What did you do to your Polo today?

[louis19]

Cleaned up the front headlights. Here's the before and after pictures

[Bflat]

What did you use?

[hilas07]

Cleaned up the front headlights. Here's the before and after pictures

I am looking at doing that too, what did you use? Did it take long?


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[louis19]

I am looking at doing that too, what did you use? Did it take long?


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1. Mask off all surrounding areas
2. Sand down the headlight surface with 800 grit sandpaper adding small amounts of water as you go.
3. Go over again with 1500 grit sandpaper, again with water.
4. Clean and dry off surface after sanding.
5. Spray paint with clear acrylic paint

I did 3 coats of paint and used those particular sandpaper grits as it's what I had around the house. You could go even more fine on the second grit (maybe 2000-2500) but 800 was good starting grit as it took the bulk off quicker. Total time was probably 1-1.5 hours including waiting for paint to dry in between coats.

Hope that helps

[Ender_GP]

Nice... would it not have been better to buff it smooth with a dual action polisher instead of painting it with spray paint? if the right compounds are used im sure the same effect can be achieved..

But nice work it still came out great!

[louis19]

Nice... would it not have been better to buff it smooth with a dual action polisher instead of painting it with spray paint? if the right compounds are used im sure the same effect can be achieved..

But nice work it still came out great!

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
Agreed there's definitely more then 1 way to achieve this finish, I just went this way purely because I already had the necessary products already sitting around the house and if not you could get everything you need for $20 or under I bet.

[Blue9N3]

Swiss cheesed my air box. Didn't seem to make much of a difference sound wise. Perhaps i should have used a bigger drill bit....


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[Catfish]

Swiss cheesed my air box. Didn't seem to make much of a difference sound wise. Perhaps i should have used a bigger drill bit....

Hope you did the bottom half, not the top half.................................!!

[Blue9N3]

Of course! Might take a look at whether a big hole in the bottom with some ducting would not suck any hot air


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[Catfish]

Of course! Might take a look at whether a big hole in the bottom with some ducting would not suck any hot air ;

What I meant to convey was that air sucked in through holes made in the top half of the airbox will not pass through the filter element. Some people have made this mistake in the past.....................