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Feb 29, 2012 | 05:09 AM

JohnLS430

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Restoring Headlights

Has anyone tried any of the headlight restoration kits on the market?

Any preferances to brand? How well do they work?

Thanks

Feb 29, 2012 | 06:07 AM

Boomer01

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Meguire's Scratch X works pretty well. It works best if you wet sand the lights with a high grit sand paper first.

Feb 29, 2012 | 07:33 AM

ancdmd

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It is important that you don't use a high speed buffing wheel on the lenses or else you'll generate heat which will cause a lot of small cracks to appear. Always use a very low speed orbital buffer.

Feb 29, 2012 | 07:39 AM

bcorey

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I use Klasse All In One - works fine, removes the oxidation and blemishes - I usually do it every other month or so. For what it's worth, I tried one of those kits and the results were less than impressive. I also paid a guy to detail my car once and he sanded and cleaned the headlights- turned out nice but only lasted a few months - Klasse works just as good and works really well as part of a car detail regimen.

Feb 29, 2012 | 08:22 AM

mewhee

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Have been using Novus #2 with good results:

Amazon

Here's links to previous discussions on the topic w/ several choices in products that DO work. As ancdmd said, if you aren't going to buff them out by hand (can be tedious) , be sure to use a LOW speed buffing wheel.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...t-cleaner.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...to-a-bush.html

Hope this helps -

Feb 29, 2012 | 09:34 AM

lex430drvr

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I have to agree with mewhee. The Novus products work really well. i dont know what part of texas you live in but in the frisco tx area, there's a Mr. Clean Car Wash that does an awesome job of headlight restoration in case you dont want to do it yourself. also, if you are doing it yourself and you're sanding it down first, make sure you wet sand it and not just sand it dry.

Feb 29, 2012 | 02:39 PM

Jabberwock

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Consumer reports just tested several products -

Sylvania Headlight Restoration Kit came out on top. The 3M Restoration kit also tested well but was a little harder to use. The Turtle Wax kit also tested OK but not as good as the top two.