Well it was something i been wanting to and finally got around to it. I polished my headlights.

1: tape of the headlight
2: clean off the lens
3: wet-sand with 1500grit
4: Rinse grit off
5: wet-sand with 2500grit
6: Rinse grit off
7: used an 0.3micron AL oxide polish paste plus soapy water with a buffing pad we have at work to polish cabonfiber specimens for microscope eval
8: Used a 1.0 micron diamond slurry plus soapy water with a buffing pad we have at work to polish cabonfiber specimens for microscope eval
9: seal lens with turtle wax sealer

here are some before and after pics

 

cant see any pics! D:

 

wait how do i post pics in the thread?

 

We don't have access to your hard drive.

You have to upload the pictures to the interwebs using Photobucket, Flickr, or Imageshack.

Then take the picture link and post it here.

 

+1 on the pics, but curious to see how they turned out

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/members/hondaforlife954-271625-albums-headlights-6282/

I created an photo album in my profile. Let me know if this works

 

They look sick man, job well done

 

Thanks! took about 3hrs... they look so much better! now i need to either polish the bumper to that shine or buy a new one....

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/album.php?albumid=6282 added a few more

 

Cool. If I didnt have a paint protection film on mine, I'd probably do this as well.

 

very clean. approved!

 

nicely done

 

Looks great! Did you use a regular drill motor to apply the sanding, or do you have a specialized unit?

 

very nice! your "before" looks very similar to my "now"...so this might just be a job for the near future.

 

Had my KNOB polished too over the weekend, but I didn't put that in the news!


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gross!!! old man balls ftl!!!!!

 

I actually cleaned mine as well, but used the Meguiars kit for yellowed headlights. It worked great and made a huge difference in my case. My headlights had some film on them. I suspect the guy who had the car before me had tints on the lights that used some kind of adhesive.

Joe

 

No it was just a corded DeWalt hand drill. I did have special Microcloth that we buy when we do Metallography on our carbon fiber samples.

The stuff i used is from a company called Buehler.

 

I did this to my TL along with my moms car and they look much better. Light output is increased drastically. I'm going to do my dad's G35x and a neighbors E350 sometime soon.

 

Looks great!

 

Nice job-you can really see the improvement.

 

 

Awesome Job! Have you though about applying some paint protection film (AKA clearbra) to the lenses to avoid future yellowing? That way you can just peel off the film and reapply in a few years once that is all scratched and yellow.

Also I edited your first post to show the pictures!

 

Good job!

 

I have thought about it. But with plastics it can still turn yellow with a clearbra on it. Mine were not yellow but just had a bunch of small chips in it from the previous owner driving a ton of highway miles. I still might put it on. but for now I sealed the lens with a turtle wax brand sealer.

Thanks for the edit! it is much appreciated!