Had a go at correcting my ph1 headlights

[James23]

Right, decided to have a go at sorting my headlights out properly. I think some clown has had a go before and only sanded sections meaning there was patchy haze all over them and even the bits that were sanded looked hazy.
I think this is a really effective way to transform the front end - its taken years off it tbh!
Anyway... Down to the pics.
Before:

An example of the patchiness someone left behind last time:

After a quick wipe down of the headlights I got the wet and dry out.
800 grit first (in hindsight I probably could have got away with starting at 1000 grit)

Next up 1000 grit:

Then on to 1200 grit:

Followed by 1500:

Then 2000:

And 2500 which was the last of the sanding:

Then I polished it and applied some Gtechniq C4:

And a few shots to show the comparison between before and after:

Got bored of taking pics so none of the other side I'm afraid.

 

[Djw Dave]

That looks 10000% better.

 

[Jonny_0115]

Good job matey. Glad to see your getting some practice in before doing mine

 

[Jack-D]

Great improvement! Makes the front end look so fresh.

 

[Austin-182]

What a transformation. I really want to do mine but don't think il get it up to standard.

 

[daveski]

Ill drop the car off later so you can do mine. Thanks x

 

[MattT]

Great transformation that, nice job!

 

[Slammed172]

Went a bit mad with the grades ! 1k, 1.5k and 2k would have been enough.

​Great results however. By hand or motor powered assistance ?

 

[James23]

Thanks for the positive comments guys.
Sanding was done by hand, polishing by machine.

 

[Pwheeler12]

Looks so much better good job

 

[scotty10]

i dont have the balls to do this...how long did you sand with each grade and do you just dunk the paper into the water

 

[MCC@U13Y]

same as question above as well as what polish did you use

 

[koi]

Great job, how long did it take from start to finish?