Headlight refinish, '02 GT

[Stangman]

Had a friend give me his headlights to see what I could do with them. Wow they were bad. Cell phone pics dont do justice. Lots of hazing and scratches and chalkiness. But, a DA, 4 different grits of sandpaper, a buffer strapped to a cart, and 4 hours later this is what I came out with... :bigthumb

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[Stangman]

more..

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[93lincolnmk8]

Damn you made those look good. Tell ya what...you do the ones in my fox and i'll give ya that set of manifolds you want.

[Stangman]

Damn you made those look good. Tell ya what...you do the ones in my fox and i'll give ya that set of manifolds you want.

Come on over tomorrow...

[Evil_Capri]

Great work!

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

So you CAN polish a turd! :lol:


I think Mothers also makes some plastic polish that might take that even further.

[Stangman]

After I buffed them, I used a plastic polish, then used Meguirs NXT wax on them

[Kevin1989]

Thats nuts. good job!

[DeckerEnt]

You are a man of many tallents Jesse!!!! Those look awesome. Just curious, what would new ones cost??

[mustanger]

Nice job on the lights :bigthumb

[foxbodyfan]

Was that all done by hand?

[jay]

the 3M kit works great. it uses a drill set up and takes a half hour a side

[Stangman]

Thanks guys. Yes most of it was by hand. I used a DA initially with 180 grit to bust down the factory clear coat off of them. Then stepped up to 400, then 600, then 1000, then finally to 2000, then buffed them with my handy dandy harbor freight buffer that I used 2 pair of welding vise grips to clamp to my tool card :lol:

Then, like I said, I polished them with a plastic polish, and waxed them. If it wasn't like 12 degrees out, I woulda clearcoated them for the guy, wetsanded, and buffed that too.

[plated]

You are a man of many tallents Jesse!!!! Those look awesome. Just curious, what would new ones cost??

i can get new ones for $26 bux a peice,looks good jesse the 99 up cars are worse than foxbody ones i seen them a yr old and look like ass.use a polish/wax on a sponge pad at the end takes the hazes look out of them coumpound leaves

[Stangman]

use a polish/wax on a sponge pad at the end takes the hazes look out of them coumpound leaves

Thanks Chris! Yep thats exactly what I did... The boy is real happy with them. And I made $40 of the deal.

[redfirepearlgt]

So you CAN polish a turd! :lol:


I think Mothers also makes some plastic polish that might take that even further.

Mythbusters proved that one!!!