Any Way To Restore/refinish Volvo Glass Headlight Lenses

[HelgaTheS80]

I wanted to know if any volvo owners like myself have had the unfortunate curse of owning a car that comes with the thick glass headlight lenses.

Mine have severe chipping from being hit by rocks and debris. I just did an "angel eyes" conversion on my volvo s80 (sorry no pics yet, don't have a working camera) and after blacking out the surrounds and putting them on, the look is really ruined by the worn out looking lenses that not only have a "sandblasted" look, but just are rough all over.

Are there any recommendations on restoring them to new or better than new condition? They are not cracked, just taken a beating from stone chips etc.

Any body have any step by step who has done this before? Does them being glass prevent me from doing the same fix like on plastics ones?

[HPTDoh]

There has been a discussion on this before, and Chuck recommended some type of acid that was supposed to work pretty efficiently. I'll post it up if i can find it

Apparently its called cerium oxide and available at most body shops.

[PsychoBeano]

There has been a discussion on this before, and Chuck recommended some type of acid that was supposed to work pretty efficiently. I'll post it up if i can find it

Apparently its called cerium oxide and available at most body shops.

IIRC, he said you can get it at most of the hobby shops too.

First, sand them, then Mix one part powder with one part water to make a paste, rub on, rinse off, and polish.

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[DouginDenver]

IIRC, he said you can get it at most of the hobby shops too.

First, sand them, then Mix one part powder with one part water to make a paste, rub on, rinse off, and polish.

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Serium oxide is a powder, not an acid. Looks sort of like your grandma's face powder. Is is a fine abrasive and the universal glass polishing compound. It is not a wipe-on, wipe-off sort of thing. You need felt buffing wheels and a water slurry and more time than you have in your life. Trust me, you do not want to try this. I have. After about an hour and having wet pink crap slung all over the place you'll wish you had just bought new headlights - or even a new car! I accomplished nothing noticeable in an hour. Glass is very hard - polishing it is no easy task. Don't even try.