EightCostsMoney

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When I bought my car my head lamps were really fogged up real bad. I tried have them restored a couple of times and they never cleared up. I decided to buy some sand paper and try it myself. However, I used too much grit on one and it scratched it up real bad. They are clear now except for the deep scratches on one lens. If I wax them with some clear wax like Turtle Ice is works for a day or two and just fades back to awful scratches.

I was thinking of getting some overlays like clear, slightly tinted, or even yellow to put over the lenses to help mask the damage. I was thinking of a heavy polish and make a seal the wax in the cracks. Then put the overlays over to seal it in and make it flat again. You think that will work? I do not have any money for new head lamps right now and looking for a cheaper fix till I can afford a new set.

If not, does anyone have any better ideas?

dannobre

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Get some 800, 1500 and 2000 and finer if you can find it grit wet and dry paper and WET sand them until the scratches are gone.... then polish with a buffing wheel and they will come up nice

or take it to a body shop and get them to do it.....

paimon.soror

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You dont want to do this depending on what type of sealant or polish you use, you are going to get some marring after a few days, it wont look hazy, it will end up looking blurry heh. Like dannobre said, get multiple grits of wet sandpaper up to 2000+, and take your time on each headlamp. And by wetsand we mean water with a tad bit of dishsoap for lubrication, or use a detailing spray. it will be 1000x easier to remove the light assembly, but if you cannot, be sure to mask off around the headlights.

EightCostsMoney

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Yeah, tried that 3 times, with wet sanding! I accidently used a deep cutting grit on the first try; it might have been 80-100. I had an assortment pack and just picked up the wrong one. There are a few real deep scratches that are near impossible to get out. By the time I grinded that down I might not have lenses left. I can go by a body shop and see what they say I guess. All I know is it is almost a lost cause. It might be time to pay the stupid tax and just buy new set of lenses.

paimon.soror

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it would take some significant sanding at like 25 grit (which is lierally just pebbles slapped onto a piece of paper) to sand all the way through the lens by hand lol

EightCostsMoney

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It looks like that might be the ticket. I am going to go by a body shop on the way home and see how much it will cost to grind it down. If it is really expensive I'll do it myself. However, I have already proven to not have the skill to fix it.

EightCostsMoney

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I took by a couple of shops on the way home. They told me that it had been scratched down to the clear. Not much I can do at this point to fix it. I'm just going to save my pennies and just get a new set of lamps. Thanks for the input.

RX8Soldier

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check the FS section. I know that I've seen some headlamps for sale recently.

EightCostsMoney

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Thanks!