[vash]

i was sitting around pricing new headlights for my wife's Subie forester. it was depressing. my tacoma headlights were equally as bad. i was looking at big money to replace them. like "new rifle money".

i figured WTF..if i was going to toss them into the garbage can, why not sand them down first.

i dug around and found my stash of 2000 grit paper. big bucket of clean water, some rags for splashing it around. i masked off all four headlights and got medieval on them. my tacoma was meh. barely milky colored looking after i used some headlight polish compound to take off the sanding haze. serious improvement tho.

then i went to my wife's car. it even felt different sanding. it was rough at first and it immediately got glass smooth. the water was super milky colored. i think i could have stopped there. i dried it off and it was pretty good. after the headlight compound..WOW. as good as new! there wasnt a bigger skeptic than myself before starting the process. i am amazed it worked.

i coated them with some UV coating. fingers crossed. i will reapply the UV stuff at every carwash. the bottle was kinda huge for the amount it requires at each application. you need like half a squirt.

eyeballing that $1000 i was going to have to spend on aftermarket lights, made me want to at least give it a try.

my biggest regret was not taking a "before" pic.