Having lived with them since I got the car, and them getting an advisory on my MOT last week decided to tackle my lights today.
May give you some confidence to do it yourself as you can see it looks terrible until right at the end...
What we started with, not pretty at all. Did it in situ, as my car has need of respray anyway and took my time carefully.
Weapons of choice, 1000, 1500, 2000 and 2500 grit wet and dry, bucket of soapy water, sprayer and these two to finish - my new DA getting it's first proper outing, it's a cheap one from Argos, but already can tell it's far better than my old 110V DA that I have had for years. Polish is Scholl S20 black one step on a Hexlogic green pad
The oh crap what have I done stage after two passes of 1000 grit and wipe down
Then through 1500 and 2000. All done by hand, only needed a single sheet of each paper per side. Split the sheet in half and while using one bit keep the other in the bucket, alternate between the two for a clean surface, rinsed with plain water and dried between each grade to see if we have covered all of the light
2500 stage, just before we break out the polishing compound and DA. It is important to finish on the finest grade paper you can to make the polishing nice and easy, you are basically refining it at each stage making the scratches finer and finer till they can be buffed away.
Halfway!
Repeated for the other side and here are the results, very happy with that. Finished with a couple of coats of sealant and buffed off by hand.
