Originally Posted by grampi
Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by Dave9
Originally Posted by atikovi
Chrome polish is for chrome. Get a proper headlight restoration kit like 3M followed by clearcoat.
Which is a waste of money and more work.
A special kit does nothing you can't DIY with the bulk abrasives you already have, and clearcoat is foolish because it's just an extra layer that has to be stripped off to do them again, while if you don't put the clearcoat on, you can touch them up continuously with very little effort and no extra expense.
Marketing tricked you real good.
Yep, marketing tricked me real good. While you get to enjoy touching them up every couple of months, I endure the misery of not having to engage in such quality time with my headlights for years to come.
Sorry, but you aren't going to get years out of the clear coat. It MIGHT last a year, but you will have to repolish the lenses again even with the clear coat...
Wrong. I did the headlights on my wife's '07 Mazda 6, mother-in-law's '06 Accord, and sister-in-law's '12 Altima about 5 years ago. All 3 have held up fine to this day. Simply sanded the clear off them....no polishing whatsoever...and shot them with UV clear.