Prince Valiant
07-12-2010, 10:12 PM
Okay, MY turn at headlight restore...much like Ben and Coop, both my Insight and my Grand Cherokee (well, NOW I have a grand cherokee since the parents are simplifying), both were in desperate need of headlight restoration.
SO, for the insight, used this turtle wax kit, with terrific success...very happy with the outcome. Not a bad investment at only 8 bucks :thumbsup
So, visiting my parents in TX, and knowing that the California, Florida, and Texas sun has always been exceptionally hard on the headlight lenses, I figured I'd do the same while down there. Well, no one seemed to have turtle wax's headlight lens restore, so I used another kit, from meguires. Any luck? NONE. There was a mild improvement, but otherwise, it was a big disappointment...as a matter of fact, the "Before" pictures you'll see are the "AFTER" pics for the meguires kit I used before...even though the product seemed mostly the same, just a slight difference in when you sand, and when you polish.
So fast forward to tonight, decided to tackle the job again and use my machine buffer to help provide some elbow grease...AND use what I felt was the superior product in the turtle wax.
So how did it fare?
BEFORE:
Driver side
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad349/sweetroscoe/resotre/Picture013.jpg
Passenger side (yuck!)
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad349/sweetroscoe/resotre/Picture014.jpg
The product:
TURTLE WAX 5JKN9 Headlight Lens Restoration Kit
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad349/sweetroscoe/resotre/Picture015.jpg
AFTER:
Driver side
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad349/sweetroscoe/resotre/Picture016.jpg
Passenger side
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad349/sweetroscoe/resotre/Picture017.jpg
As you can see, dramatic improvement :wow
As you'll notice, the passenger side is still far from perfect...but still MUCH better. The problem was that the while doing the driver side first, I wore through the pads enough that not enough effective sanding could be done the on the second passenger light...even though I used less than half the pad on the first driver side, that's how much was needed on the passenger side :durr
This kit was very cost effective...definitely helped using a high speed orbital buffer for the job, but even that couldn't get the blotches you see in the before pics. But the sanding system work out great...as stated, just wished the pads were bigger given the size of the imperfections I had to work with on both the insight and the jeep. The sealant at the end really set-off the headlight lens.
Highly recommended :thumbsup
SO, for the insight, used this turtle wax kit, with terrific success...very happy with the outcome. Not a bad investment at only 8 bucks :thumbsup
So, visiting my parents in TX, and knowing that the California, Florida, and Texas sun has always been exceptionally hard on the headlight lenses, I figured I'd do the same while down there. Well, no one seemed to have turtle wax's headlight lens restore, so I used another kit, from meguires. Any luck? NONE. There was a mild improvement, but otherwise, it was a big disappointment...as a matter of fact, the "Before" pictures you'll see are the "AFTER" pics for the meguires kit I used before...even though the product seemed mostly the same, just a slight difference in when you sand, and when you polish.
So fast forward to tonight, decided to tackle the job again and use my machine buffer to help provide some elbow grease...AND use what I felt was the superior product in the turtle wax.
So how did it fare?
BEFORE:
Driver side
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad349/sweetroscoe/resotre/Picture013.jpg
Passenger side (yuck!)
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad349/sweetroscoe/resotre/Picture014.jpg
The product:
TURTLE WAX 5JKN9 Headlight Lens Restoration Kit
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad349/sweetroscoe/resotre/Picture015.jpg
AFTER:
Driver side
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad349/sweetroscoe/resotre/Picture016.jpg
Passenger side
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad349/sweetroscoe/resotre/Picture017.jpg
As you can see, dramatic improvement :wow
As you'll notice, the passenger side is still far from perfect...but still MUCH better. The problem was that the while doing the driver side first, I wore through the pads enough that not enough effective sanding could be done the on the second passenger light...even though I used less than half the pad on the first driver side, that's how much was needed on the passenger side :durr
This kit was very cost effective...definitely helped using a high speed orbital buffer for the job, but even that couldn't get the blotches you see in the before pics. But the sanding system work out great...as stated, just wished the pads were bigger given the size of the imperfections I had to work with on both the insight and the jeep. The sealant at the end really set-off the headlight lens.
Highly recommended :thumbsup