Polish Glass Headlight?

[aaahhhleft]

yeah ebay for me

[XcluziveAZN]

for a few bucks more you can get some new lights off for that brand new look.

you know what that is very true LOL

My mind was into polishing it and buying a new one slip my mind.

Isn't ebay one is an after market and made from plastic?

i'll take a picture of my headlight later. I think it all in my head lol (I like to get thing perfect) I'll try to polish it again after i get a car wash next week or something

[C91BLX7]

you know what that is very true LOL

My mind was into polishing it and buying a new one slip my mind.

Isn't ebay one is an after market and made from plastic?

i'll take a picture of my headlight later. I think it all in my head lol (I like to get thing perfect) I'll try to polish it again after i get a car wash next week or something

No the Ebay ones that look OEM are glass. I would just to be safe put some extra sealer on them so they don't fog up.

Fastcb7, please stop whoring your 30 posts.

[BlackPearl2006]

There is a technique I use on my model airplane canopies that I wonder would work on headlights:

FUTURE FLOOR WASH



It's floor polish, liquid acrylic. Cheap, and usually available at your local grocery store in the cleaning isle.

A lot of the clear canopies in my models have scratches, and some of them are even scuffed by accident or from sandpapering the injection mold seams away, leaving the surface "frosty" and actually not able to be see-thru. With the canopy (which can fit in your hand), I dip it in the liquid acrylic and let it dry. The liquid fills in all the scratches and abrasions. Then, after it dries, the hardened layer is now clear and can also be buffed into a magically completely-clear shine.

I wonder if a similar method can be devised for the headlights. As in coat the glass with a layer of liquid acrylic future floor wash (filling in scratches/abrasions, and essentially giving the outter layer of the headlights an acrylic clearcoat), and then treating that outter layer as you would plastic lenses, being able to buff them and shine them accordingly. You can airbrush the stuff on, or if you have the lenses off, maybe dip them?

Just a thought. Ive been meaning to try these out on mine soon. My lenses are crap anyway, so it can't get anyworse. They've got rock chips and dings that let the air/water in already, and they have those ugly USDM nipples. I'll post results if I end up trying this out next week.

[CB7Man]

I gotta try that stuff on my sanded tail lights lol

[BlackPearl2006]

I gotta try that stuff on my sanded tail lights lol

why'd u sand ur tailights?

[AD5OS]

Hey take out those headlights and try this.

Get a lathe with a polishing wheel.. You can pick one of these up at el cheapo tools made in china crap. Get some glass polish paste or cream and apply a good amount to the wheel and to the headlight... work the headlight around the lathe till it takes of the bad layer of glass and voila you have new headlights.

HOWEVER often crap gets caked inside the headlight which is harder to clean out but since you already took them out. I think there is a way to unscrew the glass part and clean the inside. otherwise you could use a drill with an extension and a polishing bit on the end and maybe get at it from the lamp hole.

My uncle was a detailer and had a system that he could clean out the insides by just removing the lamp. I tell you what it makes a HUGE difference in brightness and looks.