Headlights Hazed? Mine were!!

[judman13]

After my headlights ruining quite a few pictures as they have for many other, I decided to take the time and money this weekend and get it done.

I looked for the Bright Solutions Headlight & Plastic Resurfacer that DemonIAm/Tony used, but couldn't find any at my local parts stores.

So I got what I though would be the best bet for my money!! Boy was I right. For only $21 + tax I got the Meguiars Headlight Restoration Kit!!

The Box!!! Woot!!

The Box and the challenge!! As you can see they are worst than most.

Now to open it up an see the contents!!

It comes with the polishing solution, a power polish pad, and a micro-fiber cloth to clean and polish the plastic.

So now the process begins. Get your favorite corded or cord-less drill. Put the polish pad and and secure it.

Here are some reference before pictures.
Drivers side:

Passengers side:

Now I pulled the nose of the car into the garage to keep it out of the sun and keep the headlights cool per the directions.

Then as suggested to protect the paint I did a pretty extensive job taping off the surrounding area with masking tape.
Drivers Side:

Passengers side:

After taping it was time to hit the lights hard with the polish wheel.

Put a simple nickel sided amount of the restoration fluid on the wheel.

After maybe 10 minutes or less of polishing the results are spectaular!!

Drivers Side:

Passengers Side:

Full Flicker set here!!!!!

 

[judman13]

Here are some picture I took during the process:

Aside from the road rash on my front bumper everything looks pretty spectacular!!

 

[blkspdfreak]

nice job. the meguires one is really good. i opted for the $10 special. it came out great but mine were not as bad as yours. i wish i had the buffer wheel though, that would of saved alot of time too. nice write up too

 

[ThrillRide]

Get some wax on them so they don't go back.

 

[NCZ13]

if you went a step farther and sanded them the plastic would be much more clear.

looks good tho.

 

[pureliquidhw]

+1 to sanding. If the haze comes back, use a fine grit sandpaper to wet sand the headlight then do the awesome polishing. Great job!

 

[SeR_Cyclops]

I use the black sand paper i forget what grit it is though.

 

[pureliquidhw]

1500 grit IIRC

 

[SeR_Cyclops]

I'm pretty sure thats right.

 

[pureliquidhw]

Make sure it says you can wet sand with it. Dry sanding would be bad news. on the headlights.

 

[turbine50]

Mine were really bad. I started with 600 wet, then 800, 1000, 1500, then 2000 or 2500 (cant remember). Then went to Meguiars PlastX with a microfiber cloth by hand. A buffing wheel would have been great to save time but it came out great. I hit it with PlastX every time she gets a bath.

 

[Op4guy]

Another cheap, easy fix that can be done is using Pledge furniture polish. You can simply spray it on then hit it with a buffer wheel as well. This is a common product used on Jeep soft top windows that get hazy. Yes you have to do it more often but it does work and like stated before if you wet sand down the headlight starting with a 1000 grit and going to 2k or 2.5k before the results are amazing and you will find it ends up looking real good in the end.