Johnny, On those headlights.....Start with 2000 grit or 1500 grit wet sanding paper. The sheets are half sheets if you go with 3m. Fold the half sheet into thirds. Find something flexible yet firm to back up the sand paper like a little rubber squeege or firm sponge. If you have a Napa or a bodyshop supply house near by they have wet sanding pads.
(this helps keep your finger tips from doing the sanding and helps sand more evenly) . Get a CLEAN bucket and fill it with CLEAN water put a LITTLE squirt of liquid dish washing soap in the bucket and mix it up a little. Rinse off the head light of any dirt and start sanding. Start at a corner and work your way across the lense. Try not to push to hard and rinse frequently. When you are sanding try to do it when it's quiet so you can hear the paper rubbing the plastic. As you are sanding if you hear a little "zing"...That is a piece of dirt between the paper and the lense STOP and rinse the paper and the lense. Sand the lense until you see that most of the imperfections on the surface are gone. The lense will still look very cloudy but you want it to look "even" not more cloudy in one spot then another. This will take some time maybe 1/2 hour or so per light. But patience is well worth it for these lights are $130.00 each (new) aftermarket. Next get a variable speed buffer (Not a 7 1/2" Grinder) with a wool pad and micro finishing compound or a compound that say's it will remove 1500 grit sand scratched. Smear up the lense with compound and buff it SLOW with moderate pressure and I mean SLOW. Take your time, As the shine comes back to the plastic you can spin the buffer a little faster. If you buff it to fast and too hard and the compound dries out you WILL burn into the lense. The lense will now have a shine and will be much clearer, Clean the pad or change your pad and now buff it with a cleaner wax or something that will remove micro finishing scratches. This will bring the "sparkle" back. Again buff it slow Buff until you are happy with it then give it a coat ot two with regular wax by hand and try to keep up with waxing them... Hope that helps .......I've been doing that for years.... Keep up the great work on your thread !!!
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