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I think I may destroyed my headlight :/


Lil

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What grit wet and dry, and did you use soapy water with it?

 

Either way, it'll need machine polishing to bring the gloss back. By way of a proper polisher, or the type that attaches to a drill. You'll need cutting compound, such as g3 or g10 - or you might get away with a light abrasive like meguiars plast-x.

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Mine did that after putting them back together. I put the affected cluster into the airing cupboard over night or however long it took to dry it out. Then re-sealed along the edges with black silicone sealant. Didn't steam up again.

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How are you polishing it with? by hand, DA or a rotary?

 

If it is by hand you won't be able to remove it. If it is a DA then use a fine compound and a polishing pad to see it you can polish it out set it on 4.

If that don't work switch to a heavier cutting compound till it works.

 

That's if you are 100% sure its on the outside.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Everything sorted out? Seems a little bit roughly gritted. I think you should be working all the way up to 2500.

 

Key points are:

- Use a lot of water and change paper often

- Clean with water and new microfiber cloth to check for consitency of work

- Grit in one way per size of paper, for instance 1600 horizontal, 2000 vertical, 2500 horizontal. Don't grit in circles.

- After gritting it is surely having a cloudy look and you need to use some plastic polish, Meguiars Plastx for instance as someone mentioned

 

Good luck, if not already sorted out!

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