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Old 01-28-2012, 07:01 PM
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Best headlight restoration I have ever seen online!
Old 01-28-2012, 07:49 PM
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thanks buddy , it all comes down to having those little things at home. They aren't even expenisive, like the G110 etc and some good compounds. But projects like these become a lot easier with better results
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Nice!! I need to do mine badly
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Post before and after pics. And let me know if you need any help, can't physically help you but can help out with what to do and stuff lol
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Will do. I've got m105 & 205, and some other poorboys stuff, buy not the others you have. May have to grab some other products before I attempt this lol
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Trust me dude thats all you need. Just make sure you really buff it out real good with 1500 and 2000 grit, and if possible even go higher. You might have a bit of haizness if you don't use different polishes but that has a trick too.

Use the same polish more than once, yet with different buffing pads. Go with aggressive first, then use a softer pad next time, and keep going. If you aren't using a buffing pad/buffer, do the same thing with a cloth. DO NOT TRY THIS BY HAND though. I have done it, and honestly it will tire the sh## out of you, and still won't be happy lol
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Excellent work, nice write-up. Thanks for sharing.
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Originally Posted by AliGhanizad
Trust me dude thats all you need. Just make sure you really buff it out real good with 1500 and 2000 grit, and if possible even go higher. You might have a bit of haizness if you don't use different polishes but that has a trick too.

Use the same polish more than once, yet with different buffing pads. Go with aggressive first, then use a softer pad next time, and keep going. If you aren't using a buffing pad/buffer, do the same thing with a cloth. DO NOT TRY THIS BY HAND though. I have done it, and honestly it will tire the sh## out of you, and still won't be happy lol
Yea, I've got a lot of bad yellowish hazing going on. I need to take them out and do them like you have done. Will pick some sand paper up this week and hopefully do this next weekend.

I've got poorboys ssr 1, 1.5 & 2 I think
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Originally Posted by s2kAtTracks
Originally Posted by AliGhanizad' timestamp='1327854424' post='21362969
Trust me dude thats all you need. Just make sure you really buff it out real good with 1500 and 2000 grit, and if possible even go higher. You might have a bit of haizness if you don't use different polishes but that has a trick too.

Use the same polish more than once, yet with different buffing pads. Go with aggressive first, then use a softer pad next time, and keep going. If you aren't using a buffing pad/buffer, do the same thing with a cloth. DO NOT TRY THIS BY HAND though. I have done it, and honestly it will tire the sh## out of you, and still won't be happy lol
Yea, I've got a lot of bad yellowish hazing going on. I need to take them out and do them like you have done. Will pick some sand paper up this week and hopefully do this next weekend.

I've got poorboys ssr 1, 1.5 & 2 I think
SSR 1 and 1.5 and 2 should be more than enough buddy. but one thing i will tell you is no matter how bad of a hazing you have try not to go lower than 1000 grit sandpaper. Just sand multiple times. If you really need to, go with 800 but that is pushing it. Why? because anything lower than that will leave a lot of scratches that will be very very hard to take out with the next lower grit sandpaper so at the end you will have a hazy finish that you can't really buff out. I have learned this the hard way. Trust me
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I'll just use 1000 and go up from there. Probably use the 1000 twice, then go up.

I'll take pictures of the edges of mine, its bad. I have used headlight restore kits and they help for the main lens, but you can see a greenish/yellowish glow around the entire edging because I cant get the...under/behind edges.

Very annoying.

Have you or will you be using any type of headWolfganglight sealant? I have some Wolfgang headlight sealant I will use.


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