Customer Reviews 3M Headlight Lens Restoration System

Daugenet Breaux (Charleston, SC) - See all my reviews
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I own an 11 year old car and the headlights had become significantly glazed over. The only thing the drill doesnt come with is a drill. (which would really drive up the cost of the kit) The steps are pretty easy to restore your headlight

1. Clean the headlight and tape around the headlight edgeds to protect the paint job.
2. Use the "yellow" sanding disk with the drill attachment. The headlight will take on a more cloudy, but uniform, appearance
3. Use the "white" disk and smooth out the surface
4. Use the "gray" disk (with water) and begin the polishing of the surface
5. Finally use the "orange" foam disk with the polishing compound and complete the job.

Instructions are included with the kit and are pretty straightforward. I would say that anyone can do this job in approximately 2 hours or less. The drill attachment is WELL worth the money.

I was actually able to do two cars with one kit. Obviously this will depend on the condition of your headlights. I would recommend buying one kit per car though.

When using the kit I actually wiped off the "dust" that was created between steps. This wasnt mentioned in the instructions but I dont feel that it effected the results either. If you do the same thing then you will not see much of the "white slurry" described in the instructions when using the gray disk.

I hope this review helps and I will try to check back later to see if anyone has some comments that need answering.

How to Repair Oxidized Cloudy Headlights with a Headlight Cleaner

Cloudy headlights affect hundreds of thousands of vehicles in virtually every make of car and truck, foreign or domestic. Headlight restoration or headlight repair is the process of cleaning the headlight lens with headlight cleaner kits or with items sometimes found at your local auto parts store. Save money over expensive replacements, restore them yourself, it's quick and easy, best of all anyone can do it with no special training or tools.

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Some of these steps may not be necessary depending upon the damage or oxidation of your headlight lenses. Some headlights are worse than others and will therefore require more work and some may be so bad that replacement is a more viable option.