MrBsfirst

I went ahead and ordered the 3M kit again from Amazon and will post before and after pics of my sons 04 Es330 which are mostly hazed over but not terrible. I had used the kit on my wife's 08 Civic and I can tell you those headlights suck! Fortunately the 330 and my F150, which I will do as well are nice and easy to do. I like the vinyl wrap and will show my boy the video and see what he thinks. Lucky for me, he doesn't have the urge to do modifications to the ES330 like he did the 04 F150, and why should he? That car is slicker than snot!

JetsonES

Yes, these cars will save you a ton in mods because there really isn't much available. Sort of why I'm in this car, all I could bring myself to do was the rear sway. Everything else is so finely tuned I don't want to mess with it. Like the intake, normally I like engine noise but they did such a good job at keeping it tuned throughout the rpm range that I really can't bring myself to touch it. I can't find any point where there is resonance which is really good, on my wife's car it hits right at around 60, the intake makes a noise, poor design.

1960vw

I did the baking soda and vinegar trick today. Worked pretty good! Just use a wax,polish afterwards and it lasts for awhile. I did it in spring so this was my second use. Get a small container of baking soda and use just enough vinegar to make paste. It will foam up so don't panic! Rub it in firmly in circular motion them wipe off with cloth soaked in water. Dry and polish. I used Turtle wax Ice. Cheap method!

funcrusher

Did you research before getting that? It seems like everyone says different products to get

JetsonES

Cool 1960 vw, I'm going to have to remember that trick,thanks for the info. Is the turtle wax ice a tire treatment?

jaredmac11

So the process itself is straight forward. Your headlights oxidize over time and you have two options. You can polish it and use some abrasive to remove the oxidation and redo that polishing every several months.

Or you can do a really good sanding to remove the failed clear coat and oxidation and do a clear coat to basically restore your headlights to 'new' (nothing will beat a factory paint job)

I chose a kit that had a polish and the tools to make sanding easier (sanding pads that can go on a drill with a pad). I also bought paint to do a new clear coat. Other kits are just various grades of polish to do a deep clean then a polish.

There are several ways to skin a cat.

JetsonES

Great explaination. I just did mine on a whim with toothpaste but may opt to do the more permanent method in the future, probably when spring comes around. Basically you just keep scratching things progressively finer and finer until they are optically transparent. Then coating it fills everything in nice and smooth.

Organized Garage Status

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JetsonES

Love the name. Wish I could say it about my garage, getting there slowly.

Organized Garage Status

Haha! Thank you. It was supposed to be OCD, but I couldn't put anything together with those 3 letters.

1960vw

It's liquid wax for cars. I'm sure other type will work.

funcrusher

Thanks. WHat part of Tx are you in by the way?

jaredmac11

Im in Houston. We have a nice collection of ES here it seems.