mcimo's Headlight Restoration project - PICS!

[mcimo]

Yesterday I decided to go ahead and restore my headlights to how they should be.
I tried to restore them once using a kit and it totally screwed them up. :worried:
So, I went to advanced and got some sandpaper. I put tape on her eyes and had my way with her. :tongue: Hehe!
Then I polished them up with some Meguiars PlastX. Anyways here are the results. I think it looks like 10 Quadrillion times better than before! What do y'all think?

Before:
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z114/mcimo88/Headlights/IMG_0094.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z114/mcimo88/Headlights/IMG_0095.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z114/mcimo88/Headlights/IMG_0102.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z114/mcimo88/Headlights/IMG_0103.jpg

In-Between:
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z114/mcimo88/Headlights/IMG_0096.jpg

After:
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z114/mcimo88/Headlights/IMG_0107.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z114/mcimo88/Headlights/IMG_0108.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z114/mcimo88/Headlights/IMG_0109.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z114/mcimo88/Headlights/IMG_0101.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z114/mcimo88/Headlights/IMG_0104.jpg

[prelude24]

yea def a good idea to have clean headlights lol

[Prelude818]

looks good.. thats probably what i should do to mine instead of just replacing them lol.. what'd u get to do all of that?

[2.2Lude]

looks good

[mcimo]

looks good.. thats probably what i should do to mine instead of just replacing them lol.. what'd u get to do all of that?

Thanx. I followed this tutorial:
http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20994

I know it's not on a Prelude, but it's a Supra so I think it's OK! Hahaha!

But I worked like a champ for me.

[thomas97]

amber parking lights eh?
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/Thomastk/Prelude/DSC00841.jpg
:thumbup:
nice!

[mcimo]

amber parking lights eh?
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/Thomastk/Prelude/DSC00841.jpg
:thumbup:
nice!

I have some red ones I want to put in so bad, but I'm afraid of getting pulled over for them! Have they given you any trouble?

[thomas97]

not at all, you cant even tell theye red because i have silverstars and it blinds out the red, really unless your staring at the car 2 inches away from the headlight or ONLY have the parking lights on [red] then you will never know

[PreludeBoy95']

looks good man..my bro did the same thing to his Civic DX

[mcimo]

I think I might do it again, just to see if I can get it even better. :biggrin:

[twokexlv6coupe]

are your headlights glass or plastic?

cuz i used mcguires plasti-X on my JDM's (which are plastic, unlike USDM glass) and about 3 months later, they were even worse than before i used the plasti-X.

[mcimo]

are your headlights glass or plastic?

cuz i used mcguires plasti-X on my JDM's (which are plastic, unlike USDM glass) and about 3 months later, they were even worse than before i used the plasti-X.

Hmm... I thought they were plasic.... but I'm pretty sure they're not JDM. Did you wet sand them and everything? They seem like they're plastic but maybe not. Is there a way to tell?

[Oceanborn]

not at all, you cant even tell theye red because i have silverstars and it blinds out the red, really unless your staring at the car 2 inches away from the headlight or ONLY have the parking lights on [red] then you will never know

Your lucky. I have Silverstars too, but I have 10 led clusters in mine so you can still see them... even with my high beams on :vollkommenauf:

[ogsmakdade]

all 5th gen headlights are plastic. thank you.

[Si Speed]

You should put Lamin-X covering on them now.
I polished mine last week too. I didn't sand it as much cause I didnt buy that many sandpapers but it looks WAY better than before. Imma re-do them in a couple weeks just cause I'm obsessed now.

As far as parking lights, I have the 5 LED super white ones and they blend VERY nicely with my 6000K HID's, which also blend pretty nicely with my yellow high beams. :biggrin:

[muha22752]

i did the same thing and it looks way better

[yogi_pahl]

If you do ti again get a higher grit sand paper then b/4. It will help make it even smother then b4. good job

[abelsgotspeed]

i think Breakfluid would have done the trick but only for a while haha

[acardi]

very nice.. i did mine saterday. i used 2000 grit sandpaper. i still have fine scratches on mine..? look alot better though...

[redlude]

where in the world did you guys find anything higher than 2000 sandpaper?? i looked all over today and thats the best i could find.

[bass 1]

Just wet sanded and polished my turn signal housings tonight.
1200grit to 2000 to 3200 to 4000 to 6000 to 8000 to 12000:eek:
then i used some meguires #7

Before and after pic:
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii72/bass_2/IMG_1207.jpg

Glad i did it... headlights are next

[Irish Luder]

wow thats such a difference!! i must attack my lights soon

[mcimo]

Just wet sanded and polished my turn signal housings tonight.
1200grit to 2000 to 3200 to 4000 to 6000 to 8000 to 12000:eek:
then i used some meguires #7

Glad i did it... headlights are next

Hey really bangin job dude! Nice one, it looks great.

[si96Lude]

I have been doing this for about 6 months now. Its my job....lol

[mcimo]

Nice. It's really not that hard as long as you take your time with it and don't rush. I should take some pics of them now, since I just spent about $100 on having the car detailed.

[dj123456]

hey, that looks amazing, great job!