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So as I'm doing my headlight mod for some HID's, I figured I'd tackle the issue of the clarity of my headlight lens.
Since I've got the headlight apart, it's real easy to see what's all going on. It looks like the P.O. of my Kat parked it under a tree or something that gives off sap because the headlight had all of these little speckles on it. Almost like it was sprayed with hairspray or had left-over engine grease on it.
I've polished and polished and polished until my fingers were bloody, and no dice...
So here's what I did.
Before:
Start with wetsanding. 800 grit (yes, I know it's a bit much... but that tree sap looked awful. Bare with me.)
I sanded down the lens very gently as to not take off too much plastic.
From 800 wetsanding (left) onto 1500 wetsanding (right).
From 1500 wetsanding (left) to 2000 wetsanding (right). The both sides were hit 2X in this photo to increase the clarity.
From 2000 wetsanding to buffing/polishing with some polishing compound and basically a foam pad. Buffed with microfibre cloth afterwards to remove the polish and keep it from staining the plastic.
In the last pic, both sides have been hit 3X with polish, and the inside once as well. I wanted to make sure I got most of the scratches out and had a decently clear lens.
Now I don't have that annoying tree sap anymore! Clear headlights FTW.
Since I've got the headlight apart, it's real easy to see what's all going on. It looks like the P.O. of my Kat parked it under a tree or something that gives off sap because the headlight had all of these little speckles on it. Almost like it was sprayed with hairspray or had left-over engine grease on it.
I've polished and polished and polished until my fingers were bloody, and no dice...
So here's what I did.
Before:
Start with wetsanding. 800 grit (yes, I know it's a bit much... but that tree sap looked awful. Bare with me.)
I sanded down the lens very gently as to not take off too much plastic.
From 800 wetsanding (left) onto 1500 wetsanding (right).
From 1500 wetsanding (left) to 2000 wetsanding (right). The both sides were hit 2X in this photo to increase the clarity.
From 2000 wetsanding to buffing/polishing with some polishing compound and basically a foam pad. Buffed with microfibre cloth afterwards to remove the polish and keep it from staining the plastic.
In the last pic, both sides have been hit 3X with polish, and the inside once as well. I wanted to make sure I got most of the scratches out and had a decently clear lens.
Now I don't have that annoying tree sap anymore! Clear headlights FTW.
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