Mothers Powerball 4 Lights

[chadly]

A few years ago I restored my headlights like many have done, but I finished it off with some high temp clear coat to see if it would last longer. 5 years later they looked terrible. The clear coat had yellowed pretty bad so I decided it was time to do it again, this time without the clear coat. I wet sanded with 800, 1000, then 1500 grit paper and finished it off with the Mothers Powerball 4 lights. This powerball and polish worked great. They almost look brand new again.

The part along the bottom is condensation, I guess because it was cold out when I did it, but its gone now. The only part I didnt get very well was the corner by the grill.

 

[driller]

Looks great!

 

[steve]

big difference :thumbsup:

 

[ONLYTONY]

Yea

They look great When I did mine I went down to 2000 grit wet A little less polishing. Just keep them waxed often and they stay great.

 

[chadly]

Thanks guys.

Steve, you make it through Sandy OK? A good friend of mine lives in Newark and was ok.

 

[steve]

Thanks guys.

Steve, you make it through Sandy OK? A good friend of mine lives in Newark and was ok.

Lost power for 3 days, had 4 large trees come down and countless branches. none hit the house and no one was hurt so that was good.

I use to live next to Newark.

 

[chadly]

Good to hear brother.

 

[Roadboss]

Chad, glad to see you are back from the "Left Coast"!

 

[Lvnmarks]

A few years ago I restored my headlights like many have done, but I finished it off with some high temp clear coat to see if it would last longer. 5 years later they looked terrible. The clear coat had yellowed pretty bad so I decided it was time to do it again, this time without the clear coat. I wet sanded with 800, 1000, then 1500 grit paper and finished it off with the Mothers Powerball 4 lights. This powerball and polish worked great. They almost look brand new again.

The part along the bottom is condensation, I guess because it was cold out when I did it, but its gone now. The only part I didnt get very well was the corner by the grill.

It's fairly easy to remove the housings, and makes them easier to sand. I still think the clear coat was a good idea because that was the part that yellowed and the lens (I'm guessing) was still intact. You can only sand these things so many times.

 

[chadly]

Yep, just as easy to tape them off and leave them on there. I think maybe if I had waxed the lights once a month or so it would have held up better?