Scratched Headlight Lense. Anyway to fix? *PIC*

[W O T]

My drivers side headlight has fogged up ever since my accident. SO Ive been on the hunt ever now and then when I remember to type it in on eGay.

Dealership wanted $1200 so that was not an option. I found this used one that is scratched to s*** for basically free + shipping

Theres some deep scratches on the top of the lense, and some minor ones everywhere else. I dont know how to repair a clear lense and have it remain clear after repair.



Only solution Ive thought of so far is to sand it smooth then tint them yellow or tint black like my Honda, but Id prefer to keep them white at this point

Thanks for any tips

[naladude911]

$60 on ebay dude

[K03sport]

Granted those look more than just surface scratches, but a 3M or any other brand headlight resotorer kit, painter's tape and an hour of your time and you should have 90% of those scratches gone.

Clear plastic is hard to repair. The best way is using a kit to sand down the affected area and just work through the various stages of sand paper and then on to the polishing compound.

No, it probably won't look "new" if most of those scratches are deep, but it should take care of the majority. Should be $30 or less.

[W O T]

Ya I did it last night, came out lookin great.

Just wetsanded with 600 then 1000, one rub of rubbing compound then 3-4 applications of polishin with a buffer and it came out more than acceptable for me. In better condition then the passneger side it will be paired with anyways lol

I dont get what the first guy who replied meant by Ebay $60 though

I did it with stuff I already had, just didnt know if it would work on clear plastic
Modified by W O T at 10:21 PM 5/12/2009

[WINNIPEGS_MOST_WANTED]

pics? I'm interested in seeing the end result.

[W O T]

Your wish is my command fellow canadian

Came out alot better than I expected, I could have went balls to the wall and got ALL the scratches out even at there deepest points, but if you check out the first pic, I think it came out nice lol. I literally only sanded for like 2 minutes, Im sure some more elbow grease would have cured them completely.

But you cant see them at all from over a foot or two



(notice the amber piece loose , broke off in shipping aparently)

So for $60 cdn and 45 min of buffing, Ive got a working headlight again yay!

[WINNIPEGS_MOST_WANTED]

Wow that looks good!

[W O T]

thanks, a big improvement from what it was if you take a look lol

I was just surprised that you could make clear plastic so clear again

Heres the 2 compounds I use, can be bought at crappy tire for $5each, I bought them years ago, just never used them

[kingbingy]

Yeah looks good. But to be clear. You started off with 100 and worked your way to 600. (As the higher the number the finer the grit. Lower the number the more coarse it is).

As you guys need to know that you start ruff and then go higher with grit. Even close to 1000 grit would be great. Then you can use compound and polish.

But looks good.

[W O T]

Yeah looks good. But to be clear. You started off with 100 and worked your way to 600. (As the higher the number the finer the grit. Lower the number the more coarse it is).

As you guys need to know that you start ruff and then go higher with grit. Even close to 1000 grit would be great. Then you can use compound and polish.

But looks good.

Thanks for pointing that out, I just made a typo

Ya I did it last night, came out lookin great.

Just wetsanded with 600 then 100

Supposed to be wetsanded with 600 then 1000

Thanks for catchin that, dont want s***ty info on here

[InfinQX4]

Dang man - That turned out awesome. Really didn't think anything would make that turn around!

[W O T]

That makes 2 of us, and it literally was no more than 40 min of work!! I thought I would be sanding with 600 and 1000 FOREVER to get the scratches out, but i was happy after only a couple mins

[fueler]

Hey WOT i didnt know you were on CA.com!!

[W O T]

HELL to the yes gotta learn all this fancy electronics from somewhere!

You have the same name over there?

[K03sport]

That makes 2 of us, and it literally was no more than 40 min of work!! I thought I would be sanding with 600 and 1000 FOREVER to get the scratches out, but i was happy after only a couple mins

Some of the lens refinish kits have 320, 600, 1000, 1500, 2000. That is just the sandpaper. Then you apply the polish paste. Most if not all of the sanding should be done wet, especially on the finer stuff.

And the best results can be had if you remove the light from the vehicle.

[fueler]

You have the same name over there?

nope. i'm stophatin. it says i have a pathfinder cause im not trying to advertise my s*** to thieves !!

i responded to your sister stealin yo money thread in the thunderdome.