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I just saw this banner ad here in the forum for Car-Taract. Has anyone tried this? Any feedback relating to it? Much appreciated.
http://www.headlights-restore.com/
http://www.headlights-restore.com/
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Originally Posted by diverep' post='1067218' date='Dec 3 2009, 03:38 PM
I just saw this banner ad here in the forum for Car-Taract. Has anyone tried this? Any feedback relating to it? Much appreciated.
http://www.headlights-restore.com/
http://www.headlights-restore.com/
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Originally Posted by diverep' post='1067218' date='Dec 3 2009, 03:38 PM
I just saw this banner ad here in the forum for Car-Taract. Has anyone tried this? Any feedback relating to it? Much appreciated.
http://www.headlights-restore.com/
http://www.headlights-restore.com/
I highly highly recommend the 3M kit that is just under $20. You can purchase it at autozone/advanced auto parts. With this kit you actually use a drill to do the sanding (all parts included) which is what litterally grinds off the junk that makes your headlights yellow. Any of the 'use your hands' kits that come with a few pads and a solution are all horrible. They wont do much of anything.
GL!
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+1 on the 3m kit. The coating on my lights faded and cracked after the car living most of its like in southern California. I picked up the 3M drill powered kit. It made my lights like new again.
NOTE: The kit will sand off most of the coating on the lights. This is what fails before the actually lens. So once the coating is destroyed, you use the 3m kit, you will have just exposed lense. So, frequent waxing and polshing will be required. Should have been done from day one to prevent this in the first place.
What I did was tape all around the lights a few inches with blue painters tape. In case I got out of hand with the drill. Another tip, no neccessary, but ofered peice of mind, was to have a trickle flow of water in the first few steps of polishing. This keep the lense cool and allowed me to really spend lots of time polishing. Keep in mind, just a trickle with the water. I had my wife control the hose. It would be good to train your co-worker on what a trickle means. LOL. My lenses came out looking brand new. At extream angles, you can see where the coating it still on the lense. But mostly it looks like a perfect lense.
NOTE: The kit will sand off most of the coating on the lights. This is what fails before the actually lens. So once the coating is destroyed, you use the 3m kit, you will have just exposed lense. So, frequent waxing and polshing will be required. Should have been done from day one to prevent this in the first place.
What I did was tape all around the lights a few inches with blue painters tape. In case I got out of hand with the drill. Another tip, no neccessary, but ofered peice of mind, was to have a trickle flow of water in the first few steps of polishing. This keep the lense cool and allowed me to really spend lots of time polishing. Keep in mind, just a trickle with the water. I had my wife control the hose. It would be good to train your co-worker on what a trickle means. LOL. My lenses came out looking brand new. At extream angles, you can see where the coating it still on the lense. But mostly it looks like a perfect lense.
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Originally Posted by mbp727' post='1067240' date='Dec 3 2009, 01:13 PM
I highly highly recommend the 3M kit that is just under $20. You can purchase it at autozone/advanced auto parts. With this kit you actually use a drill to do the sanding (all parts included) which is what litterally grinds off the junk that makes your headlights yellow. Any of the 'use your hands' kits that come with a few pads and a solution are all horrible. They wont do much of anything.
GL!
GL!
Thanks, I'll look for that kit.
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Originally Posted by jprovence' post='1067247' date='Dec 3 2009, 04:28 PM
+1 on the 3m kit. The coating on my lights faded and cracked after the car living most of its like in southern California. I picked up the 3M drill powered kit. It made my lights like new again.
NOTE: The kit will sand off most of the coating on the lights. This is what fails before the actually lens. So once the coating is destroyed, you use the 3m kit, you will have just exposed lense. So, frequent waxing and polshing will be required. Should have been done from day one to prevent this in the first place.
What I did was tape all around the lights a few inches with blue painters tape. In case I got out of hand with the drill. Another tip, no neccessary, but ofered peice of mind, was to have a trickle flow of water in the first few steps of polishing. This keep the lense cool and allowed me to really spend lots of time polishing. Keep in mind, just a trickle with the water. I had my wife control the hose. It would be good to train your co-worker on what a trickle means. LOL. My lenses came out looking brand new. At extream angles, you can see where the coating it still on the lense. But mostly it looks like a perfect lense.
NOTE: The kit will sand off most of the coating on the lights. This is what fails before the actually lens. So once the coating is destroyed, you use the 3m kit, you will have just exposed lense. So, frequent waxing and polshing will be required. Should have been done from day one to prevent this in the first place.
What I did was tape all around the lights a few inches with blue painters tape. In case I got out of hand with the drill. Another tip, no neccessary, but ofered peice of mind, was to have a trickle flow of water in the first few steps of polishing. This keep the lense cool and allowed me to really spend lots of time polishing. Keep in mind, just a trickle with the water. I had my wife control the hose. It would be good to train your co-worker on what a trickle means. LOL. My lenses came out looking brand new. At extream angles, you can see where the coating it still on the lense. But mostly it looks like a perfect lense.
Due to the shape of our headlights, there is going to be places where you can't operate the sander, ie. bottom corners closest to the kidney grilles. Other than that everything came out perfect. I'm the only one who can see the corner spot anyways 
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Originally Posted by jprovence' post='1067247' date='Dec 3 2009, 01:28 PM
+1 on the 3m kit. The coating on my lights faded and cracked after the car living most of its like in southern California. I picked up the 3M drill powered kit. It made my lights like new again.
NOTE: The kit will sand off most of the coating on the lights. This is what fails before the actually lens. So once the coating is destroyed, you use the 3m kit, you will have just exposed lense. So, frequent waxing and polshing will be required. Should have been done from day one to prevent this in the first place.
What I did was tape all around the lights a few inches with blue painters tape. In case I got out of hand with the drill. Another tip, no neccessary, but ofered peice of mind, was to have a trickle flow of water in the first few steps of polishing. This keep the lense cool and allowed me to really spend lots of time polishing. Keep in mind, just a trickle with the water. I had my wife control the hose. It would be good to train your co-worker on what a trickle means. LOL. My lenses came out looking brand new. At extream angles, you can see where the coating it still on the lense. But mostly it looks like a perfect lense.
NOTE: The kit will sand off most of the coating on the lights. This is what fails before the actually lens. So once the coating is destroyed, you use the 3m kit, you will have just exposed lense. So, frequent waxing and polshing will be required. Should have been done from day one to prevent this in the first place.
What I did was tape all around the lights a few inches with blue painters tape. In case I got out of hand with the drill. Another tip, no neccessary, but ofered peice of mind, was to have a trickle flow of water in the first few steps of polishing. This keep the lense cool and allowed me to really spend lots of time polishing. Keep in mind, just a trickle with the water. I had my wife control the hose. It would be good to train your co-worker on what a trickle means. LOL. My lenses came out looking brand new. At extream angles, you can see where the coating it still on the lense. But mostly it looks like a perfect lense.
Thanks for the tip!
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Originally Posted by Krozi' post='1067273' date='Dec 3 2009, 04:53 PM
Here is mbp's DIY.
https://5series.net/forums/index.php...opic=83593&hl=
https://5series.net/forums/index.php...opic=83593&hl=
