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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 05:08 AM
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fixing headlight lenses..

My headlights had been peeling for months. Decided topaint my lights housing. I painted them and now the lens got some scratches. I need help gettingg them looking new. My brother says I should buy a can of clear and wetsand them then spray the clear coat on them. Is that my best option? How do anyone here fix scratches and get them looking Clear again?
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 02:57 PM
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I would say wetsand then polishing compound.
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 03:10 PM
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how bad are the scratches??
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 05:10 PM
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They're light scratches and some bigger ones but they are not deep
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 10:43 PM
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 04:55 AM
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Click? And i tthink I will tty the wetsanding and compound..
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 10:43 AM
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I bought badly peeling gen 1's and all I did wet sand each entire light with soapy water and 1500-2000gritt till the peeling was gone, then I to0k some Mquires scratch-X put it on a rotary buffer and went to town. Worked great, they look like new
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 02:05 PM
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Mine are completely peeled off.. you. Think it will wwork?
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