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Again, If not cleared or covered, it's a yearly job, unless you replace the unit with a glass lensed alternative, whether factory or aftermarket.

Just sand it with the kit to get all of the yellow out and everything good and scuffed, then take the headlight off the car to him and say Hey can you shoot this lense when you spray your next car, heres 20. It is not a quick polish and wipe system but it brings them back to like new and they don t fog back immediately like some of the other polished on the market.

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Headlight Restoration Kits-Whats The Best One?

Seems to be quite a few options and hoping the fine folks here have some first hand experience. I've done the polishing kits but those never last more than a few months and frankly stripping off the remaining protective coating to achieve that new polish seems to leave the light looking worse than it did to start after that time has passed. So whats a good kit that has a new sealer application for, say, ~$100?

I noticed Matco has this one from BriteLites (and oddly their price is cheaper than direct too) and liked the fact that it doesnt require masking the paint around the lens. Not sure if its any good.

2JZGTESC300

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I used Blue Magic Headlight Lens Restorer every month when I wash my cars that I drive the most. It only takes 2 minutes per front lights. Works like night and day. I'm not sure if there's any forever lasting restoration kits, but can't beat $4.99 for the Blue Magic bottle.

Skin

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I used Blue Magic Headlight Lens Restorer every month when I wash my cars that I drive the most. It only takes 2 minutes per front lights. Works like night and day. I'm not sure if there's any forever lasting restoration kits, but can't beat $4.99 for the Blue Magic bottle.

yea thats probably just a plastic polish, i've used PlastX. The kits seem to have a protective coating you can apply though so the lense doesnt look like garbage after a few weeks.

szyg6h

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We just used a 3M kit and it worked well. i have heard from a bodyman, that the one-wipe ones are no good.

softailgarage

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The last shop I worked at we used a kit by BG Products. It requires masking, only because you use a polisher that flings the stuff everywhere. It also takes longer than 2 minutes ( I dont see how a permanent job can take 2 min. to do) because its a 3-4 phase procedure. the most important thing is to use an ultraviolet protection sealer (which alot of the kits I see dont have). It's the ultraviolet rays that fade acryilic, which headlight lenses are made from. I also did my own headlights 2 years ago and they still look new.

geologist

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szyg6h

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The last shop I worked at we used a kit by BG Products. It requires masking, only because you use a polisher that flings the stuff everywhere. It also takes longer than 2 minutes ( I dont see how a permanent job can take 2 min. to do) because its a 3-4 phase procedure. the most important thing is to use an ultraviolet protection sealer (which alot of the kits I see dont have). It's the ultraviolet rays that fade acryilic, which headlight lenses are made from. I also did my own headlights 2 years ago and they still look new.

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V70R

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Exactly what Skang said. 1200 wet to 2k final and a nice plastic scratch remover works great, and will have better results compared to a DIY kit.

Skin

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Exactly what Skang said. 1200 wet to 2k final and a nice plastic scratch remover works great, and will have better results compared to a DIY kit.

getting a clear lens isn't what I'm asking for. Getting a clear lens that will last without frequent touch ups is.

softailgarage

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The BG kit is wet sanding w/ different grits. Also verry important. keep the lense wet and if using a polisher DO NOT stop moving it. The acrylic will burn, giving you a distored beam.

Skin

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The BG kit is wet sanding w/ different grits. Also verry important. keep the lense wet and if using a polisher DO NOT stop moving it. The acrylic will burn, giving you a distored beam.

Rtw5150

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I called my bodyman a couple months ago, he said just bring it over. He wet sanded them with the da then hit it with the polisher. He said the kits weren't aggressive enough.

JerseyBoatBuilder

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getting a clear lens isn't what I'm asking for. Getting a clear lens that will last without frequent touch ups is.

Good luck with that I would like to see your results after a year of use because I have tried 4 different kits and they all required 6-10 month touch up's

If you read most of the products details almost all of them say sanding may be required for best results..

The Genuine OEM Headlights for my 11 yr old car are $400 a piece and all of the Chinese ebay replacements I have seen on cars like mine either get excessive condensation problems and or along with lense hazing..

Now I just wet sand as recommended above and use the NOVUS 3 step plastic scratch, haze remover and polish sealer system can be bought for under $20
We use the Novus system at work for everything and it holds up against Salt water exposure and most of the Inclosure companies will only recommend Novus to use on their products

DrunkSmurf

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I just tried some Blue Magic Headlight Lens Sealer on mine after the last polish touch up on one of our vehicles. The polish kit was one of those Mequiar's Headlight Restoration Kits if I remember right. It came with some sanding pads, polish and foam polishing pad for the old drill.

The kit worked great on some headlights that were getting pretty bad but it took some time wet sanding.

I've only used the polish and foam pad deal for occasional follow ups. So far the Blue Magic Sealer seems to be working pretty well compared to no sealer in the past.

Time will tell, but for the 6-7 bucks it cost I thought it was worth a try.

JerseyBoatBuilder

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I just tried some Blue Magic Headlight Lens Sealer on mine after the last polish touch up on one of our vehicles. The polish kit was one of those Mequiar's Headlight Restoration Kits if I remember right. It came with some sanding pads, polish and foam polishing pad for the old drill.

The kit worked great on some headlights that were getting pretty bad but it took some time wet sanding.

I've only used the polish and foam pad deal for occasional follow ups. So far the Blue Magic Sealer seems to be working pretty well compared to no sealer in the past.

Time will tell, but for the 6-7 bucks it cost I thought it was worth a try.

I like Blue Magic that is what I give to my friends to use while they are over and complain about their headlights and they are to lazy to wet sand

boosteddsm92

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They will haze over quickly again if you don't put SOMETHING on them. This is what I'm going to try next:

jjjrmx5

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They will haze over quickly again if you don't put SOMETHING on them. This is what I'm going to try next:

It's a combo of sun/UV and ozone that will continue to return those plastic lenses back to hazed or yellow about once a year after refinishing.

Some folks shoot a clear coat over the refinsihed lenses.

Others use 3M clear bra,

I personally like to apply a clear plastic Lamin-X over the headlight once cleaned and polished. Any of those three should get you by for years as I;ve seen first hand.

Again, If not cleared or covered, it's a yearly job, unless you replace the unit with a glass lensed alternative, whether factory or aftermarket.

cm2677

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mayday0017

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Used the 3M kit with great success as well. Been 4 months since I did the GF passenger headlight so it would match the new headlight. Still looks as good as the day I did it. If you can clear coat it, or can talk your body shop up the road for doing it cheap I would highly recommend doing that. Just sand it with the kit to get all of the yellow out and everything good and scuffed, then take the headlight off the car to him and say "Hey can you shoot this lense when you spray your next car, heres $20". Talk to the painter not the man running the joint. The clear will have all the UV protectant you need and should last for a long long time.

beerdog

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Best method is to wet sand and then some type of PERMANENT sealer. The sealer does 2 things. 1) protects against UV degradation and 2) improves the clarity so the lens becomes crystal clear. There are many opinions on the wet sanding steps, but most are basically to start low and work your way up. 400, 800, 1200, 1600, etc. Not much need to go above 1600 or so. Also, you can get excellent results by hand if you use a good blocking pad and a true sealer. When I say a permanent sealer I am not referring to the stuff in the kits. Many people have used automotive clear coat. There is a product called Solar Ray by SEM that is UV cured and specifically designed for sealing restored headlights. There are tons of threads on Autogeek about this topic with most discussions being among professionals who do this extensively. If you are willing to pay a little try calling high-end detail shops or tint shops. Anyone can sand them up, but ask about how they seal it.

MikeN

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This is exactly what we do to restore custom headlights

bdamico

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I like to use novus three step with my buffer. I've had much better results than working with a headlight restorer kit.

Outlawmws

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I used Meguieres plastic cleaner, then their polish, and it worked well. Did it about 2 years ago, and they are due again, but nothing like they were before the first time I did them.

z28snksknr

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Use Mother's chrome polish and a buffer on low RPM. Bottle even says that it can be used to polish out plastic scratches and glass.

zmotorsports

Out of the different ones I have tried I finally decided on the 3-M kit. I have used the hell out of it and it really does a nice job. It is not a quick polish and wipe system but it brings them back to like new and they don't fog back immediately like some of the other polished on the market.

If really oxidized I start with the 500 grit, then 1000 grit then move up to the 1500, 2000 and 3000 trizact pads follewed by a polishing and cleaning solution.

nit2wn

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I've used the Mother's kit from WalMart with decent results. It won't make them new again, but it get most of the haze off and help them out. I've used it on probably 15-18 cars out of one kit. It does well for $25, just make sure you get the one with the drill attachment, hand scrubbing is going to take a while. Our two work cars are beaters, so I wasn't looking for perfect results.

olytdi

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Any of the restoration kits will refurb the lenses. That's not a problem. The problem is them staying that way without having to do it over and over and.

Check-out the Crystalview kit which comes with a sealer that is used once the polishing is complete. My lenses were pretty bad and did them three years ago. They still look great. The Crystalview kit is outstanding.

Another method talked about on the TDI forums is to use a clearcoat spray after the polishing. I'm not sure how these two methods compare as I have done only the Crystalview process.

buildmyown

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Here is a write up i did on another awhile ago about the 3M kit. Her car now has 230,000 mostly highway and is drivin in all weather conditions. The lights still look just as good as the day i did them which was on 1/02/2011. The only only thing i did different then what the kit said was i used 2 coat of a good quality paste wax.

My mother was complaining that she was haveing trouble seeing and could I look at her lights. After the jokes of your getting old did you turn them on and open your eyes I decided I better take a look. Well the lights on her 98 Camry with 192,000 miles were hazed and chipped pretty good. Off to Autozone I go looking around at different polishes and so on I see this kit in the little autobody section they have. It comes with a backing pad that has velcro and a 1/4" mandral, 2 different grits of paper, a foam waffel pad and a foam finishing pad, and small packet of compound. There are enough of all to do several sets of lights. First I cleaned the lights with some glass cleaner then taped around them to protect the paint on the bumper. The kit says you can use an electric drill but I found that akward so I chucked the pad up in my right angle die grinder. Starting with the course grit paper I went over the whole light to get an even finish, wiped the light down again with glass cleaner and then hit it with the fine paper wiped it down again and hit it with the waffle pad and compound fowllowed that with the finishing pad and some more compound. The results are great they look like new well worth the $25 for the kit. Here are some pics sorry no in progress pics. Total time for both lights 30mins.
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Others use 3M clear bra,

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