3MUltra Headlight Restoration Kit, Contains Masking Tape, Light Sanding Discs, Wax Protectant and More, Use on Plastic Lenses Headlights, Taillights and More, Easy Heavy-Duty Restoration (39195)

I should have taken some before and after photos, but the headlight covers on our Subaru Crosstrek had significant clouding and with parts looking like there was a white buildup on top of the covers. I did some research and decided to give this kit a try. You need a drill to use the kit and it would be best if you have some speed control on the drill, but any drill can be used if you are careful. The process involve wet sanding with a pad that goes on the included drill head. You start with the 500 grit pads, then when you have worked the entire cover, you proceed to 800 grit pads and finally finish with the single 3000 grit pad to do the final polish. The kit includes 4 or 5 of the 500 and 800 grit pads, but only one of the 3000 grit. It takes some effort and you should plan on working on the headlight covers for a couple of hours. I think if you did this with a manual kit it would take far, far longer. It is very important to read the directions thoroughly before you start doing anything and get all the items you need prepped. At the end of the sanding process, you have a lightly foggy headlight cover that should have been smoothed from any sanding marks from the sanding pads. Once you get to this point, you need to really clean the headlights (you should also have cleaned them before starting the sanding.) You will also remove the included masking tape that you put around the headlight covers before sanding. Get them really clean and dry. Then you use the included glove an put the first coat of the finish on and let it dry for at least 15 minutes. At several points during the sanding, I wondered if I was going to have a bigger mess than I did at the start, but after using the first of the finishing wipes, you see the amazing results. Follow the directions on using the finishing wipes and after the second coat, make sure not to touch, wet, etc. the headlight covers for 60 minutes. The difference when completed was like night and day. For less than 15 dollars and a couple of hours of your time, you can make the headlight covers look like new. I don't know how long the fix will last, but the headlights still look great after a cross country drive.

This is an amazing product if anyone gives a bad review it’s only because they did it wrong. Just like paint work the most crucial thing is the prep so when you’re using the yellow Sanding tabs , use them all and take your time. I found the best movement was doing lateral lunges side to side and holding the drill, literally in the center of my body and not move the drill with my hands that allowed me to not have those swirly Worley’s on the lenses so therefore they came out super clean without any scratches.The rest of it’s easy Peezy Mac and cheesy but do spend time doing it correctly and getting all the grime off if you do not take your time and do it then you’re just polishing a half removed service and it’s not the products fault that it doesn’t come out clean take your time and do it right. I would absolutely recommend this product to anyone and everyone. I shared the pictures with my family and my mom replied oh my gosh, how did you guys do that?

I have a 2004 RAV4 that is approaching 200K miles. I’ve treated these headlights a few years ago with a different product. I decided I would give this a try and I’m not disappointed at all. I had to remove part of my front grill because I was installing new horns so thought this was a good time to do this even considering just getting new headlamps and best cost I could find was $60 each side so $15 vs $120 + shipping and it is hard to tell they are not new. Now I did a little change with the procedure where I mixed in some hand sanding to eliminate the swirl marks from the drill and did extra wet sanding as well but for the cost and if they make it a couple years I’ll be happy. Word of caution the last statement after the final step is don’t expose to rain for 24 hours. That’s something I believe should be mentions before you start step 1, that’s something you might want to know so you can check the weather.I purchased 2 kits and the other vehicle I did was a 2012 Honda Crosstour. I forgot to take a photo of the passenger headlight but I did take one of the drivers headlight before and after. Same with this one I hand and wet sanded the 800 grit.

Worked well for me on a lens i've restored twice before with Sylania kit. The Sylvania restoration lasts about 2-3 years then starts clouding again. I liked the drill based sanding a LOT better than the hand based sanding, but despite 2 layers of tape did manage to cut through and put a small mark in the paint on my bumper so next time 3-4 layers of tape. Not a major issue for me. This kit was good value, fast and efficient. I like that it is possible to buy additional wipes and an additional 3000 grit pad in the "Quick & Easy Headlight Restoration" kit for just $7.I only restored one (large GMC Sierra Denali) headlight because the other side had been replaced with a new lens several years into owning the vehicle. It still looks pretty good. I'll probably restore both sides next time but once it's done, you have to keep doing it every 2-3 years so I'm not doing that side until I really need to. I wiped that side with the wipes though...maybe it will help protect longer having another coat. Or maybe it will destroy it and I'll have to do the full restoration. No matter, this kit looks like enough to do both sides, other than the wipes and possibly the 3000 grit single pad.-1 star for lack of a 2nd glove, lack of a 2nd 3000 grit pad. And it would be nice to be able to buy just the UV Clearcoat packets alone at low cost. But these kits are cost effective and seem to work.Overall satisfied and now I'll just wait to see how long it takes until I have to do it again. Sylvania kit lasted 2-3 years. This say on the box it lasts "up to 2 years" so maybe next time I'll sand with the 3M kit, but buy a bottle of the sylvania clear coat and do that if it lasts better. We'll see.