Ford Headlights

[vcallaway]

I need to polish the headlights on my Scorpio. They are typical 16 year old ford plastic and are yellowed and fogged over.

The last set I did was on my XR and it was a royal pain. I used about 4 grades of sandpaper and finished off with a buffer wheel and jewlers rouge.

I`ve looked at a couple of kits. One is from a company called Lens Renew (http://www.lensrenew.com/auto_detailing_supplies.htm).

The other is from one of the sponsors here. Wolfgang Lens Cleaning System (http://www.wolfgangcarcare.com/plastik-lens-cleaning.html)

Has anyone here used one of these, or anything similar? I am NOT going to do the same process as I did last time.

[GregCavi]

have you just tried meguiars plastic x? My favorite cheap resto process was turtle wax color back compound, did an amazing job and cleaning up lights.

Greg

[vcallaway]

Maybe I should clarify just how bad these headlights are:
http://3-xr.com/files/lights.jpg

This picture actually makes them look better than they are.

[TrueDetailer]

Wetsanding them should do the trick. If you already have some why not use it instead of wasting money on something else.

I attatched some pics of a set i did awile back. not as bad as what you`ll be working with but the process is the same.

I used 1000 and 2000 grit and then polished the sanding marks out.

The after pic is not that great, in person though them lights are crystal clear.

[MDetail]

Alot of times when headlights are yellowed, they are also yellowed from the inside. So you might need to open them up to FULLY get the yellow sanded out.

[vcallaway]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I used Meguiars Scratch X with a buffing pad on a drill. Used a low speed.

Just the drivers side is done in the picture. It actually looks better than the picture shows, the camera actually caught reflection that makes it look a little white.

http://3-xr.com/files/cleared.jpg

[MDetail]

Wow, very nice ;)