I have a couple scratches on my left headlight. Anyone have any recommendations for how to fix it?

Anyone ever tried something like this? http://www.janvil.com/headlight_restore.htm

Thanks.

 

i dont know about that stuff...looks more like a deoxidation formula, not for scratch repairs.

 

ive had good luck with rubbing compound and wax, prolly wont take out anything deep enough you'd catch a fingernail in though

 

How deep are the scratches? Buy some 2500-3000 grit wetsanding paper and wetsand perpendicular to the scratch to remove it. Then hit the area with Meguiar's PlastX to remove the sanding marks.

Practice this on a beater car first.

 

i have a scratch on my headlight and wondering how to take it off as well, someone have any experience taking out scratches off the 8's headlight?

 

Just go to autopia.org and search their forums on wetsanding headlights and taillights. It's pretty easy to do, but you must have the right sandpaper and a light touch.

 

Check this out -- if it works to get rid of the raised lettering, it should help with scratches too....

http://www.miata.net/hakuna/polished%20lenses.html

 

yea climacus is right, wet sand lightly with ultra fine sandpaper, then use a fine compound, then a polish, then a wax.

its a lot easier than it sounds. big thing to know: your in NO RUSH, take your time

 

Or you can use a high speed buffer with compound like a drill with a pad on it.

 

The scratches are not very deep, so I ended up purchasing these two products:

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/meg-g-12310.html
http://www.autopia-carcare.com/bgi-20214.html

I'll let you know how it goes after they arrive and I've had time.

 

keep us updated, cause these scratches are killing me...

 

The plastx worked great

 

Good to hear that. Now you can go to town on your cellphones, iPod, scratched DVDs, etc with PlastX. :-)

 

try to buffer it out, I did that to my friend's and it worked well. Also apply some clear coat to fill in the remaning scratch.

 

i'm about to try this now! I have some minor headlight scratches as well

 

Yea, try it out..worst comes to worst just wet sand that baby.

 

I have used ScratchX VERY lightly with success... Meguiars is KING ... I would NEVER use any another products on any car I own other than Mequiars

 

+1

PlasticX has treated me very well on removing oxidation film and fine scratches.