982.5TL

Hey everyone. I already did a search on this but didn't want to bring a 3 year old thread back from the dead.

Do any of you have first hand experience with headlight restoration kits?

I have my eye on three or four:

Mcguires PlastX
Blue Magic
Turtle Wax branded kit
and a 3M kit that you use with different pads and a drill as your "buffer"

Which one do you think is best. Do they really make an honest difference. Sure they are all only 10-20 bucks but I still don't want to feel like I completely wasted my money on something totally ineffective.

Thanks

Go90go

They work.

Actually, metal polish works better as you don't have to buff as hard. I use a Carmate kit I bought in Japan, and Mothers metal polish.

~Cheers~

NewAcuraFan

I used Turtle Wax Headlight Lens Restorer Kit last year that cost about $8 and the results were fantastic! The kit includes 4oz lens clarifying compounds, 4oz spary lubricant and 3 restoration pads (level 1 thru 4). The best part of the kit is those pads which will almost garantee a good new look on your lens. All you need to do is follow the instruction closely. Good luck!

bigwerm187

Yeah they work pretty good but if you really want them to look clean you have to sand them down with some 1000 and 2000 wet sand... then use you polishing restore kits and they will looks super clean..!!

982.5TL

Word. Thanks for the input. Ill try to knock it out this week and let you all now how it goes.

main70072

Take before and after pics.

tj19855

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...1#post11749451

982.5TL

Well here they are. Just the Passenger side though my driver side wasnt even that bad so the difference isnt that noticable. I used the turtle wax kit that I got for $10 and though it doesnt look anywhere close to tj19855 I think I got my $10 worth. This should hold me over until I finally pull the trigger on some JDM headlamps.

Before


After


Sorry the pics arent that great. I took them from my phone and I didnt even realize it was on the lowest quality setting.

tmnhs81

Thats a lot better than before...

TexasHonda

I seem to remember you should spray on a UV clear coat of polyurethane to protect the lens from re-oxidation.

regards

982.5TL

The turtle wax kit came with a sealant.

TLin401

Looks brand new.

myisanog

nobody buy PlastX !! it is bullshit and does not work !!

tempetom

I had to go out to the garage and see what I just bought. It's PlastX. I find it to do an ok job. Maybe if the cloudiness is very bad it doesn't work; I don't know. I bought my car as a salvage restoration in 97 and I think they got clear coat on one of my headlights. It started flaking some time ago and looked like crap. I was sandpapering it then using rubbing compound on it. That was pretty hard to do, but I don't trust myself to use power tools on it. I probably should have. but it's looking pretty good now. My Tundra headlights were only slightly cloudy and the PlastiZ seems to have fixed them.

Mandy

Great job! Looks 10,000 better! I hate seeing cloudy lenses.

n8tivesTL

looks good man....those resoration kits are a good fix...been detailing for a long time...and thats what we use..