Polishing up you headlights

[tast101]

Here's something for you guys with older cars or just have some dirty lights, that want clean up your lights to make em look new.

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[jomulk56]

3M makes a kit as well. It's quite a bit more aggressive though. It's around $20 and comes with sand paper and some other stuff. Really popular with the Mark 8 guys on my Lincoln forum.

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Although I think their kit is a restorer instead of a polish.

 

[LanceD]

I tried all of the box kits and they work OK but the yellowing never really goes away or comes back even worse.
I got tired of it and hopefully this will last a lot longer.

I used in this order:
600 grit wet sandpaper
1000 grit wet sandpaper
2000 grit wet sandpaper
Maguire's rubbing compound with foam pad
3M headlight renewal
Maguire's polishing compound with wool pad
Maguire's headlight coating

Came out like a brand new set of housings.



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[Shaw520]

Nice,..now clear coat them and they will stay that way,..try and fine uv resistant clearcoat

 

[Fless]

That's what the Meguiar's headlight coating is for.

I've used the 3M kit on multiple cars. It can be aggressive and it works good if you follow the instructions, but the headlights do need to be coated afterward or they just yellow again.

 

[Shaw520]

Cool,... I didnt know about the Mequires headlight coating,... I used Rustoleum Clear Coat with UV protection and they came out awesome.

 

[LanceD]

Went and polished up the wife's headlights today. I shouldn't have used the protective coating on such a windy day. It captured little dust particles but still looks a ton better.

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[Tonyrodz]

Went and polished up the wife's headlights today. I shouldn't have used the protective coating on such a windy day. It captured little dust particles but still looks a ton better.

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I used to do these all the time. They came out really good.

 

[Shaw520]

looks good.

 

[Fless]

Cool,... I didnt know about the Mequires headlight coating,... I used Rustoleum Clear Coat with UV protection and they came out awesome.

I wonder which one would last longer? Amazon's info on Meguiar's says a year; I have to think there is something out there that would last longer than that.