/LC Yellow Pad^

^Soaking The Sandpaper In Some Soap (Same Grit Sandpaper You Rec.)^

^SSR2.5 & Plastx^

^Amazing After Shot^

^The Difference^

^Like New^

AMP01 · 04-21-05, 11:33

20stang00,

WOW!!!

That is AMAZING!

Great job on the write up as well!

Keep up the super work!

Cheers,

20stang00 · 04-22-05, 01:08

Thanks bro :

.! the hawaiian sun aint so friendly with plastic headlights. Well, for me it aint.

robert · 04-22-05, 02:22

Looking good!Must be nice to have to be envied now as having the cleanest looking stang on your block now huh?

Great job,keep it up

saling4 · 04-22-05, 04:30

Ya'll forgot to flame him foor letting them get that bad/ He even said we could.Geeeeesh.

Great job on those lenses.

Brian

gav'spurplez · 04-22-05, 04:03

nice, i am going to have to do that to one of mine,

how long did you let the sandpaper soak for ??

White95Max · 04-22-05, 05:21

Did you try a less intense process first? I've cleared up a lot of headlights with just a couple quick applications of Mothers Plastic Polish. I would think the SSR2.5 and the yellow pad followed by PlastX would do the trick.

Great job nonetheless! They sure look way better than before. Now keep them protected with a sealant so that they won't return to that faded state again.

Tasty · 04-22-05, 09:24

Yeah, I used the Meguiar's 3 step crystal system on mine and it worked great. I don't think you have to get too aggressive with them for it to turn out nice. Nice job though.

WrxRob513 · 04-22-05, 09:36

am i the only one who laughed at the plates?

good job.

FlatFourRS · 04-22-05, 11:24

Way to not keep them clean in the first place...KIDDING KIDDING... Great job!

ben54 · 04-22-05, 11:59

Weird how your headlights got like that. I had a 1988 Mustang that had clear headlights up until the day I sold her in 2003. Nice job on the clean up, and the write up.

chrisx · 04-26-05, 04:35

That's a great result. I will have to bookmark this page for future reference.