Headlight restoration nice results DIY.
 

i seen this on YouTube and gave it a try.
2004 rx8

Materials.
Spray bottle
Painter tape
Razor blade
Rubbing alcohol
400 grit automotive sandpaper
800 grit automotive sandpaper
2000 grit automotive sandpaper
Trash bags
Rag.
Rustolium clear coat.

1. Wet the headlight and wipe off dirt.
1a. Tape off around your light. (Picture one.)
1b. Tape down trash bag.
1c cut out headlight a bit wider so the tape is slightly exposed.
1d tape the bag around the light to the tape below it.(picture 2)

2. Wet the 400 grit paper and light then start to rub in a circular motion while spraying water on the spot where scrubbing constantly.
3. After mild pressure is applied with circular motion finish with a horizontal motion for another minute. Continuing the spraying with water the whole time while sandinging.
4. Repeated with the 800 and 2000 grit. When finished it will looked scratched and hazy! Relax its time to finish! (Picture 3)
5. Wipe down the light with a rag and rubbing alcohol and let dry for 2 minutes.
6 now take your clear coat and spray lightly yet evenly back and forth till you see the lamp coated. (Picture 4)
7. Let sit for 5 mins and do two more costs the same way to make it three coats at the end.
8. And it looks so much better! (Picture 5)

You now let it sit for 24 hours then lightly wet sand to remove the "orange peel" finish and make smooth. Then finish with some turtle wax finishing polish let it become hazy and buff it out. I will update tomorrow with that result as well.
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i seen this on youtube as well is it chris fix's way?

Yeah it is. I was pretty impressed with his results. Can't wait to see the finished product tomorrow.

I was thinking bout trying it cuz one of mine has seen its better days

Just be easy and patient with the clear coat. The rest is a piece of cake.

just so you know
I restored my headlights and coated them
and 9 months later they are getting yellow again....
lol.z.....

Was your car sitting outside all that time? Has anyone has luck having 1-2 years between treatments? My guess is no - once that polycarbonate lens starts to degrade - it degrades at the surface the most but the inner layers still to some extent receive permanent degradation from the intense UV energy from the sun. You fix the outer surface but the rest of the layers continue to degrade.

I was looking for a temporary fix and know it's not permanent. Looks better than it did. And for that I am happy