So I did the headlight cleaning.
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So I did the headlight cleaning.
So I decided I was going to clean my headlights since I did the whistler mod. I followed this link on how to do it.
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157192
I used 400,800,2000 I wet sanded them about 2 hours on each and then polished and this was my result. I used Mothers brand plastic polish.
On one light before i did the polish I went and rinsed the lights off and they looked brand new then as they dried they foged back up. The other light I didnt rinse I polished first then the same thing happend and I didnt even rinse that one.
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157192
I used 400,800,2000 I wet sanded them about 2 hours on each and then polished and this was my result. I used Mothers brand plastic polish.
On one light before i did the polish I went and rinsed the lights off and they looked brand new then as they dried they foged back up. The other light I didnt rinse I polished first then the same thing happend and I didnt even rinse that one.
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Originally Posted by 2k2 camaro
You should just get Holos and be done with it.. lol
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Originally Posted by graphicsgod
**** wet sanding!! I tried doing it on paint and gave up. Always came out worse, then just leaving it alone.
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Hmm, this might be 100% wrong, but try spraying a little clearcoat. I've noticed that if I sanded the carbon fiber pieces that I had covered in resin, they'd get really cloudy and nasty looking, I'd wipe them with water and they'd look sweet, but then as it dried it got cloudy like your headlights. Shot it with clear coat and tada no more hazing. Worth a shot, atleast...
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Originally Posted by meissenation
Hmm, this might be 100% wrong, but try spraying a little clearcoat. I've noticed that if I sanded the carbon fiber pieces that I had covered in resin, they'd get really cloudy and nasty looking, I'd wipe them with water and they'd look sweet, but then as it dried it got cloudy like your headlights. Shot it with clear coat and tada no more hazing. Worth a shot, atleast...
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Hmm perhaps disregard all that I just said.. one of the Eclipse's headlights is foggy like that and it's been polished to where it's a lot better but nowhere near perfect. Not as bad as yours but I was using Plast-X or something on it and I can't seem to get it as crystal clear as the other side
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I tried wet sanding once and it turned out good, but then I clear coated it and it seemed to make the paint darker almost like a black. I have no idea what happened. www.cardomain.com/id/droptop89camaro
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