this how to is explaining how to wetsand your headlights. this is an effective and cheap way to get oxidation of your headlights and restore them. i payed $15 for all materials. heres the material list: 1. 800-1200 grit sand paper 2. cup of water 3. meguiars plast x 4. buffing pad 5. painting tape 6. cloth View attachment 1761 let the sandpaper soak in the water for about a minute before starting. tape off around your head light the plast x can make a mess on your paint. View attachment 1762 start wetsanding your headlight. make sure you have moisture on the sand paper at all times. i went in a grid pattern to make sure i did everything evenly. wipe off the water occasionally so you can see your progress. View attachment 1763 start applying the palst x using the buffing pad. i again went in the same grid pattern wiping off the extra plast x after each pass. i did three passes until i was done. before: View attachment 1759 after: View attachment 1764 the more work you put into this the better results you will get. it took me about a half hour to do this job completely. i did three wetsands and three polishes on each headlight and i think i got good results. i couldnt figure out how to delter the three pictures at the bottom.
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Great write up, man. I plan on doing this to my Ranger this weekend. Headlights are really foggy and yellow.
thanks guys. i notice a difference between appearance and functionality of my headlights. clinton- can you see if you can delete those three pics as the bottom? i couldnt figure out how to.
Is the light output better now that the headlights are sanded/polished? I did mine last Sunday and light output is brighter now. I won't say it's 100x better, but it's better than before. After sanding, I polished the headlights twice and they look good. One more coat, and they'll look almost perfect.
Cool. Yeah I plan on getting better bulbs as well. I used to have some aux lights but sold them, so the extra light is needed when driving on back roads at night.
