Lens Restorer

[dbn]

Has anyone here used one of those lens restorer kits? If so, which ones work well?

Happy holidays

[snowstang00]

I tried one from CT, end result was better then what I started with but it hardly looked new. Maybe I need to do it a couple more times.

[Logan]

I saw some at No Limits when I was there.

[Tweaked]

1000-1500-2000 grit wetsandpaper, and buff with a decent compound.

Leave that garbage at crappy tire.

[dbn]

I just have a bit of haze on the top of the lens, would it be better of i sand the whole thing to make it uniform or should i just do the top bit?
What kind of compound would you recomend? ( i have no sense of them)

[97coupecivic]

any plastic compound cream would do. 3M, Bodypro, etc.

[EvilDeadFan]

Do the whole lens. It's only a matter of time until the rest would also fail.
Don't forget to seal/wax afterwards. It'll last longer.

[Tweaked]

What they said.

[scottxkillyou]

only prob is once you do wetsand them and buff them, you will have to continually do it to maintain the clear appearance. just so you know

[dbn]

Are there any other ways then wetsanding? i dont mind buffing them every once in a while, but are there other possibilities that dont require that much maintenance?

[Tweaked]

You can find a wax that has a good UV protectant in it, that's what will cause the yellowing.

Oh and your talking buffing like once a season say before you put the car on the road for the summer, not really that big of a deal.

[scottxkillyou]

You can find a wax that has a good UV protectant in it, that's what will cause the yellowing.

Oh and your talking buffing like once a season say before you put the car on the road for the summer, not really that big of a deal.

yeah truth! sorry if i made it sound like you have to do it every 2 days

[dbn]

oh, okay. thanks for clearing that up. will be doing this soon enough.

thanks everyone for all the input.

[cadieuxj]

I always heard use toothpaste and a brush. Never tried it but a few guys I worked with did that and it seemed to help a bit, mind you they were using a gritty brush I believe.

[DVS Talon]

Sometimes you can find new headlights on Ebay for pretty cheap. It's probably more than the cost of sandpaper and compounds but they'd be new.

[curtis.ebear]

You can find a wax that has a good UV protectant in it, that's what will cause the yellowing.

Oh and your talking buffing like once a season say before you put the car on the road for the summer, not really that big of a deal.

Or do it once, and properly protect it with some universal Lamin-X over the headlight?

[Dicorp]

toothpaste.

[rd02sir]

remove the headlight from the car and do the wetsand method, once you have the ncie shiny new looking light, get some clear coat in a rattle can and spray a layer or two. That haze effect that you see on worn headlights is the clearcoat coming off the lense. This method will more than likely last the longest.

[dbn]

so your saying use the clear coat after buffing it with the compound?

[danny_italia]

I've used the wetsanding method in the past and after which applies PlastiX... The outcome was awesome except now I've noticed the hazing has started to return. Would applying some sort of wax help? If some can i use the same sort of wax I'd use on my car (Collinite 845IW)?

[Thermalstorm]

For plastic headlights use Maguiers PlastiX works wonders, comes in a white bottle at ct,near all the wax's and polish's

[rd02sir]

so your saying use the clear coat after buffing it with the compound?

yes or use the clear lamin-x.

The problem is once you wet sanded down the lens', you've basicly taken the protective layer off. So you'll need to replace it with something or else youll be repeating the process once every year or two, like danny_italia has noticed. You can also just wax them when you wax your car, but something with UV protectant will work better. Best is to re-clearcoat them or Lamin-x. The problem with clear coating is time and money, while waxing takes next to no time, just whenever you wax your shit.