Polishing glass headlights????

[HondAccordMan]

I am in the process of restoring my CB7 and I'm wondering how to polish the headlights. I searched but came up for nothing on polishing glass, just plastic. They are pitted and really hazy from 18 years of use and no matter what I do, they just keep getting worse. i'm a pro at doing plastic but the glass is killing me... Any tips on what will work?

[richie92ex]

Honestly, I bought some from an ebay vendor brand new. They came with new corner lights, and even the bulbs as well. They even offer black housed oem style headlights brand new to spare the whole blackhousing process now. I had issues cleaning my old glass headlights up, so i broke down and got some. There also pretty reasonable too- especially considering the cost of new oem replacements.

[HondAccordMan]

That's what I figured I would have to do. The only problem is that I don't want to spend too much on this car. That's why I'm doing all the work myself. I'll look into it but I may just end up junkyard diving for some pretty good headlights.

[richie92ex]

I'll look into it but I may just end up junkyard diving for some pretty good headlights


Thats another way too, you might not get brand new headlights there, but you may find some that are in decent shape, and get a deal too.

[HondAccordMan]

I'll look into it but I may just end up junkyard diving for some pretty good headlights


Thats another way too, you might not get brand new headlights there, but you may find some that are in decent shape, and get a deal too.

Yeah, I'll hit a junkyard tomorrow and see what I can find. I bet I'll find something good. We'll see.

[KRIS05VVTi]

daaam glass headlights getting foggy and hazed thats a first

[HondAccordMan]

daaam glass headlights getting foggy and hazed thats a first

Well maybe I'm just a perfectionist but they are pitted and ugly as they are now.

[TypeG]

what methods have you tried on the glass? later.

[HondAccordMan]

what methods have you tried on the glass? later.

I tried wetsanding with very fine sandpaper, i tried a buffer, i tried hand polishing with various chemicals. All seem to be making it worse... I'll probably just have to get a new headlight...

[Bent]

try a telescope mirror grinding compound.
just a suggestion.

[KRIS05VVTi]

try a telescope mirror grinding compound.
just a suggestion.

even after a google search

[Bent]

http://www.telescopemaking.org/polishing.html

http://www.piscescs.com/astro/mgrind/grind.html

http://gotgrit.com/index.php/cPath/14_9

for starters

the end stage polish would prolly be better than the initial silicon dioxide grinding grit.

[MWeezy]

i have seen on youtube alot of headlight Restoration vids and most of them are using compound and a buffer i tried with some low lvl compound and it looks better ...

[Juan4DCB7]

i have seen on youtube alot of headlight Restoration vids and most of them are using compound and a buffer i tried with some low lvl compound and it looks better ...

you can try to polish it from the inside aswell, and as inside i mean opening up the head light and polishing both sides.