HeavyWeight300
CEG'er
I used 400, 800, 2000
finished and clear next.
finished and clear next.
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pithon987
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:shocked: wow those turned out really good!!what rubbing compound or else did you use?
Dyoel182
Addicted CEG'er
Those turned out great. Gonna add anything while they're loose?
HeavyWeight300
CEG'er
was going to have them HT but did not work in the time frame i needed them back.
3M compound then meguiars plastx to finish it off.
3M compound then meguiars plastx to finish it off.
HeavyWeight300
CEG'er
Good news and bad news today. Good news I got my HID in from DDM. The bad news, got my lenses back from clear coat today and this is a paint shop and what a crap job going back tomorow to have it redone.
Dyoel182
Addicted CEG'er
WTF?!? Thats the worst spray job I've seen in a long while.
pithon987
Hard-core CEG'er
????K!!! that's a really bad job :nonono:
HeavyWeight300
CEG'er
Bull sh--! they told me they cant do anything about it. What a crap company!! they are are saying thoses hair line cracks are in my lenes bull sh--! I am going to waite till sat and wet sand it all off wat a waste of $50!!!
TourEnvy
Hard-core CEG'er
Im sorry, but they do look like hairline cracks 
Looks like they showed up worse after they were sprayed. Thats really to bad, you did a great job on them. Looks like the best bet is to sand them down and load them up with polish.
Looks like they showed up worse after they were sprayed. Thats really to bad, you did a great job on them. Looks like the best bet is to sand them down and load them up with polish.TUFTOUR
Hard-core CEG'er
Im sorry, but they do look like hairline cracks
I was thinking the same thing...I've seen similar cracks on the headlights of my other car...
HeavyWeight300
CEG'er
thanks guys for your thoughts.
ZomzSVT
CEG'er
After polishing mine, those hairline cracks/spider webbing came through as well. Went ahead and bought new ones. Well worth it.
CSVT#49
Addicted CEG'er
Good news and bad news today. Good news I got my HID in from DDM. The bad news, got my lenses back from clear coat today and this is a paint shop and what a crap job going back tomorow to have it redone.
Two things...
Your running HID with standard halogen lens?! That's not a good idea. Your going to be scattering light everywhere blinding on coming drivers. You need to get the D2R (D2) bulbs, instead of the D2S bulbs it appears you bought, if your going to do that.
D2R (D2)
D2S
Looking at those pictures it would appear those are hairline cracks in the lenses, nothing to do with the clear coat that was applied. This seems to go along with what was said a few posts down as well. I have run across this with a number of headlight sets. You won't be able to sand them out. However a good polish will hide them.
D2R bulbs will only make a significant difference if the housings were designed for D2R bulds, if not, a D2S's will perform almost the same as the D2R's.