Restore Headlights with Sandpaper & Meguiars Ultimate Compound
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
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Restored my MINI Cooper S's foggy / hazy / dull headlights with sandpaper and Meguiars Ultimate Compound. Why did I restore my head lights with Meguiars Ultimate Compound and sand paper? Because I had the supplies on hand. It was easy and cheap for me to restore my headlights by wetsanding with sandpaper and then buffing with Meguiars Ultimate Compound and Gold Class wax to finish. Restoring your headlights will increase the value, appeal, and attraction of your car, not to mention an increase in safety as your lights will be as bright as they are supposed to be. Faded headlight lenses significantly reduce the effectiveness of the headlights. So restore headlights for have great enjoy, feeling good, much wow.
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Hey there, love your DYI attitude as we all want to save money and have the satisfaction that goes along with it. Tips that I believe could have gotten you a much better result are as follows. 1) Start with a 1000 grit wet sand, then 2000 grit wet sand. Use plenty of water and rinse constantly as you go. Yours didn't appear to be that bad, so minor sanding is all that would have been required. 2) Use a foam sanding block as your fingers are not going to do as good of a job at preparing a uniform surface. 3) Use a drill or DA to polish it out with a foam cutting pad. This is where you could have gotten a crystal clear result. 3) Follow up with a sealant like "JET SEAL" from Chemical Guys to protect the surface from UV rays and other contaminates. I hope this helps.
thank you!
great tutorial right up to the point when that stupid music nearly burst my eardrums !
Don't forget some folk listen through headphones and its best to fade in sound tracks
Excellent guide though I'll probably try this myself thanks
I will add a warning
FFS, maybe you should stop being a broke fuck and buy a computer so you don't have to use the computer at the library with headphones!
u can get great result if u using power tool great job man
thanks and for sure, i didn't have a buffing attachment on hand otherwise I would have used a drill to buff them
The mini is looking very sweet! i need to do this to my dad's Malibu maxx
thanks man, yea it's worth doing!
a DIY Car Guy I agree
Buff it real good.
Hahaha dry it offf with the clothes you’re wearing lmao
Nice touch using your T-Shirt :) lol Seriously though, I need to do this tomorrow, I'm going to try using
the Meguiars PlastX - plastic & perspex cleaner and polish. Thank You for this video, All the Best &
Best wishes from Scotland! :) x
lol my shirt is a material that worked quite well for drying. Best of luck, let me know how it turns out, and thanks for watching and commenting!
How many sheets u using be no lense left soon.
Nice job
I'm aware I don't need to go through that many stages of sandpaper and I'm not worried about any kind of "professional" techniques for some old headlights...they're not going to last forever, y'all gotta realize this and start doing what feels good.
Your mini vids are awesome, I want moar mini vids #addicted
thanks man! haha there will be more soon....motor mounts, coolant flush, and shift linkage squeak / lube lol
+a DIY Car Guy awesome man, looking forward to them! I just picked up an r53, love it
thanks dude, and that is awesome! It's like driving a rollercoaster
now that you got your headlights clean u can now pick up bitches at night just wait till u see what u were missing out on
hahaha
Dod I laugh when you clean it with the t chirt no time 🤣💔🖐️
Start 1500 after that 3000 🤝
Haven't u got a drill have u ever seen 1
Keep doing things your way and u will be fine
thank you my good sir
Use aluminium polish ... It's better
Wow you gone wide range of gradient of grits on sand paper. You don't have to use 3000 grit even 1500 will do it and seal it up with Meiguar's M105 super-cut compound this thing is amazing. I then waxed on top of that and my yella hazy foggy (and cracked) headlight restored to near factory condition I can still see a little bit crack left. I should have used 600 grit or something. 1000 grit was too soft for sanding it took me forever to get rid of the cracks. Took me 4 hours to do one headlight and I almost passed out cause so tired.
Wow lol.... it took me about 15 minutes per headlight starting with a low grit and working up. You don't have to go up to 3000 but I had it so I did it. 1000 is too high to start with though, that will take forever.
IamAnoobiecheez Hopefully there's not a UV coating as a corse grade will definitely take that off. Hopefully the UV protection is just part of the plastics properties?
Wrong! Even the professional grade kits start with 1000 and finish with 3000 because you'll get optimum results finishing with 3000.
@@warwickdean - There is no UV coating, that's why headlights turn to DOGSHIT and require restoration. Duh!
I dont see a difference
Then you're blind.
That taping up is terrible who did ur 5year old
doesn't have to be that good. perfection is a waste of time
Don't sand in circles do it from side to side
cheers but i'm not worried about any kind of technique for these old headlights
Using your t shirt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣what a joke this video is.are you pissed
a cloth is a cloth fool