Hey guys, after months of staring at my fugly headlights, I decided to try out Sylvania's Headlight Restoration Kit today. I was skeptical at first, but after reading the reviews on Amazon and the fact that they have a lifetime warranty if they ever turned yellow again, I figured what the heck. Anyway, to my amazement, the kit actually works! When I finally put the final UV coat on, the headlight turned crystal clear. It looks as good as new now. However, the only downside is, I didn't tape off enough of my front bumper below my driverside headlight, so I have some light scuffs from all the sanding. They're not deep, so I'm hoping some of Meguiars Scratch X 2.0 will do the trick. If anybody here needs to restore their headlights, I highly recommend Sylvania's Headlight Restoration kit. Here's some before and after pics:

 

Nice work, looks great! Its amazing how cloudy headlights can make the car look so bad. Glad you had good results!

 

the headlight will turn yellow again, it just how you prevent it.

 

Thanks! I totally agree about cloudy headlights. As soon as it got really dark outside, I just had to go out and check out my headlights. Man, I was shocked... it was like the light output increased 100%... it was a night and day difference. This really made me fall in love with my TL again. And it cost less than $20!

 

That's what I heard also. However, based on the research I've done, a lot of people are using 303 Aerospace protectant since it has an SPF40 UV protectant. I already have this product, so hopefully a quick spray after every car wash will help. We'll see...

 

Excellent results. To prevent this from happening again I used the clear protection film from Lamin-x. So far so good, it's holding up very well.

I used Lamin-x on my previous cars and the headlights looked new even after 5 years.

 

That's great news. Where can I buy this stuff?

 

amazon or ebay, either that or you can buy 3M clear bra and apply over the headlight.

 

It works and looks great but it will not last. Only way to correct this is to sand down and re-clear but looks great!

 

Looks great !

 

Lamin-x

 

Did you tape off your bumper? I can see swirl marks from leftover compound or polish on the bumper. I'm guessing that wiped off very easily?

 

I can't wait to do this. Already have the restore kit, but I'm being lazy.

 

I did tape off the bumper, but I only used enough to cover about 3/4" from the headlamp. I definitely should've used more... or been more careful. I was just sooo eager to see the results... lol. I ended up using some Meguiars Scratch X 2.0 and it's not noticeable anymore, so I'm happy.

 

It's definitely worth the effort, but the kit I used definitely required a good amount of elbow grease. I'm not sure which kit you got, but mine had 400, 1000, and 2000 grit sandpaper, so by the time I was done, my arm was definitely pretty tired!