Hello all ,in the middle of a resto. on a 1990 vert just tryed to save the ftp lights.

I took 120grit ,240 ,400,800, 1500 and 2000 grit wet sand to them ,then hit them with a little clear paint they look good ,[IMG][/IMG]

 

This just may have inspired me to do that to mine.

 

can you post the paint you used? the part # or whatever

honestly, I didn't even know FTP's were supposed to be clear until I saw JohnyZoom's 76k mile 10AE

 

nice job, now I want to do mine.

 

I don't need paint them, you can polish them.. Regular polish paste for cars..

I go for 1200 grit wet sand, then to 2000 grit wet sand.. If lights don't have big scratch, then you don't need pass them with 120 ,240 ,400, 800 papers, go with wet sand..

Before and after


Finished

 

Those do look good.

Now to take the fogs and blinker lenses off to do the same.

 

whats the brand of polish paint you used?

 

You read my mind..

 

I use sonax.. but, you can use any, there are polish for glass so you can use that..

 

You should post installed pics, I think it would further motivate us to do ours..lol.

 

I used duplicolor clear ,you can wax the paint not polish and i have found that paint (1mil.) will last longer 1 to 1.5 years + or - . polish a few months

 

so the outside is all that needs to be polished?

 

Meguiar's clear plastic polish works very well too. I used it to clean up all of the plastic lenses on my car.

 

Yes, I don't need to open the light..

 

thanks, looks KILLER now!!

 

Permatix makes a headlight restoration kit which I just used on my Insight. It worked very well, but took about an hour to do one lens. It comes with all the stuff necessary. First sand with the 1500 grit, then the 2000 grit, then the 2500 grit and then finally polish with a plastic polish. Been meaning to do it for a while on the FC.

I don't recommend painting the lenses though. Clear coat on plastic almost always seems to yellow quickly.

 

I have a quick question. How do i get the FTPs out?

 

headlights up reach in with 8 mm socket 2 on each light about 5 min. good luck

 

I might make this a new cheap project once I replace my clutch switch

 

well i know what im doin this weekend/.

 

+1 for good luck.

They break easily, right where the studs mount in the plastic. They'll come out if it breaks, but you'll probably want some jb weld on hand just in case.

 

I just did this last night, looks a lot better than the milky white. I used 1500 and 2000 grit sandpaper then some plastic polish.

 

Where do you guys get sandpaper that fine? I can only find up to 800 which is only good for polishing aluminum not plastic.

 

Got mine from ace hardware

 

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