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jamestown478
03-23-2014, 03:24 PM
who does detailing on here that would want to "refinish" or buff or whatever its called my headlights. They are pretty bad and I don't want to mess them up by doing them myself.
pOrk
03-23-2014, 05:43 PM
Its easy as pie, wet sand with 600, then 1000, then 1500, then 2000 if you can find it and hit with a buffer and compound. They will look like new, and as long as you wax them they will last ;) And by wetsand, you just use warm water with a mild dish soap to keep it lubricated and dont let the sand paper get to built up. Just google it, its a 2 hour job for a newb to do both headlights.
jamestown478
03-23-2014, 06:18 PM
I think I would rather pay someone to do it for me.
Burgandy85SS
03-24-2014, 06:10 PM
Ive just been sanding them down getting all the nasty yellowing off and clear coating them. The same clear as on your car.
Never have to worry about them turning yellow again
buttersgt350
03-24-2014, 08:37 PM
Yeah just do it yourself, you can get the kits at auto zone for like $25


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GTSLOW
03-25-2014, 06:49 AM
The 3M drill kit works fantastic. This one looks like an older picture as mine came with a roll of green masking tape.

http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?mwsId=66666UF6EVsSyXTtoXTVlxTcEVtyE Vs6EVs6EVs6E666666--

http://www.3m.com/product/information/Headlight-Lens-Repair.html
buttersgt350
03-25-2014, 05:53 PM
The 3M kit is what i had also


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jamestown478
04-03-2014, 03:08 PM
Ok I took your guy's suggestions and refinished them myself,

this is a before pic of the passenger side:
<a href="http://s288.photobucket.com/user/jamestown478/media/IMAG0142_zps18df181e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll175/jamestown478/IMAG0142_zps18df181e.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMAG0142_zps18df181e.jpg"/></a>

this is a before pic of the drivers side:
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll175/jamestown478/IMAG0143_zps414e64d7.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/user/jamestown478/media/IMAG0143_zps414e64d7.jpg.html)

this is an after pic from the passenger side:
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll175/jamestown478/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-04/1BB4E419-CA95-41CC-9E6F-FC3B7F466008_zpsutnxluex.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/user/jamestown478/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-04/1BB4E419-CA95-41CC-9E6F-FC3B7F466008_zpsutnxluex.jpg.html)

this is an after pic from the drivers side:
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll175/jamestown478/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-04/D8203A88-48C6-420A-8F9C-449DD749F5BF_zpsrsekiy17.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/user/jamestown478/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-04/D8203A88-48C6-420A-8F9C-449DD749F5BF_zpsrsekiy17.jpg.html)

lighting in the pics sucks but you can still see the difference. I am still going to go over the lights one more time to get them perfect.
buttersgt350
04-04-2014, 03:45 PM
Looks good!


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spooln30
04-05-2014, 04:46 AM
I use the 3M kit like others have stated. $17 @ Harbor Freight My pops Avalon HL were yellow as hell and I didn't think they would turn out as good as they did. They look almost brand new. You should put a clear or use a Urethane like I did. Otherwise they will oxide again.
jamestown478
04-05-2014, 10:51 AM
I use the 3M kit like others have stated. $17 @ Harbor Freight My pops Avalon HL were yellow as hell and I didn't think they would turn out as good as they did. They look almost brand new. You should put a clear or use a Urethane like I did. Otherwise they will oxide again.

I am going to go over them one more time and then clear coat them. I gotta remove the one and work on the seal on it because it seems to be letting some moisture in it and fogging it up.