W208 CLK Refurbing headlight covers

[GrahamS]

Hope this is in the correct section but I am curious if anyone has attempted to sand a polish headlight covers to remove the damage from years of wear and tear rather than buy new headlights. I have had a go at cleaning and then polishing with Plast RX by Meguiars which did ok and have also had a go with wet and dry from grades 1200 through to 30000 (Alclad Micromesh polishing cloths) and am getting better results although lots of elbow grease. Any tricks of the trade or better solutions will be gladly received

Cheers
Graham

P.S I'll add some pics as the lights improve and I find the card with the current pics on

 

[GrahamS]

As a reference here is the light in need of attention and the new one on the other side

Thanks again
Graham