Handz Detailed: 2003 Cobra Headlight Restoration

SRT Handz · Jun 13, 2010

I purchased these Headlights off a 2003 Cobra. They looked like they had a Brillo pad taken to the lenses.... So I decided to give the Set a nice Restoration.

3M Wet/Dry Sand Paper
-800 Grit
-1000 Grit
-1500 Grit
-2000 Grit

-3M Rubbing Compound w/Hexlogic Orange
-3M Machine Polish w/Hexlogic White
-CG Final Polish w/Hexlogic Blue

-Meguires #21
-CG Deep Reflections XP

BEFORE

Sanded to 2000 Grit

Half way Done

All Finished!!!!

Protection

Dr Jay · Jun 13, 2010

Turned out great, nice work

S&B · Jun 13, 2010

wow i figured at least 5 diff, steps or products used before i even read the post,

nice work

stprorolla49 · Jun 13, 2010

Looks sick! Quick question. I'm not sure if every set of the 01+ factory headlights have this, but the ones on my Bullitt have this slight "film" (for lack of a better word) on them that is starting to crack/peal. I can't tell if its a clearcoat or a film because they are definitely the factory lights. Any ideas why this might be happening? The car only has 20k miles on it and was garage kept for 14k miles before I took ownership so they shouldn't be falling apart at such a low mileage.

D-BOI · Jun 13, 2010

looks good man, i was at a car show today and picked up some Jax Wax products, are they any decent or have you never heard of them?

Twista · Jun 13, 2010

nice work

Night Shifter · Jun 14, 2010

i think im gonna mail you my headlights...

04GTBLKVERT · Jun 14, 2010

Good job, how are you doing?

Ateup · Jun 14, 2010

stprorolla49 said:
Looks sick! Quick question. I'm not sure if every set of the 01+ factory headlights have this, but the ones on my Bullitt have this slight "film" (for lack of a better word) on them that is starting to crack/peal. I can't tell if its a clearcoat or a film because they are definitely the factory lights. Any ideas why this might be happening? The car only has 20k miles on it and was garage kept for 14k miles before I took ownership so they shouldn't be falling apart at such a low mileage.

I have the exact same problem.

N8Dogg98 · Jun 14, 2010

I saw these pics on Autopia last week... looks nice Handz

stprorolla49 said:
Looks sick! Quick question. I'm not sure if every set of the 01+ factory headlights have this, but the ones on my Bullitt have this slight "film" (for lack of a better word) on them that is starting to crack/peal. I can't tell if its a clearcoat or a film because they are definitely the factory lights. Any ideas why this might be happening? The car only has 20k miles on it and was garage kept for 14k miles before I took ownership so they shouldn't be falling apart at such a low mileage.

A couple years ago, the clear coat on my stockers were yellow and peeling, too. Last spring I did the same thing Handz did, sanded them with 600/800/1000/1500/2000 and then hit them with a polishing compound on my rotary refining with a finishing polish. They looked brand new when I was done and continue to look new to this day. When I did this, I removed all of the clear coat that came on the stockers. It's been over a year and they still look great

stprorolla49 · Jun 14, 2010

N8Dogg98 said:
I saw these pics on Autopia last week... looks nice Handz

A couple years ago, the clear coat on my stockers were yellow and peeling, too. Last spring I did the same thing Handz did, sanded them with 600/800/1000/1500/2000 and then hit them with a polishing compound on my rotary refining with a finishing polish. They looked brand new when I was done and continue to look new to this day. When I did this, I removed all of the clear coat that came on the stockers. It's been over a year and they still look great

Awesome! I gotta do this soon then. Guess I gotta order a 4" backing plate and some pads for my PC!

32ValveRom · Jun 16, 2010

How long did this take?

N8Dogg98 · Jun 16, 2010

I don't remember. but it definitely shouldn't take you more than a couple hours.

RedDaemon · Jun 17, 2010

nice work! i have to re-do some of mine that are beginning to fog after 3 years

but im a bit confused as to why you bought these headlights AND why youre going to keep them

SRT Handz · Jun 17, 2010

RedDaemon said:
nice work! i have to re-do some of mine that are beginning to fog after 3 years

but im a bit confused as to why you bought these headlights AND why youre going to keep them

who said I was keeping them.... I actually already sold them

RedDaemon · Jun 17, 2010

SRT Handz said:
who said I was keeping them.... I actually already sold them

congrats!

i wanted to think you did it to make some $$$ i just couldnt tell if you were protecting them for storage or shipment

i was also thinking of why you would keep them --- which would be when someone with a kewbra asks for your services, you can just swap theirs out for the ones youve already treated

Have you tried Rain-X's headlight restoration kit by any chance?

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