Headlight lens repair kits?

I did my old Expedition with the Wolfgang kit and it worked very well...some guys just like to use sand paper, but me and sand paper near the car do not get along.


Here is a picture of one of our vendors cars we did for him.
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The kits are OK they give you everything you need..however you can buy the same stuff separately and accomplish the same results and IMO cheaper in the long run..as you can use the product on other places of the car....PB PP is one that I use for head light resto...I buy the sandpaper at Home Depot or the likes of that...water...you should have that already...if you are looking for the process...that's posted on this site somewhere.
 
In most cases all you need to do is hit the lens with your buffer and some heavy duty compound. You won't believe the results you get for 60 seconds of buffing.
 
usedcargod said:
In most cases all you need to do is hit the lens with your buffer and some heavy duty compound. You won't believe the results you get for 60 seconds of buffing.
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Welcome to the site...from Sonoma County CA


And your right depending on the condition of the plastic some compounding can take care of it...but your still going to need something lighter to remove the hazing associated with most compounds...sanding IMO is a better solution prior to compounding if you will...levels the plastic...I also tend to stay away from to heavy a compound, and use chemical based polishes...
 
I usually use wetsanding if they are that bad. However, light polish like an SSR may work well on lenses that are not in too bad of shape.
 
In regards to the "kits" I've tried a couple:

Permatex: basically a wetsanding kit with a little bottle of polish for the final touch. The sandpaper does tear through oxidation quickly, if you use the aggressive papers. The light papers don't finish off quite as well as I'd like, and the polish didn't really do too much for me.
Overall, for a hand application process used on really crappy lenses, it's not bad. I wouldn't use it for light haze or pits, though.

"5 Minute Optical Polish"- kit sold at Wal-Mart USA, among others. I think it was around $5, but can't remember. Not too expensive anyway. It's a polish impregnated sponge that attaches to your drill via the included shaft/backing plate. Add water and drill and away you go. You get 6 pads, so it should do either 6 lenses or if you have bad lenses, you'll have some fresh pads to "start fresh" with once you've used up the pad.
Pretty much idiot proof if you can handle a drill. Made in the US. Patented. I recommend it.

If you don't want to buy a kit, but want something you can buy at most stores, you could use Mothers Mag polish for the tougher stuff and then their (or someone elses) plastic polish.
 
I did my wife's 13 year old headlights with Meg's PlastX by hand. By hand because It was too much of a hassle to remove the lenses. PlastX by hand, (with passion), terry applicator, wipe off - they look great.
 
heatgain said:
I did my wife's 13 year old headlights with Meg's PlastX by hand. By hand because It was too much of a hassle to remove the lenses. PlastX by hand, (with passion), terry applicator, wipe off - they look great.
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I've used the same years ago...bang for the buck, PB PP is just as good and you can use it in many places
 
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