Wet sanding front headlights, need info. - Honda Prelude Forum

cor0043 · 05-21-2009, 02:35 PM

My front headlights are looking very foggy and nasty with film. I know you can use some kind of grit sandpaper and sand them down and make them look like new again, but I just don't know the procedure to do it. Can any body post the steps and materials needed to do this.
thanks
Chris

Mkazm83 · 05-21-2009, 03:18 PM

Try 2k grit first, if its not coming out, move onto 1500 grit
once you got most/all of it off, wetsand with 2k to get the scratches from 1500 out.
polish with the headlights with the below to get the fogging off.

buddy222 · 05-21-2009, 07:52 PM

you remind me that it's time to sand my headlights.

AdmirG · 05-21-2009, 08:28 PM

At work we use 1k wet sand paper and then we got some buffing compound and buff them out. But I'll try this 2k n then to 1500.

indylude18 · 05-21-2009, 11:43 PM

Meguiar's sells a headlight cleaning kit with a drill buffer thingy and the plastic polish...it's like 20 bucks, and it will save you spending ALL day sanding...I used it, and it works pretty well. My headlights were also foggy on the inside though...sigh....

rayslude · 05-22-2009, 05:06 AM

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Headlight restoration step by step with pics..

Afesposi · 05-22-2009, 03:21 PM

you can also go to home depot and buy a polishing wheel for a drill that is like 8$ which worked really well for me
make sure you tape off the area really well to prevent accidental sanding of the paint....as below.....then what they looked like after I was done!

Solid · 05-22-2009, 05:46 PM

I just used the PlastX compound and a drill with a pad, worked great and no need to sand.