JayDoc
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Today I finally got around to using the 3M headlight lens restoration kit that I bought like 9 months ago at O'reilly's Auto. I think I paid around $15 but amazon has it cheaper.
For those of us with the older style glass lenses, the dull fogging and yellowing effect isn't an issue, but most modern cars have the plastic lenses that for some reason or another tend inexorably toward that frosted shower stall effect.
My wife's 2005 Sequoia is/was just such an example. Here are some before pics:
The kit itself is drill bit with a velcro covered base and a series of replaceable sanding pads. The process is simple: Using your home drill, run the 500gr paper several sweeps over your lens (I used 2 pads of 500 per lens), followed by the 800gr, followed by a wet sand with the 3000gr pad, and finish up with a coat or two of the 3M polishing compound (that smelled a lot like turtle wax to me).
For those of us with the older style glass lenses, the dull fogging and yellowing effect isn't an issue, but most modern cars have the plastic lenses that for some reason or another tend inexorably toward that frosted shower stall effect.
My wife's 2005 Sequoia is/was just such an example. Here are some before pics:
The kit itself is drill bit with a velcro covered base and a series of replaceable sanding pads. The process is simple: Using your home drill, run the 500gr paper several sweeps over your lens (I used 2 pads of 500 per lens), followed by the 800gr, followed by a wet sand with the 3000gr pad, and finish up with a coat or two of the 3M polishing compound (that smelled a lot like turtle wax to me).
