cleaning 95 aurora headlight lens

[purpleaurora]

okay so i know im not close to doing this but i just wanna know how to when i start. okay i saw someone clean a 2g headlight lens but is it the same for 1st gen? i dont know if ill paint the housing black or not, not sure how those headlights would look with black, thanks

[purpleaurora]

How should I clean these lenses I have shown you? The right side front cornering light looks brand new, but the rear marker lights are clean, but do they get cleaner and the headlights also the fog lights, how do I clean them?

[purpleaurora]

[RCA1186]

Meguiar's makes a pretty good headlight restore kit. Basically the best way to remove oxidation is to wet sand the lens with a very fine grit sand paper and then buff out the scratches left by the sandpaper. Then some sore of clearcoat/protective coating over the lens so it doesn't yellow again. If the oxidation is on the inside there won't be much you can do. You can also try a buff with the "plastx" by meguiar's and a foam pad on a buffer. May or may not work.

I wouldn't paint the reflectors black in a classic, you'll ruin the output of the headlight.

[purpleaurora]

okay, i just want the headlights and the rest of the lights clear, i changed my mind about the housing thing and for the wet sand thing, is it lower number grit first then fine grit, or what? Thanks and what about the tailights and marker lights?

[RCA1186]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEJbKLZ7RmM





That's the process pretty much. But I would use higher grits like 1000, 1500, 2000 in stages. Some of the kits come with everything you need, paper, polishing wax, and drill buffer attachment. Then I would throw a clearcoat over it or some sort of wax/sealer at a minimum.

[purpleaurora]

okay but do i clean the marker lights and tailights the same way? my tailights and the tailight looking thing in the middle looks like they have small cracks, so anything on that? where do i find how to remove the fog lights and the middle section of the tailght, thanks

[RCA1186]

This thread details how to remove the side markers ( and also remove the amber lens if so inclined)



This thread details the removal of the rear panel, and adding Led lighting if so inclined. A lot of pictures are missing though.



You can clean any plastic the same way. I don't know that you can do anything about cracks aside from replacing the light assembly itself though.

[purpleaurora]

there may not be cracks but it just looks like tine cracks in the lens and thanks, did you change all your lights to led? thats what i want to do on the outside

[RCA1186]

I have not. I put LED bulbs in my tailights but that is about it. I did do all of my interior lights in LED though.

[purpleaurora]

cool, i am stripping my car down now so my dad can show me how to sand and then we will paint the car

[aaron29]

Jun 7, 2020 14:00:25 GMT -6 purpleaurora said:

cool, i am stripping my car down now so my dad can show me how to sand and then we will paint the car

I wonder if you were able to paint the car and what did you do to the side marker and head lights?