headlight resoration

[AliasJerk]

I want to give this a shot, I read a howto on VWvortex that is proven to work extremely well. I was going through the list of things I need, and one thing is 2000 grit sandpaper. Where in the hell can I find this stuff? I have been everywhere and the highest I can find (which I own) is 600 grit, which is the first step in the process. But I need the 2000 to make the surface smooth and clear. I tried Menards, Home Depot, Autozone, Sears, none of them carry it. Where in the hell can I find it?

I can get 1000 grit, but I dont know if thats good enough.

[Matt2kSVT]

Sears, HD, etc won't have it from what I've seen. It will have to be auto-parts related. Call around to some local body shops to see if they have any ideas. Heck maybe they could even "spare a square" (from Seinfeld).

You could use just the 1000, but you'll have to polish it much more, because the grooves left over will be so much deeper. I did 1500-2000-2500 and the polishing was easy.

[RawBurt]

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Did you mean res oration (in dictionary) or Restoration (in encyclopedia)?

[AliasJerk]

missed the t

[csvt2200]

If you do it right, it works! I wasn't too sure about it at first, but did exactly as the headlight how-to said and this is how mine worked out.

The headlight on the left in the pic above and the pic below are what both headlights looked like when I first got them.

After headlight restoration below.

[Jaybird]

Napa has 2000 grit sandpaper...Ive done this to both the Mystique and the Contour. Worked very well.

[steebsSVT]

i picked mine up at autozone, try calling around to different ones in your area.

[Berkel]

I used 600 then 1000 then buffed it with Meguire's PlastX. Smooth as glass

[LilCe98]

I actually got a kit from Firestone that had everything in the box. Gloves, sandpaper, cleaner, polish, and some other crap. It was about $35. It actually worked pretty well, but i'm sure the sanding process works just as well. Many of the auto repair stores offer this service now. You can either pay them $100 to do it or just buy the kit like i did.

[AliasJerk]

I did it the other day with 600 and 1000 grit, then used a headlight restorer I got from Autozone, then Meguiars PlasticX. Looks a HELL of a lot better

I used Liquid Dawn mixed with water as my wet base for the sand paper, I watched the water turn yellow headlight looks a million times better now. I have to do the driver side one today as its starting to haze a little.