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Hi guys, I noticed Supercheap now stock a "Headlight Lens Restoration Kit" for $20, has anyone given this a try?

Says

"Restores exterior plastic lighting lenses like new!,

Improves light output and appearance, and

Eliminates clouded, pitted, & yellow-toned lens surfaces"

Could be handy...

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there is a big thread on this somewhere ...

the ultimate thing you can do to restore your HL's is to pull them out and put them in the oven to soften to glue and split them apart ... rub them back inside and out with the finest grade wet and dry you can find ... polish them up ... and have them clear coated to stop them from going crappy again for ages ...

will be doing this soon because I had my car buffed and the dick head put marks across one of them ...

I read about the oven method in the soarer forums, not sure i'd want to cook em :blink:

I bought some McGuires plastix, meant to be for motorcycle windshields, but i'm pretty sure it'd work just the same. Haven't used it yet - i'm going to get my car cut'n'polished, and the guy said he'd do up the headlight also :)

"Headlight Lens Restoration Kit" from auto one works. we tried it on my sisters supra, the kit contains several pieces of wet and dry and a buffing solution. it works by removing a thin layer of plastic and then buffing it out. we noticed that longer time spent the better the result.

Yeah I wasnt sure if the cutting compound actually deteriorates the plastic

Ive removed glass lenses in the oven but not plastic, I wouldnt be game enough - ive melted enough LED lights trying the same thing

Cool i'll give it a shot

I read about the oven method in the soarer forums, not sure i'd want to cook em :D

I bought some McGuires plastix, meant to be for motorcycle windshields, but i'm pretty sure it'd work just the same. Haven't used it yet - i'm going to get my car cut'n'polished, and the guy said he'd do up the headlight also :)

"Headlight Lens Restoration Kit" from auto one works. we tried it on my sisters supra, the kit contains several pieces of wet and dry and a buffing solution. it works by removing a thin layer of plastic and then buffing it out. we noticed that longer time spent the better the result.

the question for both of these is how long does it work for, the current headlights i have it lasts a week or two with a cut n polish, looking for something more permanent.

  • 9 months later...
Yeah I wasnt sure if the cutting compound actually deteriorates the plastic

yes it does in a big way. no factory light needs polishing every 2 months. cutting and polishing exposes the polycarbonate lense to further and more rapid sun exposure! click my sig

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