Clear coated headlight restoration

[zckid]

Hello friends

I got a pair of headlights of a Peugeot 405 which had clear coat sprayed on it.

Actually the headlights got from bad to worst, from "CLEAR COATED TO CATARACT COATED"

And it took long, long hours to restore. Thanks God, it's got its vision.


Upon arrival

Right side

Left side

Filler used to fix headlights

Dirt after cleaning 1st headlight

Claying the right side

To the defects now

close-up

thorough inspection

how on earth could someone do this?

No words can describe

Amateurism exceeded - mix of debris and clear-coat, all cured

Opacity

Scratches

Very deep scratches that go beyond the clear sprayed

After long hours of work,
Wet-sanding - 800, 1000, 2000 grit used alternately and inch by inch testing. the aim was to remove the clear coat and the scratches, and not go any further

Tools and products used

Makita rotary, orange, white pads, menz FG400, sonax nano polish



starting to look good

50 / 50

Done

Like a genie in a bottle

The Fish eYe

Transparency and vision restored thanks to Almighty Above

As above, never use clear coat on the headlights.


thanks for viewing. your thoughts and comments are most welcome.

Zaid

 

[ShaneB]

Wow those were terrible!!! Great job saving those!

Go ahead and clear the headlights if you must... But damn, do some proper prep first!!! Wow! I tinted my tail lights once with clear coat mixed with just a little bit of single stage black paint. Came out beautiful. I sanded them to 600 grit before spraying them though.

 

[Cameronswmp9]

That looks great! Great work! They look like different lights!

 

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Great work!

 

[zckid]

Wow those were terrible!!! Great job saving those!

Go ahead and clear the headlights if you must... But damn, do some proper prep first!!! Wow! I tinted my tail lights once with clear coat mixed with just a little bit of single stage black paint. Came out beautiful. I sanded them to 600 grit before spraying them though.

Thank u Shane.

on this pair of headlights the painter sprayed only the clear and did that horribly.

I guess the owner will want to tint the headlights

 

[zckid]

That looks great! Great work! They look like different lights!

Great work!

thanks a lot friends

 

[Cameronswmp9]

What did you use to seal them with?

 

[jimmie jam]

Wow, beautiful result! You are a brave but highly skilled man. I'm guessing that the molded ID marks had to be removed?

 

[zckid]

What did you use to seal them with?

i think it was Optiseal

 

[zckid]

Wow, beautiful result! You are a brave but highly skilled man. I'm guessing that the molded ID marks had to be removed?

Thanks a lot Jimmie

the results are a blessing from Above.

The molded marks i don't think they can be removed, they are factory molded

cheers

 

[GearHead_1]

Nice work. I'd be interested in seeing these at 3 and 6 months out. If you can please show us how these hold up.

 

[MiVor]

Great result!