2005 Accord headlight restore

[dd1101]

Its been awhile since I posted but have been busy with moving back to Tampa from WV. Its good to be back In FL and get a garage again!

My brother in-law has a 2005 Accord with 130k miles. The headlights are the original and have been oxidized pretty badly.

Process, wet sanded with 2000 grit then 2500. Had a small wool pad on hand so I decided to try that with M105 and then tangerine/cyan pads with m205. Topped off with 2 coats of BFCS. Car got washed and it got a third coat of BFCS the next day. The headlights took about one hour total with both of us wet sanding.

I forgot to take pics before starting the process. But snapped a few of the final steps.


http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh515/dnd2984/IMG_2228_zpsc2c12f2e.jpg (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/dnd2984/media/IMG_2228_zpsc2c12f2e.jpg.html)

http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh515/dnd2984/IMG_2222_zps51063582.jpg (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/dnd2984/media/IMG_2222_zps51063582.jpg.html)

Dried after sanding

http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh515/dnd2984/IMG_2224_zps0a75eb9d.jpg (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/dnd2984/media/IMG_2224_zps0a75eb9d.jpg.html)

http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh515/dnd2984/IMG_2229_zpsd0f3b6a7.jpg (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/dnd2984/media/IMG_2229_zpsd0f3b6a7.jpg.html)

http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh515/dnd2984/IMG_2232_zpsebda7e69.jpg (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/dnd2984/media/IMG_2232_zpsebda7e69.jpg.html)

Not bad for my first time cleaning up some headlights.

Feel free to ask questions and enjoy.

[Todd@RUPES]

Nice job! How long did the job take you in total?>

[tropicsteve]

looks great. sure beats paying for a new headlamp assembly. :)

[wdmaccord]

Awesome! Just my 2003 accord headlights a couple weeks ago with 145k miles. I used similar process with 1500/2000/3000, then m105 on orange LC pad. Still had a few dull spots so going to run through the process one more time and finish with m205 or megs UC and then hit it with the BFCS. I think its more gratifying doing this process than just buying a kit...especially since I already had all the products and just needed to buy some sandpaper.

[TroyScherer]

Nice work.

[Rsurfer]

Nice job. Now you need to top it with Opti Lens so that your hard work won`t yellow in a few months.

[XxBoostinxX]

Nice job. Now you need to top it with Opti Lens so that your hard work won`t yellow in a few months.

Can you just do opti-coat or is there a difference in opti-lens and opti-coat?


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[Rsurfer]

Can you just do opti-coat or is there a difference in opti-lens and opti-coat?


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Opti Lens was made for headlights..heavy amounts of UV protection.

[Pats300zx]

Excellent job

[polisher]

umm is it me or i can still see some slight haziness