meguiars headlight restoration kit

[V6_cdti]

Hello all,

Anyone used the meguiars headlight restoration kit?

[milzeh]

Not used but seen amazing results on other car forums.

[Vulf86]

It's good but you can't beat a DA polisher if you have one or know someone who does

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[V6_cdti]

Cheers for the quick replies guys appreciated ... only advisory on my MOT back in March was the cloudy / yellow headlights ... so not bad for my 2004 plate V6 cdti.

[maddocksjem]

Nearly a year later just done mine with the kit.

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[BaconSarnie]

Wow, where do you get this kit?

[bigdov]

Halfords used to sell the kit for around about 20 quid, not sure if they still do however

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[bonehead]

Autoglym do a kit too, I've had good results with that.

[rnolanz]

The Sylvania restoration kit is a good product also. It comes with UV blocker clear coat.

[Marv147]

Personally, I've found the Meguiar's restoration kit to be a complete waste of time and money after trying it twice on a pair of cloudy headlights and getting awful results. In fact, if you hadn't seen me use the kit, you wouldn't have believed me if I said I'd used it, that is how bad the kit was for me.

What I did find worked and produced very good results was the old fashioned way of doing them using sandpaper and then coating in a few light coats of clear UV protective lacquer. Yes, it'll take a bit of time and patience to get the desired results but I'd rather it take a little longer to do properly than keep wasting 30 - 40 minutes using these restoration kits.

I started off with 320 grit wet & dry sandpaper to remove the heavy oxidation, lubricating the lights with a water and washing up liquid solution (5ml Fairy in 1L spray bottle). Once most of the oxidation was gone, I then moved up through different grit levels - 600, 1000, 2000 and finishing with 3000 grit - until the light was smooth, clean and then dried with a microfibre cloth. Mask off the surrounding bodywork using a bin liner or newspaper and then applied 5 light coats of a UV resistant clear lacquer. A couple of hours prep work and 10-15 mins between coats of lacquer (weather dependant) and 24 hours from final coat to lacquer being fully hardened.

Cost: £4.99 for the lacquer from Amazon; £3 for the sandpaper from the Bay.