My fog lights are the pits!

Daniel,
I would contact some glass/window shops for advice/direction. I have seen a process of sanding and polishing for windshields and fog lights done before.

 

Daniel,

Having spent countless hours some years ago trying to polish out the most minor scratches (just really wiper witness marks) in a windscreen with Rhodite powder in the past, I wouldn't hold out much hope of a DIY job being possible.

On the other hand, with industrial gear at hand I would expect a glass specialist to be able to restore the lenses. BTW, on my old 928 the lenses were removable, even so just the replacement glass lenses were still 25 ukp each from Porsche (Bosch wouldn't sell me the lenses direct), and that was 10 years ago.

Gotta say you have remarkable restraint not just getting them out the boxes and fitting them, after all they are at cost price to you!

 

The new ones look great. If you can get the same finish, that would be sweet mate.

 

One of our 348 Brothers took his glass instrument gauge lenses into a local eyeglass shop and had them polished pristinely in less than an hour.

 

I would try some glass buffing polish with a 3" yellow pad, then move to a softer pad with a finer polish. Send them up here and let me see what I can do!!!
Have had awesome results with the plastic headlights, etc. I have some glass polish that takes out water spots and fading. Not sure how it will work on those, but I would give it a try before taking to glass shop..

 

How about those products that repair stone chips on windshields. I am certain that alot of your pits could be filled in with some resin then polished.
Check out this site:

http://autoglasschiprepair.com/warranty

 

Hey Danial try this. http://eastwood.resultspage.com/search?p=Q&ts=custom&w=glass+polish&submit.x=23&submit.y=6

Steven Verwer

 

My buddy did it in his garage with a kit he bought, and (I think) a pneumatic rotary disc sander. This was on the fog and headlights on a 512TR.

 

Call a granite counter guy if you dont have a relationship with a glass company.
Between custom shower doors and granite counter tops I watched these guys put a shine on the hardest surfaces and made it look very easy.
I am sure they are both using some version of diamond dust as a polish.

Dave

 

I bought some of these pads at a local tile/granite tool shop (anyone whoe has been down State College Blvd in Anaheim can attest that there are lots of these shops there). They said you will need to gradually work-up to 3,000 grit before you can polish. Also, there are less expensive pads available--they don't have as much diamond on them and they don't last as long as the more expensive ones, but they would probably suffice for fog lamps.

This guy may be able to put a little kit together for you.

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-pc-granite-marble-diamond-polish-pads-4-800-grit_W0QQitemZ320049690962QQihZ011QQcategoryZ46572QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Like someone said you can probably fill the chips with that windshield crack filler then work thru several grades of stones and finally polish.

Another path might be to paint them with clear urethane. Not sure, because of the index of refraction differences, how this would turn-out, but at least they would be smooth, shiny and very chip resistant.

Mark