Headlight Residue Removal Help

Sensei888 on 06/02/2021 - 12:57

Hi, can anyone help me identify this headlight residue please… What is it and how can I get rid of it? Thanks in advance.
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  • bazingaa on 06/02/2021 - 13:09
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    may be polish ?

  • Brian McGee on 06/02/2021 - 13:27
    +1

    Sandpaper and polish. If you have a variable speed drill then get a kit from supercheap auto/ repco or any other car parts shop. Meguiar, Mothers, armor all have kits with all the sandpaper, cloths and polish you need for both headlights. The ‘residue’ is actually the top layer of coating of the plastics headlight cover degrading due to UV rays.

  • AndyC1 on 06/02/2021 - 13:29
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    Plastic de-laminating. Google "headlight restoration kit" and check them out.

  • Muzeeb on 06/02/2021 - 13:40
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    Chris Fix

  • yippy on 06/02/2021 - 14:36

    Just use wet/dry sandpaper with water start off with 800 grit to get all the coating off then 1200>2000>2500 then use a plastic polish to get the micro scratches off. Use a sealant on the headlight so it doesn't yellow.

  • Sensei888 on 06/02/2021 - 15:00

    Thanks everyone I bought a headlight restoration kit from Supercheap

    • yippy on 06/02/2021 - 15:06

      They don't usually give you enough sandpaper in those kits.

      • holdenmg on 06/02/2021 - 15:18
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        Is this a Cricket thing? lol

      • Sensei888 on 09/02/2021 - 11:17

        Hey, yea it was a stupidly small amount of sandpaper in the Armor all kit :(

        However the kit allowed me to fix some other stuff I didn't think I could fix. I sanded my old reverse camera lense, that was damaged now I can see. I also stupidly used some terps to remove some glue from the dashboard and ruined the paint. I used the polish that came with the kit and now it looks brand new.

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