Sanded my headlight

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Andrewc-c

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Today I detailed my car and decided to wet sand my left headlight.



I forgot to take before pictures of my headlight, so I tried to find the best picture I could of my headlight.



Before

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After

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I taped off around the paint and used a little squirt bottle to keep the headlight and sandpaper wet.

I started out with 1800 grit then went to 2400 grit and finished it out with 3600 grit. After the sanding I polished it with Megs scratch ex.
 
looks great!



are dull headlights common on that gen celica? my boss has a GTS and his headlights are really foggy.
 
Nice job, I'm surprised you had to sand the headlights as your car isn't that old. Any advice on doing ones on a 2000 Intrepid? I've noticed the vinly like coating is starting to wear away in some areas. I'm wondering if polishing will take off the remainder or would I need to sand?
 
Ironicly, just tonight I did a lil detailing to my friends girlfriends celica. He said it would make her day if we could fix the haze on her headlights. So I hit them with OC with yellow sonus pad followed by OP using a white sonus pad. Turned out real good! I guess celicas have problems with that.....? Great job on the headlights!!!!! :bow



Here's a G35 Sedan that I did today as well. Just a little buffing and they came out pretty good.



Before

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After

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I'm not sure why the headlight got foggy so quickly. The right one is brand new the previous owner got into a minor wreck with it and must have just replaced the right one.

Tomorrow I'll take pics of the new and the old to compare the two



Also I'm going to sand my friends mustang headlights

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They look alot worse in person



You can see where the fogging stops because of his hood.
 
I dont know but just using plastx from meguiars clears up all of the fog on my headlights, looks like i get the same result as i would sanding them
 
Wet sanded the mustang today



We started on the left headlight and once again I forgot to take before pictures thats why there are only before pictures of the right headlight.



Before

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After

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The left headlight was just as fogged as the right.



I did the same process but I wish I had something lower than the 1800 with me because the fogging was god awful bad.

Most of the fogging is gone on the outside but I believe there is still something on the inside. He didn't want to try to take the headlights apart, so maybe another day we will sand the insides.
 
wow... I actually never thoughto f this. I got some headlights that are prety hzed over and I may actually try this. Just gotta be sure to keep the surface and paper soaked huh?



and the celica... man that thing's DEEPLY shiny.
 
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