i went to advance auto the other day to pick up some soap and noticed turtles headlight restore kit for 10 bucks. so i thought for 10 bucks it will be risky but what the hell i was planning on wet sanding them soon anyways.

i have to say it worked very well. my passenger headlight wasn't too bad to begin with but had an annoying haze that was pretty noticeable so i cant speak for everyone. but every other week or so i would use some of the plastic X and buff it out a bit but it never really cleared it the way i wanted. but this turned out pretty good.

comes with 4 different grit sandpaper and a polishing compound and a spray lube for sanding. took about 15- 20.

just thought id let others know. sorry i dont have any before and after pics but i will try to post some when i do my girls accord.

 

i used it on a vw, and it was horrible, but maybe cause the hazing was already full blown horrible..please post pictures.

 

Yeah i used the platic x about once a week for about month gave up it never worked for me. Maybe my hazy stuff is on the inside of the headlight? Should i try this anyway?

 

sorry. lighting is horrible. but in person they look the same. im happy

 

i wasnt expecting it to work this well so i didnt take any pics before. but im sure there will be different results with different applications.

 

YOu said $10 right? Im gonna try this today then.

 

yeah. i used very light pressure when sanding. probably about 10 minutes on the first grit until i could see the oxidation was gone. and then proceeded to run through the other grits.

but like i said mine were not horrible, but enough to bother me. they always looked dirty. my headlight began to oxidize after i scrubbed the shit outta it one day with a brush to get bugs off and i guess i scratched the coating off.
if you used plastx and it worked pretty good then this should do the trick even better.


i used plastx the next day to buff it out even more.

good luck

 

ill be back and tell you how it went.

 

Worked way better than the plastic x! I can still see the oxidation buy i have to be right in the front of the headlight with a glare of light on it. From a distance i cane see it anymore. Sweeet.

 

one thing ive noticed is the most of the haze is on the inside. look closely and you can tell. wish i noticed this when i had my headlights apart

 

Yeah might be the stuuf i have leftover is in the inside

 

I used some metal polish I had laying around on a different car w/ hazy lens & it worked great. No sanding needed.

 

^ Metal polish on plastic? I might need to try this...

 

Yep.... it worked like a charm, cheap & easy too.

 

metal polish works on plasstic?????????? PIX please

 

No pics, traded the car off- note, I've only used it on plastic headlight lens, no other type of plastic.

 

Same here...tried eagle one aluminum wheel polish on my headlights and it did the same. worked like a charm

 

Ive used flitz on headlights before and it worked great.

 

i have one light that is reallly bad. should i do metal polish to both outside and inside?

 

Outside.

 

kk. i heard alot of the oxidations on the inside tho?

 

That may be condensation.. Check if water gets in your headlights, if so open them up, clean them, maybe even clear/paint them and re assemble making a good seal.