celiabaker Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 When before I purchased my zed someone had tried restore my headlights with some sort of machine because they have circle polish marks scratched in all over them.... it looks really bad. I was considering buying new lights but after looking around they are quite expensive, so I tried G3, plastix and some elbow grease and none of the scratches have gone. What would people suggest? Maybe wet and dry? I'm not sure what grit? Or just bite the bullet and new headlights? Quote
P15UL T Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 I'm not sure of the process. Maybe a professional car retailer would do it for you if they aren't beyond repair I've a set of uk de headlights for sale if your interested £320 posted. Thanks Paul Quote
Mopedmark Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 When before I purchased my zed someone had tried restore my headlights with some sort of machine because they have circle polish marks scratched in all over them.... it looks really bad. I was considering buying new lights but after looking around they are quite expensive, so I tried G3, plastix and some elbow grease and none of the scratches have gone. What would people suggest? Maybe wet and dry? I'm not sure what grit? Or just bite the bullet and new headlights? Hi, there are many different companies that do headlight reiteration kits, the choice will be yours but these kits are easy enough to use and everything is included just follow the instructions, for £30 ish gotta be worth a go Quote
Ricey Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 You'll need to wet sand them out. Any detailer worth his salt can do it for you. Where are you based? I may be able to recommend a colleague Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk 3 Quote
Stutopia Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 If they are in bad shape already, definitely worth a go your self. I used metal polish and a DA. Whatever you do, afterwards, get some strong UV protection/coating on there. 1 Quote
ilogikal1 Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 Don't bother with a kit, you've already got the polish so just by wet & dry paper instead. If the swirls are deep enough, you'll need to wet sand them out. How deep they are will depend on what grade you start with but you want to work your way down to at least 3000 grit before going back to polishing again. Your starting grade will probably be trial and error until you get to the scratches, but you don't want to go any courser than you need to, to get them out. Buy a variety of grades from Halfrauds, start with the lowest grade and work up until the scratches start to look better. You'll probably need to go to a detailing place for 3000 grit though, I doubt Halfrauds will do anything that fine. Then you'll need to re-seal them otherwise they've suffer UV damage again in a very short time. Quote
bizizl Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 The headlights on 350z's are really soft plastic. They're 'scratchable' by running a microfiber over it with a bit of pressure. Quote
bizizl Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 Are you sure it's not crazing on the interior of the plastic? Quote
celiabaker Posted February 5, 2017 Author Posted February 5, 2017 Definitely the outside of the lights someone's been abit of a idiot with a small polishing machine or something! Will wet and dry it and see how it goes! Will buy the few fine grades and see what I can do. Thank you for the input and I will comment with photos of my outcome. Quote
TT350 Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) Yep. Wet and dry with 1200 then use a good polish. Before and after: Might need a few goes but it will work. Oh and first use some toothpaste with the little microbeads in. Edited February 5, 2017 by TT350 2 Quote
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