Make It Shine: RSX Headlight Reconditioning

[kaval]

Did these headlights a few weeks ago for a member on a local car forum.

This one was already sanded, but to rule out any defects remaining, I sanded away with 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500.

Compounded with M105 on PFW, followed by SIP on PFW, PowerFinish on Black Pad, 106FF Blue pad, sealed with 476S, and 2 coats of opti-seal 12 hours apart.

Passenger side:





After sanding, I lathered the lights in soap & water to make sure that nothing would interfere with the compounding.



After:



Driver side:









Sanded all defects with 1000grit, then sanded the entire lens with 1500 grit.


Once again, lathered the lens, and sprayed it clean with water. Dried with a microfiber.




After:








Thanks for looking!

Kaval

[gtpaul]

Great job Kaval!

[jordanrossbell]

Nice work here pal!

[willtothewong]

holy crap

nice work

makes me want to clean mine headlights too, getting a bit cloudy

=D

[Clean Dean]

Very nice restoration !!!

[Apollo_Auto]

Awesome job, Kaval! I've got a full detail and headlight restoration coming up on a Micra... I'll be sure to post the outcome!

[stiffdogg06]

Holy crap!

Nice job. Looks look I will use this process to just make my headlights & tail lights look even better.

Thanks.

[EisenHulk]

Great work, man!

[eurotrs]

Nice work!

I am now going to do my headlights, i was putting it off, but this post inspired me.

[Hemin8r]

You have encouraged all of us to clean up our headlights .
You did an awesome job on the lights, they look new.

[ah3000]

That is sick.

[kaval]

Thanks everyone! Glad I've inspired you all! lol