Back with another headlight restoration thread.
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From where it was, it has made a lot of progress.
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Will be interesting to see how long the ceramic clear coat lasts?
If your in a bind, some ultra fine sandpaper - like 2000 grit or finer - wet sand, clean and dry, spray with clear rattle can lacquer or enamel - good for about a year.
If your in a bind, some ultra fine sandpaper - like 2000 grit or finer - wet sand, clean and dry, spray with clear rattle can lacquer or enamel - good for about a year.
Walmart, $17.
Usually a year or two.
Next time take photos of the "on the wall" beam shots, before and after.
Meguiars makes a good spray on coating that lasts a year.
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I'm finding most of these coatings don't last more than a year and start looking so so after 6 to 8 months.
I am thinking I will polish my Tundra lights again, then apply either Xpel or Lamin-X film instead for protection. I've only used films on new headlights so curious if it will offer any UV protection after polishing.
at a certain point no amount of cleaning will keep those poly lites clear for any amount of time. I've read that the crystaline structure inside the polycarbonate begins to cloud up and no amount of polish will help and eventually you need new lenses.. That has been my experience, can clean em up but eventually they lenses are garbage.
I used toothpaste on my Jetta. Best results I have ever gotten. Crest Extra Whitening.
Wet sand 600 to clean clear plastic and spray a 2k clear. No higher grit needed, no polishing. Lasts for many years.
I'll say every 3 months with shorter days of late fall through mid April .
Honda Fit?
I just installed the "Headlight Armour" clear film on my Fit headlights a couple days ago.... It's my first time using it so it'll be interesting to see how it lasts. The car had just 21,000 miles on it when I bought it so the headlights were still perfect (it had been owned by an old lady and I think it rarely left her garage). My only worries at this point are the various little bubbles still visible in the film - but the instructions do say those will mostly disappear in a few days or weeks.
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What 2k clear are you speaking of? I ask due to a search reveals multiple products under that name.
Here's a couple shots with the Headlight Armor clear film. It's been more than a week now and the handful of bubbles remaining in it are now mostly gone. The material "breathes", so the moisture trapped in the bubbles gradually evaporates and then the bubbles shrink and go away (the film is applied by first misting the surface with water, just like window tint). They're now almost totally gone but the second photo shows the last remaining "larger" bubbles but even those have been slowly shrinking so I am sure they will go away entirely. Right now these three are about 1/4" x 3/8" in size. Anyway, I hope this stuff protects the lenses from yellowing because these lenses really were perfect when I bought the car. (note there are also a few drops of rain starting to fall when I took the pics)Yes , a FIT . Get pics if possible .
