Headlight Correction

[Philip.]

This has been bugging me for ages, and since some of you reminded me
of it in my last picture whoring thread, I got it done!

Was a lot easier than I thought it'd be.
Used 800, 1000, 1200, 2000 grade wet and dry paper.
My mate brought his megs polisher round and finished the job for me.

They've come out great, makes SUCH a difference, and they were, THAT bad.

It started out like this (pretty bad as you can see)




Started on the wet and dry, then cleaned it off before polishing.




And this is how they came out! :approve:

 

[Nick_P]

Great job buddy

 

[Greeny.]

Did the same thing from the guide on here myself, good job

 

[Dean Mac]

My headlights are doing the sam, there stained and yellow with minute scratches if you like.

How did you make them look so good like yours?

 

[Westicles]

are they realy that easy to do ?

 

[Evz0607]

Mine are exactly the same as that doing my nut in! .. job for the day off I think! must have cost less than a tenner to do that as well bargain!

 

[Nick_P]

are they realy that easy to do ?

really. easy.

 

[Addz]

Really need to do mine, they are no where near as bad as yours were though!

 

[Westicles]

wahts the best polish the auto glym stuff??

and do you need to do like the guide and use the scratch X stuff before you apply the polish ??

cheers

 

[Fletcher]

I've done the same to mine..

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=461306

They looked great for a shortwhile, now in need of some more TLC. I am going to invest a new set soonish.

 

[Philip.]

We used some megs' polish, not sure which one it was!
I remember my mate telling me it was one that was going to cut into it alot :S
I'm pretty pleased with the result though.

And yes, its really, REALLY easy to do!

 

[Tigger]

Great job mate - did mine not long ago too

 

[TimR26]

Good result! I bought all the stuff to do this few weeks ago but haven't got round to it yet.

 

[JoeyD]

They came out Great!
Big improvement.
Paint correction next?

 

[Philip.]

They came out Great!
Big improvement.
Paint correction next?

Yeah, massive improvement!
I think so, it'll either be the next week or after my holidays, got a few bits
of body I need to get sorted too. You might be able to see a scratch on the
drivers side wing, and there's one of the back thanks to poo parkers!

Was thinking about getting Oz F1's instead of 172 wheels, unsure yet though!

 

[Adam111]

To stop them getting scratched again it might be an idea to apply this after the correction:
http://www.lamin-x.co.uk/shop/clear.htm

 

[Magic Johnson]

Lol I always thought the 'mist effect' was on the inside?

 

[Ali]

good job, i'll be doing the same this weekend! Bloody stone ships!!! What grit did you use for wet and dry?

 

[m4rkie23]

Take a look here Ali, I listed what I used when I did DH182's.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=504065

 

[Philip.]

I went as low as 800, as mine were really bad!

 

[Jimbo-Clio]

can u do it by hand rather than a megs buffer?

 

[Philip.]

Yes, but with a crap load of effort!
So much easier with the Megs'

 

[Ali]

Take a look here Ali, I listed what I used when I did DH182's.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=504065

Was that by hand or on a sanding disk via DA...? Sorry if it's mentioned, just skimmed it! (At work)

 

[m4rkie23]

The sanding was done by hand (over a sanding block). You could sand it on speed 1 on a DA if you wanted. Just be careful with the pressure you apply with the more corse paper.

 

[Dean Mac]

This has been bugging me for ages, and since some of you reminded me
of it in my last picture whoring thread, I got it done!

Was a lot easier than I thought it'd be.
Used 800, 1000, 1200, 2000 grade wet and dry paper.
My mate brought his megs polisher round and finished the job for me.

They've come out great, makes SUCH a difference, and they were, THAT bad.

It started out like this (pretty bad as you can see)




Started on the wet and dry, then cleaned it off before polishing.




And this is how they came out! :approve:

So you Just rubbed vigoriuosly with the 800 grade wet and dry paper gradually going up in the grades to take off the rough surface then waxed to make a clean finish? (Im making a start at the weekend and nevee tried this before) Is that pratically whats involved? Rub rub rub using the different grades?

Cheers

 

[JoeyD]

You'll need to polish after wet&dry.

 

[Dean Mac]

Okay, but i rub my arseoff on each light using the grades 800, 1000 etc...building up? Mine are near enough the same condition as above but dont mind the donkey work by doing it by hand

 

[ABOO]

In the guide a bonnet buffer that attatches to drill is used, obviously with care. Can get em' for about £7 from the bay of E..

That's what I'll be using to do mine...

 

[Dean.]

In the guide a bonnet buffer that attatches to drill is used, obviously with care. Can get em' for about £7 from the bay of E..

That's what I'll be using to do mine...

link? im disabled i can not find one

 

[Dean Mac]

yeah a link would be nicc, what grade wet and dry paper do you use first? reallydnt wanna f**k my lights up!

 

[m4rkie23]

Follow the link I posted on page1 and it will give you a detailed list off all the grades of wet/dry you need mate.

 

[Tigger]

The lower the number the more coarse/rough the paper is

So the order would be 600, 800, 1200, 1500, 2000, etc

Higher number on the paper, the finer it is