Best Headlight restoration kit

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I have my first potential "customer"...

A coworker said he would like me to restore his headlights on a 2004 Honda CRV.

I told him I would do it for just the price of the supplies. I made sure to under-promise and he knows I'm just getting into detailing. Hopefully if it goes well other coworkers may let me detail their rides so I can get practice and experience.

Anyway, I need a good headlight restoration kit suggestion.

I plan to use my Griots DA if possible.

Thanks


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I've done many headlights with just Meguiars M105 and a polishing pad by hand. No sanding necessary.
 
I used the Meguiars Professional Headlight & Spot Repair Kit with great results. I protected them with Opti-Lens once I finished restoring them.
 
If the oxidation is bad I recommend to sand. If it's just has a little oxidation megs 105 and an orange pad will work. If you need the supplies quick pick up the 3M headlight restoration kit from your local auto parts store. It's my favorite kit hands down.

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I just polished my mother in law's 14 year old headlights with Wolfgang Uber Compound and a Cyan Hydrotech. They came out beautiful and clear! After sealant it probably took about 20 minutes of my time.
 
Get the 3M kit, with the 500/800/1000/3000 Sandpaper.
It is the best bang for the buck in the OTS kit.

Considering the 1000/3000 Sandpaper being most expensive, and you get like 5x 500 grit and 4x 800 grit paper.
At my local walmart for about $16
 
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#1 The Condition - BEFORE!
#2 Multi-step wet sanding by hand (1000 - 3000 grit)
#3 Multi-step polishing (to remove the sanding marks and polish the lens to a high luster)
#4 The Results AFTER! (and following protection)

Total time was 45 minutes for both headlights, including cure time. I used my GG6 with a 3" backing plate and used Menz FG400 and then PF4000.

The yellow sludge that was coming off that lens helped to confirm that I needed to keep sanding.
 
brondondolon said:
If the oxidation is bad I recommend to sand. If it's just has a little oxidation megs 105 and an orange pad will work. If you need the supplies quick pick up the 3M headlight restoration kit from your local auto parts store. It's my favorite kit hands down.

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EvolutionDetail said:
Get the 3M kit, with the 500/800/1000/3000 Sandpaper.
It is the best bang for the buck in the OTS kit.

Considering the 1000/3000 Sandpaper being most expensive, and you get like 5x 500 grit and 4x 800 grit paper.
At my local walmart for about $16
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another vote for the 3m kit if that's the route you want to go
 
Meguiars 1500 unigrit, followed by 2500. Wet. Then you'll need a wool pad and 105 or 101 to remove the sand scratches. Only wool seems to fully remove the sand scratches. Then you can re polish with a foam cutting pad, then a finishing pad. Finish up with Opti-Lens.
 
I am new to this, so I purchased the Diamondite Clear Plastic System Kit for plastic headlight lenes for my personal vehicle. It was easy to use for a novice. The kit included a sealer for the lens.
 
Being you are new to this I would recommend the 3m kit as well. Comes with everything you need for correcting (except the drill, be sure to use a corded one), can be picked up for under $20 at Walmart, works VERY well, and is extremely user friendly. I do a large enough volume of headlight corrections now that I don’t use a kit anymore, but when I did, the 3M kit is what I used. Here’s what it can do. (BTW, this is also one of the first vehicles I did paint chip repair (large chips) using the Dr. Colorchip kit, another great kit).








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Thanks for the info guys! We will see how it goes.
 
Ditto on the 3M kit for a beginner, make sure you get the one for use with a drill, they sell one that you use by hand (I'm to lazy for that). I've done 2 Toyota's and a GrandAm, follow directions, don't rush, eazy peazy.
 
This thread has inspired me to give this a shot, I'm a cheapskate and have a cordless Bosch driver. It has 2 batteries and the quick charger only takes like 15 minutes. Yeah it's not the optimum method but it should give me results.
 
The #M or Meguiar's heavy duty restoration kit are good. Be sure to follow up with a sealant to keep them from hazing again.
 
I just bought a 3M Kit and did 4.5 cars with one kit even did headlights 24 yr old looked awesome after done. Got it down to 10 min a light.
 
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