as many LS1 camaro owners know, after a few years the lenses on the headlight begin to get hazy from debris and exposure to the elements.

there are several products available for polishing this haze out. but i got sick of mine and decided to try something "homegrown".

i went and bought a $3 package of 1000grit 3M wet/dry sandpaper and went to town.

i started on the heavily affected areas with just a simple side to side motion with quite a bit of pressure, using water. as it got cleaner i used less pressure and more circular motion. following this i used some simple chrome polish compund that i had laying around to get out some small swirl marks. i then finished it off with some Mothers Pre-wax cleaner that has a VERY VERY mild abbrasive in it. this gave a pretty good lusterous shine to the headlights. i had to go back and re-do some of the edges, but in the end it came out well.

the chrome polish and pre-wax cleaner i had iin my usualy car care box and the sandpaper was the only added expense. PIECE OF CAKE

the products used
the before headlight
the finished product

 

someday when i get the urge i'm gonna pull the headlights and do the black paint on the interior of the lights, while they are out i'll try hitting the lenses with some plastic polishing compund to get a nice HIGH luster shine. but for now this is pretty freakin' good compared to before!

 

Nice!

 

thanks...lol

i didn't realize this was a common practice...i happen to go to the "car care" forum and there were several posts about it...oh well...i felt special for a little while.

guess the saying "if you think you are the first to try...then you probably you aren't"