hi, i have a st170 with the xenons, the car came with a sort of mist on the headlights (not condensation) and is to me letting the car down abit, i read to sand them down and polish them after so i gave one a little rub over to see if this worked but this only seemed to make it worst, id much appreciate it if anyone has any idea of removing this as its quiet frustrating, im not sure if it could possibly be limescale? any help is appreciated

thanks andrew

 

Use Meguiars SCRATCH X 2.0 on them. They'll come up great. Had to do the lights on the Impreza I have when I got it. Or another compound wax.

 

Nice one mate ill look into that, thanks mate

 

What grit did you sand the plastic headlight with, because if it was too harsh your going to be polishing for a very long time especially by hand. Ideally you should use 2000 grit as a minimum then machine polish them after to remove all the scratches from the plastic.

 

I'd say the sanding them down thing would be to use wet and dry with plenty of water and then polish but I still wouldn't chance that. A gritted polish and then a wax will do the trick.

 

It was very fine sand paper and i didnt go mad, just gently rubbed using water, would ordinary auto glym remove the scratches?

 

Thanks mate, are there any gritted polishes you would recommed?

 

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-59409-me...ratchx-20.aspx

That's what I use.

 

Auto Glym super resin polish is full of fillers so is not what you need, the scratch x should get them looking better, you need a decent polish like menzerna, you need a compound and finish polish and i really really really think you are wasting your time doing it by hand, a machine polish is the only way to do this. It will take you forever by hand trust me.

 

thanks for the help mate i much appreciate it, im am going to purchase a machine polisher, would a recharable battery one be any good or do i need a plug in 240v one, thanks again